Comparison of the Effects of Mesenchymal Stem Cells with Their Extracellular Vesicles on the Treatment of Kidney Damage Induced by Chronic Renal Artery Stenosis

Figure 4

Expression of collagen type I and TGFβ mRNAs determined by quantitative RT-PCR. Collagen mRNA: stenotic kidney cortex (a), stenotic kidney medulla (b), contralateral kidney cortex (c), contralateral kidney medulla (d). TGFβ mRNA: stenotic kidney cortex (e), stenotic kidney medulla (f), contralateral kidney cortex (g), contralateral kidney medulla (h). Groups: sham (), stenotic (), stenotic+ASC (), stenotic+MV (), and stenotic+EX (). , , and (one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s posttest).

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)