Figure 4

Met expression in kidney of control and allografted rats on day 7. Groups are defined as in Figure 8. Upper panel: Met expression in representative renal sections of control and allografted rats on day 7. Panel A: normal kidney, Panel B: untreated allograft, Panel C: MSC treated allograft (Magnification X200). Middle panel: Bars represent the medians of Met positive tubules number/HPF in all groups of rats, boxes represent the 25-75% percentile, whiskers: min to max. §p < 0.001 vs B, ^§ p < 0.005 vs A, * p < 0.005 vs C. Bottom panel: Western blot performed with anti-Met antibody in renal tissue of all groups of rats. The p170-kDa band represents pro-Met, the p140-kDa band represents mature Met β subunit.