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Table 2 Histopathological evaluation injury scores of H&E-stained kidney sections for the 8-week and 12-week PAN models

From: Repository corticotropin injection versus corticosteroids for protection against renal damage in a focal segmental glomerulosclerosis rodent model

 

Parameter

8-week PAN model

12-week PAN model

Mean ± SD

Saline

MP 2 mg/kg/qd

RCI 30 IU/kg/qod

Saline

RCI 10 IU/kg/qod

RCI 30 IU/kg/qod

RCI 60 IU/kg/qod

Pathology Report

Fibrosis

2.3 ± 0.5

2.9 ± 0.8

a1.6 ± 0.5

2.3 ± 0.7

2.1 ± 1.0

a1.7 ± 0.5

a1.3 ± 0.7

Interstitial Inflammation

1.4 ± 0.5

1.3 ± 0.5

1.0 ± 0.0

1.4 ± 0.5

1.1 ± 0.3

1.0 ± 0.0

a0.6 ± 0.7

Tubular Injury

2.6 ± 0.5

2.8 ± 0.9

a1.5 ± 0.5

2.4 ± 0.5

2.4 ± 0.7

a1.7 ± 0.5

a1.3 ± 0.5

Glomerular Changes

2.5 ± 0.9

3.3 ± 0.7

a1.8 ± 0.5

2.8 ± 1.0

3.0 ± 0.9

a2.3 ± 0.5

a2.0 ± 0.9

Quantitative

Total Kidney Injury Score

8.8 ± 2.1

10.1 ± 2.7

*5.9 ± 1.4

8.8 ± 2.4

8.6 ± 2.9

6.7 ± 1.4

*5.1 ± 2.5

  1. Total kidney injury score was calculated as the mean of all summed severity scores per animal, derived from the official pathology report. Severity scores ranged from 0 to 5 (0 = Normal, 1 = Minimal, 2 = Mild, 3 = Moderate, 4 = Marked, 5 = Severe)
  2. Abbreviations: ANOVA Analysis of variance, H&E Haematoxylin and eosin, MP Methylprednisolone, PAN Puromycin aminonucleoside, RCI Repository corticotropin injection, SD Standard deviation, qod Every other day, qd Per day
  3. *p < 0.05, Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric ANOVA, Dunn’s post hoc test, comparing the RCI treatment groups with saline
  4. aAssessments that were considered significant by the pathologists in the official pathology report as a treatment-related difference from saline controls