Fig. 5From: Estrogen rescues heart failure through estrogen receptor Beta activationTreatment of HF mice with the ERβ agonist DPN is associated with increased cardiac angiogenesis in HF mice. Confocal images of LV sections immunostained for CD-31 (a), the overlay of CD-31 and WGA (b), and at higher display magnification of the white squares (c). d Quantification of capillary density as microvessels per cardiomyocyte. CTRL group was comprised of sham operated mice *P < 0.05 vs. CTRL, ^P < 0.05 vs. HF, and $P < 0.05 vs. PPT (n = 3–4 animals per group)Back to article page