Franny Jongbloed

228 CHAPTER 8 Figure S5. Principal component analysis plot of female and male kidney tissue. An unbiased principal component analysis of all kidney tissue samples obtained during kidney transplantation revealed a strong separation based on gender on both the principal component axis (PC) 1 and 2. Principal component axis 1 is depicted on the x-axis, while component axis 2 is depicted on the y-axis. Biopsies from the combined calorie and protein restriction diet kidneys are depicted with squares, while biopsies from control kidneys are depicted with circles. F = female; M = male.