Secreted sACE expressing mice exhibit normal kidney structures.

<p>Hematoxylin and eosin-stained tissues from kidneys of age-matched adult mice are shown. All kidneys were photographed at 0.6X (whole cross section) or 20X (tubuli and arteriole) with a digital Leica light microscope. Manually drawn dotted lines indicate the borderline between the cortex and the medulla. The black bars represent wall thickness of arteriole. The lower panels show the vascular structures of the kidney sections. The relative cortex thickness was measured as a ratio between the medulla and the whole kidney section area. Values displayed as mean ± SD (* p<0.01).