The effect of procyanidin on expression of STAT1 in type 2 diabetes mellitus SD rats with focal cerebral ischemia.

These results indicate that PC has a neuroprotective effect on type 2 diabetes mellitus-MCAO; this may be through decreasing the expression of STAT1, which influences the Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) pathway that may inhibit apoptosis to relieve neurological impairment.