Fig. 5From: Sepsis is associated with mitochondrial DNA damage and a reduced mitochondrial mass in the kidney of patients with sepsis-AKIMitochondrial DNA damage in control and sepsis-AKI subjects. A 10-kb-long mtDNA sequence was amplified by long-range PCR, while a 222-bp short mtDNA sequence was amplified with qPCR. a Amplified mtDNA sequences were loaded on agarose gel from representative samples of control subjects and sepsis-AKI subjects; b relative mtDNA damage of the control subjects compared to the sepsis-AKI patients. Bars represent median, dots represent individual levels; ** means p < 0.005Back to article page