Western blotting (Fig. 2B) and real-time PCR (Fig. 2C–H) results also illustrated that renal fibrosis (α-SMA, PDGFR-β, collagen1) and lymphangiogenesis (VEGF-C, LYVE-1) in the Lipo-Clod group were significantly lower than those in the Lipo-PBS group. Here, VEGFC is linked to renal fibrosis.