Healthy controls

MCNS

Diabetic nephropathy

N

17

11

17

Protein staining [density/pixel]

 

 

 

  Tubulointerstitial MAS receptor

 24.51 (18.06-34.56)

23.75 (20.11-25.52)

7.33 (6.26-9.68)**†

  Glomerular MAS receptor

3.26 (2.36-6.65)

4.02 (2.47-6.86)

0.84 (0.13-1.69)*

Data are shown as median values with interquartile ranges in parentheses.
*P<0.05 compared to the healthy controls, **P<0.001 compared to the healthy controls, †P<0.001 compared to the MCNS patients
MCNS: Minimal change nephrotic syndrome
Table 2: Semiquantitative immunohistochemical analysis of MAS receptor expression.