Fig. 3From: Icariin protects rats against 5/6 nephrectomy-induced chronic kidney failure by increasing the number of renal stem cellsIcariin modulated kidney gene expression profile to favor injury repair. The mRNA levels of TGF-β1 (a), HGF (b), BMP-7 (c), WT-1 (d), and Pax-2 (e) were analyzed by quantitative real-time PCR. Data was expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 15). *, p < 0.01 compared to sham group; #, p < 0.01 compared to CKD model groupBack to article page