Body Weight Control by a High-Carbohydrate/Low-Fat Diet Slows the Progression of Diabetic Kidney Damage in an Obese, Hypertensive, Type 2 Diabetic Rat Model

Figure 4

Glomerular sclerosis, tubulointerstitial fibrosis, and macrophage infiltration. PAS-stained (a)–(c), Masson trichrome-stained (d)–(f), or ED-1-immunostained (g) and (h) renal tissues. WKY rats (a), (d), MC/MF (c), (f), (h), and HC/LF (b), (e), (g) at the end of study. Arrows indicate ED-1 positive cells. Original magnification 400$\times$ ((a)–(c), (g), (h)) and 200× (d)–(f).

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