Fig. 2

Function and morphology of peritoneal. A Masson staining for collagen (blue); B Collagen area percentage (Masson); C HE staining for general tissue morphology; D Nuclear counting (HE); E Sirius Red staining for collagen (red); F Collagen area percentage (Sirius Red); G Peritoneal thickness; H Ultrafiltration volume; I BUN clearance rate; J Glucose clearance rate; K Fibronectin concentration; L–Q Immunohistochemical analysis; L, M α-SMA expression; N, O E-Cadherin expression; P, Q VEGFA expression. Ns: P > 0.05; *:P < 0.05; **:P < 0.01; ***:P < 0.001; #:P < 0.0001