Profibrotic gene expression, normalized to GAPDH mRNA transcripts, in
murine kidney was analyzed by TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction.
(A) Transforming growth factor - b (TGF-b), (B)
a-1- type1 collagen (Col1a1), (C) TIMP-1 gene expression, and
(D) a-SMA (smooth muscle actin). Results are presented as mean
± SEM. Global p-value shown was obtained by nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis
and the p-value among different treatments was determined by nonparametric 1-way
ANOVA after Dunn’s post hoc test.