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. 2018 Feb 9;8:2743. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-20856-6

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Abnormal mitochondria in mouse and human PKD cells and tissues. (a) Electron microscopy showing swollen mitochondria, some with darkly stained membranous whorls, in mutant cells. (b) Swollen mitochondria in mutant cells freshly dissociated from cystic and control mouse kidneys. Panels on the right show higher magnification of the areas inside the white squares. (c) Quantification of number of “normal” or “aberrant” mitochondria in randomly selected fields of the samples shown in (a and b); n ≥ 29 fields/condition, p < 0.001. (d) Swollen mitochondria in ADPKD human kidney samples. Panels on the right show higher magnification of the areas inside the white squares. Representative aberrant mitochondria are indicated with magenta arrowheads.