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. 2008 Aug;173(2):315–326. doi: 10.2353/ajpath.2008.080063

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Number of podocytes per glomerulus (A) and glomerular volume per podocyte (B) in Dahl SS and SHR rats. The total number of podocytes per glomerulus increased over time in both Dahl SS and SHR rats, and remained stable from 6 to 8 weeks onwards at 350 to 400 podocytes per glomerulus. Although there was no difference in absolute number of podocytes per glomerulus, the glomerular volume per podocyte was higher in Dahl SS compared with SHR rats. The glomerular volume per podocyte is an index used to indicate the glomerular volume that one podocyte ‘serves’ and is calculated as the mean glomerular volume divided by the mean number of podocytes per glomerulus. This difference was statistically significant from week 4 onward. An asterisk indicates P < 0.05.