A Stereological Study of the Toxic Effects of Cerium Oxide during Pregnancy on Kidney Tissues in Neonatal NMRI Mice

Table 3

Comparison of interstitial tissue, glomerulus, and Bowman’s capsule and space volumes in the study groups.

Group	InT (mm^3)	Renal corpuscle (mm^3)	Glomerulus (mm^3)	Bowman’s capsule (mm^3)	Bowman’s space (mm^3)
Control	^a	^a	^a	^ab	^a
CeO2 (10 mg/kg bw)	^a	^a	^a	^a	^a
CeO2 (25 mg/kg bw)	^a	^a	^ab	^a	^ab
CeO2 (80 mg/kg bw)	^ab	^ab	^ab	^bc	^ab
CeO2 (250 mg/kg bw)	^b	^b	^b	^c	^b

Values are . The means with different letter codes are significantly different from each other (ANOVA, Tukey’s test, ).