Fig. 2.

Relationship of glomerular maturity to gestational age. Upper panel: GLEPP1 immuno-peroxidase was used to map the stages of glomerular development. All pre-capillary loop stage glomeruli were designated as “immature” development. All capillary loop stage and mature glomeruli were designated as “mature” development. Lower panel: the relationship of stage of development (as defined in the text) to gestational age. By 38 weeks’ gestation <10% of glomeruli were scored as at an “immature” stage of development