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Effects of diabetes and hypertension on macrophage infiltration and matrix expansion in the rat kidney

BACKGROUND: In experimental models of diabetes mellitus, aggravation of renal injury by concomitant hypertension has been described. Inflammatory mechanisms contribute to renal damage in both diseases. We investigated whether hypertension and diabetes mellitus act synergistically to induce macrophag...

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Autores principales: Hartner, Andrea, Veelken, Roland, Wittmann, Michael, Cordasic, Nada, Hilgers, Karl F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1175090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15918915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-6-6