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. 2015 Jul 17;2:1086–1100. doi: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2015.07.010

Fig. 6.

Fig. 6

Histological sections of renal cortex from Balb/C mice treated with rhodium (II) citrate at various concentrations. (A) Representative photomicrograph of kidney parenchyma of animals from the negative control group; the large arrows indicate renal corpuscles. (B) Histological pattern of kidney cortex in mice treated with 20 mg/kg rhodium (II) citrate; although no pathological alteration was noticed (as well as in the other treatments), a lesser number of glomeruli (large arrows) was counted in 15 randomly analyzed microscopic fields (200x magnification) as compared to the control, but this reduction was not significant (E). (C) A renal corpuscle of a control animal is shown in detail, with an intact glomerulus (thin arrow) enclosed within Bowman's capsule; interspace areas (asterisk) were measured along with glomeruli count (F). (D) Photomicrograph of proximal (p) and distal (d) convoluted tubules surrounding an intact renal corpuscle of an animal treated with 20 mg/kg rhodium (II) citrate, which is representative of the histological pattern of all groups. Data are presented as mean ± SEM (standard error of mean).