Changes seen in the aging kidney and the effect of blocking the renin—angiotensin system

Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 341-346

  Ferder, León ^a   Tenembaum, David ^a   Inserra, Felipe ^b   Basso, Nidia ^b   Ferder, Marcelo ^b   Userpater, Marcelo ^b   Stella, Inés ^b   Paglia, Nora ^b   Inserra, Pablo ^b  

^a PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aging; Angiotensin; Kidney

Indexed keywords

ACTINS; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLLAGEN TYPE III; CREATININE; ENALAPRIL; FIBROSIS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; LOSARTAN; MALE; PROTEINURIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; WEANING;

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CREATININE; ENALAPRIL; LOSARTAN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULAR STRUCTURE; GLOMERULOPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY MASS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 70350018330     PISSN: 17539447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753944709339195     Document Type: Article

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