Figure 1.

Baseline expression profile of nephrin and Akt in glomeruli of male and female mice. (A) Immunoblots of glomerular whole cell lysates prepared from individual male and female control mice (n = 3 of each shown, 2 litters matched, 100 days of age). β-actin was used as a loading control and podocin was used to show comparable podocyte number. (B) Densitometry of immunoblot in (A), normalized to β-actin and male mice.

Note. Data are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean. Statistical significance compared to male mice was determined using Student’s t test and is marked by asterisks. ns = no significance.

**P < .01.