Fig. 6

Electron micrograph of kidney cortex section a: C animals demonstrating the normal structure of a glomerulus with podocytes (P) with large nucleus (N) (scale bar = 2 μm), b: C animals showing normal basal lamina (arrow) and secondary foot processes of podocytes (arrowheads) (scale bar = 500 nm), c C animals showing normal structure of the proximal tubules with euchromatic spherical nucleus (N), apical microvilli (MV), normal size of mitochondria (M) (scale bar = 2 μm), d D animals demonstrating glomerulus with degenerated podocytes (P) (scale bar = 2 μm), e D animals demonstrating marked thickening of the basal lamina (arrow) with fusion of foot processes of podocytes (arrowhead) and effacement of others (white arrow) (scale bar = 500 nm), f D animals showing the proximal tubules with swelling mitochondria (M), a nucleus with dark heterochromatin clumps adjust to nuclear membrane (N) and marked degeneration of basal infoldings (arrowhead) and damage of microvilli (MV) (scale bar = 2 μm)