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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Kidney Int. 2019 Oct 22;97(3):528–537. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2019.09.025

Figure 4. Fibronectin increased in kidney microvasculature of hypertensive SS, but not SSEts1+/−, rats.

Figure 4

A, Basal relative mRNA level of fibronectin was higher in Pre-HT SS rats compared with Pre-HT SSEts1+/− rats. Fibronectin mRNA level further increased in the HT SS rats, and was significantly higher than that observed in the microvessels of HT SSEts1+/− rats (*p-value <0.05 vs Pre-HT SS, Pre-HT SSEts1+/−, and HT SSEts1+/− groups; n=6 animals in each group). B, Immunofluorescence microscopy using alpha-smooth muscle actin (SMA) antibody (Green) to outline the afferent arteriole and antibody to fibronectin (Red) showed deposition of fibronectin around the kidney microvessels of HT SS rats. G, glomerulus.