Combined Microencapsulated Islet Transplantation and Revascularization of Aortorenal Bypass in a Diabetic Nephropathy Rat Model

Figure 3

Electron microscopy. Irregular thickening of the GBM and the fusion of podocytes were observed in the DN group (a) and the SR group (b) by electron microscope. The fusion of podocytes foot processes was rare, and the thickening of the GBM was alleviated in the MIT group (c) and the Com group (d).

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