showed a trendp = 0.13
Groups E and ME showed a trend towards increased cardiomyocyte area when compared with group S ( p = 0.13 and p = 0.19, respectively).
Groups E and ME showed a trend towards increased cardiomyocyte area when compared with group S ( p = 0.13 and p = 0.19, respectively).
VEGF expression presented a decreasing trend in group ME compared to E ( p = 0.14).
On the contrary, expression of MIR155 that promotes cardiac hypertrophy by targeting calcium signaling [ 59 ] and inhibits angiogenesis [ 27 ] showed a slight trend to increase in metformin-treated relative to non-treated groups, which aligns with the higher cardiomyocyte areas found in group M.