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Fig. 3

From: Clinical and histopathological features resembling those of human focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in a cat with nonimmune-mediated glomerulonephropathy

Fig. 3

Transmission electron microscopic features of the biopsy specimen: (a) low and (b) high magnifications of a region in the frame in (a). Severe and global foot process effacement (arrowheads), vacuolization (asterisks), formation of microvilli (arrows), and tight junctions between foot processes (white arrowheads) are observed. CL, capillary lumen; Ed, endothelial cell; FP, foot process; GBM, glomerular basement membrane; Me, mesangial cell; Po, podocyte; US, urinary space. TEM, transmission electron microscopy. Scale bars: 2 μm

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