Fig. 3From: FGF23C-tail improves diabetic nephropathy by attenuating renal fibrosis and inflammationFGF23C-tail administration improved diabetes-induced fibrosis in db/db mice. a Masson’s trichrome staining and IHC staining of fibronectin were performed to assess renal fibrosis, arrows indicate the extracellular matrix; b-g The relative mRNA levels of pro-fibrotic genes, including fibronectin, collagen IV, αSMA, Smad3, TGF-β1 and CTGF, as analyzed by RT-PCRBack to article page