Dose-dependent effects of dihydrotestosterone in the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat kidney

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Xu, Qin ^a   Prabhu, Anjali ^a   Xu, Shujing ^a   Manigrasso, Michaele B ^b,c   Maric, Christine ^b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glomerulosclerosis; Sex hormones; Tubulointerstitial fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANDROSTANOLONE; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; ESTRADIOL; INTERLEUKIN 6; STREPTOZOCIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALBUMINURIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RENAL DIABETES; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 68049111587     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00135.2009     Document Type: Article

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