Body weight and blood glucose levels before G-CSF or saline treatment.

(A) Body weights of the OLETF rats peaked at 22 weeks of age, then gradually decreased and were not significantly different with those of the LETO rats around 34 weeks of age; (B) Pre-treatment body weights at 38 weeks of age were not significantly different in all animal groups; (C) Blood glucose levels after 8 hours of fasting indicate the OLETF rats showed an overt diabetic phenotype after 30 weeks of age. - The data was presented as the mean ± S.E.M. OLETF, Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty rats; LETO, Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka rats; NS, not significant.