copper(II)-selective chelator ameliorates diabetes-evoked renal fibrosis and albuminuria, and suppresses pathogenic TGF-β activation in the kidneys of rats used as a model of diabetes

Aims/hypothesis The selective CuII chelator triethylenetetramine (TETA) extracts systemic CuII into the urine of diabetic humans and rats as a model of diabetes, and in the process also normalises hallmarks of diabetic heart disease. However, the role of Cu and its response to TETA in animals with d...

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Veröffentlicht in:Diabetologia 2008-09, Vol.51 (9), p.1741-1751
Hauptverfasser: Gong, D, Lu, J, Chen, X, Reddy, S, Crossman, D. J, Glyn-Jones, S, Choong, Y.-S, Kennedy, J, Barry, B, Zhang, S, Chan, Y.-K, Ruggiero, K, Phillips, A. R. J, Cooper, G. J. S
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