Table 2.
Grading of 2-Year-Old Mouse Glomerulus Pathology by Histology
| C57 |
Cfh−/− |
CFH-Y:Cfh−/− |
CFH-H:Cfh−/− |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Grade | ID | Grade | ID | Grade | ID | Grade |
| 1685 | I | 1549 | IV | 1501 | I | 1500 | III |
| 1686 | II | 1550 | IV | 1502 | I | 1547 | IV |
| 1687 | II | 1689 | IV | 1503 | I | 1548 | IV |
| 1688 | I | 1690 | IV | 1695 | I | 1693 | III |
| 1596 | I | 1694 | III | ||||
The glomeruli of C57 and CFH-Y:Cfh−/− mice had similar mild histologic damage (not significant; Mann-Whitney U-test), whereas the Cfh−/− and CFH-H:Cfh−/− glomeruli were severely damaged compared with C57 (P < 0.05).