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. 2017 Jun 27;15:147. doi: 10.1186/s12967-017-1253-1

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Effects of progenitor cells on the structure of glomerular filtration barrier. After 16-week treatment, rat kidneys were harvested and ultra-structures of glomerular filtration barrier evaluated by transmission electron microscopy (a) ×20,000, Control normal rats, Diabetes DN rats treated with saline, Progenitors DN rats after transplantation, Insulin DN rats treated with insulin. The mRNA expression of core proteins of GPSD (b). *P < 0.01 versus control group, # P < 0.01 versus diabetic group