Fig 7. Kidney cell damage is not accompanied by high plasma levels of proinflammatory molecules.

Subgroup analysis (a, b, c) compares pooled subgroups for the semiquantative score for proximal tubular cell granulation (ptc) in hematoxylin eosin (HE) stained slices at 400:1 enlargement with the plasma levels of proinflammatory mediators. A further subgroup analysis was performed using loss of cell barrier as criterion of cell damage (d, e, f). The values are presented as boxplots (median/25th/75th percentile/ outliers). Pairs of symbols mark p < 0.05.