Fig 4. Macrophage depletion did not improve renal function in Col4a3KO mice.
(A-D) CL treatment did not delay or slow down renal failure measured by serum BUN and urinary ACR, NGAL, and KIM-1. (A, B) Similar increase in BUN and urinary ACR was detected at all time points in KO+CL compared to KO+PBSL or KO mice. (C, D) KO+CL mice showed similar increase in urinary NGAL and KIM-1 as KO+PBSL or KO mice at the age of 8 weeks. Mixed model data analysis (A, B) and Welch corrected ANOVA followed by posthoc pairwise t-test with a Bonferroni correction (C, D) was used to evaluate differences between groups. (A, B) n = 5 to 9 mice per group. (C, D) n = 5 mice per group. CL: clodronate liposomes; PBSL: PBS liposomes.