Table 2.

The area and integrated optical density of GSK-3β expression in renal tissue with different degree of interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy

	n	GSK(%)	GSK(IOD)
Control group	5	17.45 ± 19.63	21757 ± 23765
IF/TA-I group	12	35.48 ± 11.90⋇	52017 ± 23216⋇
IF/TA-II group	11	48.50 ± 16.51⋇⋆	741235 ± 26216⋇
IF/TA-III group	5	57.80 ± 14.40⋇⋆	94615 ± 33855⋇⋆

^⋇: p < 0.05, vs Control Group; ^⋆: p < 0.05, vs IF/TA-I Group; ^♦: p < 0.05, vs IF/TA-II Group.

GSK: glycogen synthase kinase; IOD: integrated optical density.