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Research from La Sapienza University yields new findings on diabetes

Published in Drug Law Weekly, January 1st, 2008

According to recent research from Rome, Italy, "Rats of the Milan hypertensive strain (MHS) are resistant to both hypertensive and diabetic renal disease. Genetically determined hypertrophy of intrarenal arteries has been suggested as the putative mechanism preventing transmission of systemic hypertension to the glomerular microcirculation or diabetes-induced loss of autoregulation, which lead to glomerular hypertension and consequent podocyte injury and proteinuria."

"This study aimed to investigate glomerular barrier function and structure in ageing and diabetic MHS rats under basal conditions and after injection of 2.5 g of bovine serum albumin (BSA) causing...

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