Figure 1

Histological changes along the course of glomerulonephritis in the control (a–e) and the VEGF/VPF-treated (f–h) animals. Representative glomeruli are shown before antibody injection (a), on day 1 (b, f), on day 4 (c, g), on day 18 (d, h) and on day 28 (e). A representative tuft fusion is indicated by the arrow in (b). Many tuft fusions are evident in (c). (a, c, d, e, g, h) PAS staining. (b, f) Azan–Mallory staining (magnification × 200).