Suramin: a potential therapy for diabetic nephropathy.

To determine whether delayed administration of a single dose of suramin, a drug that has been used extensively in humans to treat trypanosomiasis, attenuates renal injury in a leptin receptor deficient C57BLKS/J db/db type 2 diabetic nephropathy (T2DN) mouse model.Groups of female non-diabetic (cont...

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Main Authors: Midhun C Korrapati, Lauren A Howell, Brooke E Shaner, Judit K Megyesi, Leah J Siskind, Rick G Schnellmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3767615?pdf=render