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. 2021 Mar 11;16:2137–2146. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S291001

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Ab-Vit.D-MNPs have the same therapeutic effect as vitamin D3 in ameliorating peritoneal fibrosis in a peritoneal dialysis (PD) mouse model. (A and B) Peritoneal fibrosis in the chlorhexidine gluconate (CG)-exposed group was significantly more severe than that in the saline group. Vitamin D3 significantly ameliorated peritoneal fibrosis, as visualized by Masson’s trichrome staining. Ab-Vit.D-MNPs have the same therapeutic effect on peritoneal fibrosis as vitamin D (Data are represented as the mean ± SD, n ≥ 3; *P < 0.05, ***P < 0.001).