Population
One-kidney, one-clip (1K-1C) hypertensive rats and uninephrectomized controls
Comparison
Renal artery stenosis (1K-1C model) vs Uninephrectomized controls
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
8-9 weeks
Authors
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Supports staged microvascular changes in experimental renal hypertension; leaves open translation to human disease and therapy.
In a rat model of renal hypertension, initial microvascular changes are driven by vasoconstriction of the smallest arterioles, whereas structural alterations (rarefaction and lumen reduction) become predominant later.
Hashimoto et al. (1987) studied this question.
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