Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 5th, 2006
Study 1: Interruption of nitric oxide synthesis inhibition in transgenic mice may reverse renal lesions in diabetes.
"Renal fibrosis, a common complication of hypertension and diabetes is considered as a noncurable disease and is characterized by the abnormal accumulation of collagen I within the kidney. Chronic inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis is a model of hypertension associated with the development of nephroangiosclerosis. The present study investigated whether halt of NO inhibition leads to the regression of renal sclerotic lesions," scientists in...
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