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. 2021 Mar 15;11:5925. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-85124-6

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Toll-like receptor 4/nuclear factor-kappa B (TLR4/NF-κB) signaling pathway in renal tissue in control, cecal ligation and puncture (CLP), and CLP + green propolis (CLP + GP) group rats 24 h after the CLP or sham procedure. (A) Immunoblotting of TLR4 protein expression in renal tissue; (B) Immunoblotting of NF-κB protein expression in renal tissues; (C) Macrophage infiltration in renal tissues analyzed by immunohistochemistry. We analyzed 30 grid fields (0.087 mm2 each) per kidney cortex, counting the number of infiltrating CD68 + cells in each field, on the basis of which we calculated the mean numbers in the renal cortical tubulointerstitium and the mean counts per kidney. *p < 0.05 versus control and CLP + GP; ***p < 0.001 versus control and CLP + GP; **p < 0.01 versus control and CLP + GP.