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. 2019 Mar 25;2019:1897316. doi: 10.1155/2019/1897316

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Pretreatment with cholecalciferol inhibits I/R-induced renal cell apoptosis. In the I/R and Chol + I/R groups, mice were conducted with ischemia/reperfusion surgery. In the Chol and Chol + I/R groups, mice were orally administered with three doses of cholecalciferol (25 μg/kg) at 48, 24, and 1 h before I/R surgery. Kidney samples were collected with a 4 h period of reperfusion after ischemia surgery. (a) Renal cell apoptosis was detected by TUNEL assay. Arrows show TUNEL+ cells in renal cortical and medullary tubules. Representative photomicrographs were shown from different groups. Original magnification 400x. (b) TUNEL+ cells were analyzed. All data were expressed as means ± SEM (n = 6). ∗∗P < 0.01.