Angiotensin Receptor Blockade Decreases Fibrosis and Fibroblast Expression in a Rat Model of Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 806-812

  Kellner, Daniel ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Richardson, Ingride ^a   Seshan, Surya V ^a   el Chaar, Maher ^a   Vaughan Jr , E D ^a   Poppas, Dix ^a   Felsen, Diane ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

kidney; losartan; macrophages; rats; Sprague Dawley; ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLLAGEN; LOSARTAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY INJURY; MACROPHAGE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; LOSARTAN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 33745257020     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.03.076     Document Type: Article

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