We recently reported that acidified nitrite increases the wound levels of NOx at days 7 and 14 after wounding in T2D rats [11], and in the current study with acidified nitrite-treated diabetic rats, there was a positive correlation between the wound tissue concentrations of VEGF and NOx, particularly on day 14 after wounding (r = 0.444, p = 0.029; data not shown. Here, VEGFA is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.