Fig. 3
From: Dermal tissue remodeling and non-osmotic sodium storage in kidney patients
Dermal fibrosis in kidney patients (recipients) and healthy individuals (donors). Immunohistochemical expression and quantification of α-SMA+ myofibroblasts. Magnification ×200. a. The mRNA expression of collagen I on qRT-PCR analysis (b). Values are expressed in fold increase compared to the mean of the donors. Mann–Whitney and Kruskall Wallis were used to test differences between two or more groups. *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01 compared to donors