Fig. 5.

Arginase deficiency reduces kidney damage after IRI. A: sections were stained with PAS and were graded individually at ×400 magnification. Images were taken with ×20 objective with a total magnification of ×200. Images are representative of 5 mice in each group. B: histological score of kidney sections. C: RT-PCR analysis of Kim-1 gene expression in kidney isolated from vehicle-treated or BEC-treated mice and from WT. Values are means ± SE for n = 5 mice in each group. **P < 0.001 vs. sham. #P < 0.01 and ##P < 0.001 vs. vehicle-treated or WT IRI.