Effect of fish scale ointment on diabetic foot ulcer by inducing ferroptosis via the nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 pathway

Table 3 Comparison of basic fibroblast growth factor and CD31 expression in rat wound tissue

Group	Positive rate of bFGF (%)	Positive rate of CD31 (%)
Control (n = 5)	30.40 ± 3.50	21.78 ± 1.15
Model (n = 5)	12.88 ± 0.97a	8.92 ± 0.64a
FSC (n = 5)	23.88 ± 4.18a,b	15.38 ± 1.18a,b
Control + Lip-1 (n = 5)	29.56 ± 2.26	20.30 ± 0.76
Model + Lip-1 (n = 5)	20.66 ± 3.63a,b	13.50 ± 1.18a,b
FSC + Lip-1 (n = 5)	26.76 ± 1.70b,c	17.44 ± 0.96a,b,c
F	24.81	110.3
P value	< 0.0001	< 0.0001

^aP < 0.05 vs control.

^bP < 0.05 vs model.

^cP < 0.05 vs fish scale collage.

FSC: Fish scale collagen; bFGF: Basic fibroblast growth factor; Lip-1: Liproxstatin-1.