Low-Energy Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Ameliorates Kidney Function in Diabetic Nephropathy

Figure 2

Low-energy ESWT enhanced podocyte regeneration. (a, b, e, g) Representative images of renal tissue immunohistochemistry stained with TUNEL indicating cell apoptosis, PCNA for evaluation of cell proliferation, and WT-1 indicating podocyte number and quantification of immunohistochemistry staining by image analysis; . (c, f, h, d, i) Western blot analysis c-Caspase-3, PCNA, and WT-1 expression in renal tissue and quantification of western blot by densitometric analysis. Normal group (Nor). , , and ().

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