Table 3. Relative mRNA levels of molecules related to renal fibrosis in NCAM positive renal interstitial cells laser captured from normal and renal interstitium with incipient fibrosis.

	NCAM+ cells from normal renal interstitium [n = 6]		NCAM+ cells from incipient renal fibrosis [n = 42]
	mean±SD	95% CI	mean±SD	95% CI
FGFR1	1.00±0.76	0.20–1.80	0.70±0.90	0.42–0.97
HE4	1.00±0.78	0.18–1.82	0.80±1.09	0.46–1.14
αSMA	1.00±0.19	0.80–1.20	1.37±0.76	1.13–1.60
MMP2	1.00±0.32	0.67–1.33	0.80±1.00	0.48–1.10
MMP9	1.00±0.52	0.45–1.55	0.65±0.88	0.38–0.93
SLUG	1.00±0.49	0.48–1.52	1.92±1.20	1.54–2.29
SNAIL	1.00±0.46	0.51–1.49	2.07±2.84	1.19–2.96
BMP7	1.00±0.88	0.08–1.92	45.60±129.55	5.23–85.97
ALK3	1.00±1.12	0.18–2.18	1.48±2.30	0.76–2.20

95% CI- 95% Confidence Inteval for Mean;