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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Kidney Int. 2011 Aug 10;80(11):1198–1211. doi: 10.1038/ki.2011.261

Figure 3. CKD enhances sepsis-induced splenic apoptosis.

Figure 3

CD-1 mice were untreated (normal, A, B) or subjected to 5/6 Nx (C, D) 4 weeks prior to sham (A, C) or CLP surgery (B, D). Representative images of spleen stained for activated caspase3 are shown (A–D); black bar corresponds to 200 μm. Number of activated caspase3 positive cells per high powered field in spleen of composite control at 16 weeks (n=9); C57BL/6 5/6 Nx at 16 weeks (n=4); 129S3 5/6 Nx at 4, 8, 12 weeks (n= 4/group); CD-1 5/6 Nx at 2, 4 weeks (n=4/group)