Fig. 4
From: Dermal tissue remodeling and non-osmotic sodium storage in kidney patients
Dermal lymphangiogenesis in kidney patients (recipients) and healthy individuals (donors). Immunohistochemical expression and quantification of Podoplanin + lymph vessels. Magnification ×200. a The mRNA expression of Podoplanin and VEGF-C 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 compared to donors or compared to non-dialysis (preemptive) patients