Fig. 3. Histopathological analysis of the renal artery injection group. (A) Histopathological scoring, cortex. (B) Histopathological scoring, medulla. (C) Sirius red, cortex. (D) Sirius red, medulla. (E) TUNEL, cortex. (F) TUNEL, medulla. (G) α-SMA, cortex. (H) α-SMA, medulla. (I) ED-1, cortex. (J) ED-1, medulla. Non-overlapping fields (400×). *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001, vs. the RA-C group; ^$$p<0.01, vs. the RA-LD group; RA-C: renal artery control, RA-LD: renal artery low dose, RA-MD: renal artery moderate dose, RA-HD: renal artery high dose. (A, B) 10 fields per rat, 10 rats per group, but 9 rats in the RA-C, TV-LD, TV-HD groups and 8 rats in the TV-MD groups. (C∼J) 4 fields per rat, 10 rats per group, but 9 rats in the RA-C, TV-LD, TV-HD groups and 8 rats in the TV-MD groups.

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