Research Article

Histopathological Changes in the Kidney following Congestive Heart Failure by Volume Overload in Rats

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(a) Quantitative analysis of immunofluorescence microscopy of mitochondrial leakage of cytochrome C into the cytosol as well as nuclear transfer of caspase-3 as activated caspase-3 into the nucleus of kidney cells following congestive heart failure. Quantitative analysis of immunofluorescence microscopy of the colocalization coefficient of cytochrome C and mitochondrial marker showing a significant reduction of their colocalization in the liver in ACF animals compared to in controls (, , Student t-test). (b) Quantitative analysis of immunofluorescence microscopy for cleaved caspase-3-IR renal tubular cell nuclei in the kidney of ACF animals relative to the control ( denotes significant differences compared to control, , , Student t-test).
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