Figure 5. Representative examples of collagen I and α-smooth muscle actin stained renal sections of WT and α8 integrin-deficient mice.

UUO, unilateral ureteral obstruction; co, control animal; WT, wild type; α8−/−, mice with a homozygous deficiency for α8 integrin; sma, α-smooth muscle actin; coll I, collagen I.