title: Morphometrical analysis of the kidney from nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice in the non-diabetic stage.
abstract: The kidneys of non-diabetic NOD and wild type ICR mice were examined morphometrically at 3 and 6 months of age. Kidney weights and diameter of renal corpuscles of non-diabetic NOD mice were less than those of ICR mice. No lesions were observed in glomeruli or uriniferous tubules. Renin-positive areas were more common in NOD mice than in ICR mice, but no differences were detected in the Western blot analyses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: Michie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yabuki
authors.forename: Mitsuharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Syusaku
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001837:Body Weights and Measures; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D051379:Mice; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009929:Organ Size