Aliskiren improves insulin resistance and ameliorates diabetic renal vascular complications in STZ-induced diabetic rats

Aliskiren, a direct renin inhibitor (DRI), has therapeutic effects in patients with hypertension and associated complications, but its potential mechanism in diabetic nephropathy is lacking. The effects of aliskiren in Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced renal complication in diabetic rats were investigate...

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Main Authors: Sonia Gandhi, BP Srinivasan, Atul Sureshrao Akarte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2013-03-01
Series:Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1470320312452766