Published in Pharma Law Weekly, February 8th, 2005
According to recent research published in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, "The mechanisms by which alcohol causes pancreatic fibrosis remain unknown. Recent studies have demonstrated that angiotensin II contributes to the development of fibrosis in liver, kidney, and heart injury. [We examined] the effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (captopril) and angiotensin II receptor antagonist (losartan) on alcohol-induced pancreatic fibrosis...in an intragastric ethanol-feeding model."
T. Uesugi and...
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Source: Pharma Law Weekly (2005-02-08)
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