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Protective effects of Rho kinase inhibitor fasudil on rats with chronic kidney disease.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology - 1 Jun 2013
Kushiyama Taketoshi, Oda Takashi, Yamamoto Kojiro, Higashi Keishi, Watanabe Atsushi, Takechi Hanako, Uchida Takahiro, Oshima Naoki, Sakurai Yutaka, Miura Soichiro, Kumagai Hiroo
Abstract excerpt
The protective effects of Rho kinase inhibitor fasudil against renal diseases have recently been reported. We compared the therapeutic effects of fasudil on the spontaneously hypercholesterolemic (SHC) rat, a model of chronic kidney disease (CKD) with proteinuria, with those of the angiotensin receptor blocker olmesartan (OL) by paying attention to the proteinuria and the macrophage phenotype. SHC rats were...
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