FIGURE 3.
Renal disease is ameliorated in gld.apoE−/− mice after simvastatin treatment. The wt (n = 5), apoE−/− (n = 7), gld (n = 9), and gld.apoE−/− (n = 11) mice were treated with simvastatin (+) or vehicle control (−) for 12 wk. A, Proteinuria was measured in a 24-h urine collection. B, Representative H&E-stained sections of kidney. Glomerulus size in the gld.apoE−/− mice is shown with arrows. C, Glomerular tuft size was measured by computer-assisted pixel counting (*, p < 0.001). Values shown are the mean ± SD.