Oral adsorbent AST-120 ameliorates endothelial dysfunction independent of renal function in rats with subtotal nephrectomy.

Namikoshi, Tamehachi

Oral adsorbent AST-120 ameliorates endothelial dysfunction independent of renal function in rats with subtotal nephrectomy. [electronic resource] - Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension Mar 2009 - 194-200 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1348-4214

10.1038/hr.2008.29 doi


Acetylcholine--metabolism
Animals
Aorta--metabolism
Blotting, Western
Carbon--pharmacology
Cardiovascular Diseases--drug therapy
Endothelium, Vascular--drug effects
Immunohistochemistry
Kidney--physiopathology
Kidney Function Tests
Male
NADPH Oxidases--metabolism
Nephrectomy
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III--metabolism
Obesity--complications
Oxidative Stress--drug effects
Oxides--pharmacology
Phosphorylation--drug effects
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Tyrosine--analogs & derivatives