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Diabetic kidney disease in FVB/NJ Akita mice: temporal pattern of kidney injury and urinary nephrin excretion.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Chang Jae-Hyung, Paik Seung-Yeol, Mao Lan, Eisner William, Flannery Patrick J, Wang Liming, Tang Yuping, Mattocks Natalie, Hadjadj Samy, Goujon Jean-Michel, Ruiz Phillip, Gurley Susan B, Spurney Robert F
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Akita mice are a genetic model of type 1 diabetes. In the present studies, we investigated the phenotype of Akita mice on the FVB/NJ background and examined urinary nephrin excretion as a marker of kidney injury. Male Akita mice were compared with non-diabetic controls for functional and structural characteristics of renal and cardiac disease. Podocyte number and apoptosis as well as urinary nephrin excretion...
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