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Table 5.

The expression levels of angiotensin II (Ang II), mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), p70S6K1, E-cadherin, and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) in different pathological grades in glomeruli ( $\bar{x}$ ± s).

Group	Cases	Glomeruli
		Ang II	mTOR	p70S6K1	E-cadherin	α-SMA
Control group	6	5.74 ± 1.82	4.37 ± 0.95	2.51 ± 0.64	9.75 ± 1.01	1.22 ± 0.35
Group II	33	12.19 ± 3.44^a	6.91 ± 1.42^b	3.95 ± 1.09^b	2.25 ± 0.42^a	4.02 ± 0.34^a
Group III	25	19.65 ± 5.11^a,d	16.55 ± 3.76^a,d	8.98 ± 4.11^a,d	1.73 ± 0.31^a	10.99 ± 4.11^a,c
Group IV	14	30.77 ± 7.68^a,c,e	17.32 ± 4.61^a,d	10.02 ± 2.62^a,d	2.24 ± 0.87^a	15.80 ± 7.11^a,c,e

Compared with control group, ^ap<0.01, ^bp<0.05; compared with group II, ^cp<0.01, ^dp<0.05; compared with group III, ^ep<0.01.