Fig. 1
Effects of BYF on 5/6Nx CKD rats. (A) 5/6Nx method. (B) Body weight. (C) Blood urea nitrogen. (D) Serum creatinine. (E) Twenty-four-hour urinary protein quantitation. (F) Serum IL-6. (G) Serum IL-1β. (H) Hematoxylin and eosin staining of kidney tissues. (I-K) Immunohistochemical staining of TNF-α and IL-6 expression in kidney. Data are presented as the means ± standard error of the mean. n = 12 rats per group in the 5/6Nx, L-BYF, and H-BYF groups; n = 10 in the sham group (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.001)