Figure 1.
Histopathological analysis of changes in morphology of 11- to 12-week-old AA and SS mice kidneys after 3 weeks of treatment with RAGE antagonist peptide. Representative images with Masson’s trichrome staining (A,B) for determining glomerular area and interstitial fibrosis and Perl’s Blue staining (C) for determining iron deposits (D) representative images of KIM-1 stained kidney sections. Magnification: ×400. Quantification of glomerular area (E), interstitial fibrosis (F), tubular iron deposits (G), and KIM-1 expression (H). Values are means ± SD. NaCl-AA (n = 6; three females and three males), RAP-AA (n = 6; four females and two males), NaCl-SS (n = 7; three females and four males), RAP-SS (n = 7; three females and four males). Scale bar = 50 μm.