Fig. 2

IMD ameliorated renal injury in rats after IRI treatment. a Serum creatinine concentration, (b) the LDH activity in different IRI treatment groups. c - f Renal pathomorphological changes after renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), Original magnification, ×400; (c) Sham groups, (e) IRI groups, (e) IRI + empty plasmid groups, (f) IRI + IMD groups, Magnification:×400 (g) semiquantitation of the morphological changes by histological grading system. Data in bar graphs are means ± SD, n = 8. * P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs. sham group; # P < 0.05, ## P < 0.01 vs. IRI group, respectively