Fig. 3
From: Circulating osteoprotegerin is associated with chronic kidney disease in hypertensive patients
Effect of OPG delivery on renal injury. a Renal mRNA expression is reported as relative gene units; data is expressed as mean ± SD. *p < 0.05; ACE is for angiotensin-converting enzyme; ACE2 is for angiotensin-converting enzyme 2; AT1R is for angiotensinII type 1 receptor; IL-6 is for interleukin-6; MCP-1 is for monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; TNF-α is for tumor necrosis factor-α; CTGF is for connective tissue growth factor; TGF-β is for transforming growth factor-β (b) Semi-quantitative analysis of protein nitrosylation in the glomeruli, expressed as percentage stained area and representative sections of glomeruli stained for nitrotyrosine (original magnification 20X). Data is expressed as mean ± SD. *p < 0.05