Population
Cultured cardiac fibroblasts from normal male adult rats (passage 2)
Comparison
Angiotensin II incubated for 24 h, with or… vs Basal cardiac fibroblasts or Angiotensin II alone
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
24 h
Authors
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Telmisartan blocks ANG II-induced collagen in vitro; leaves open translation to clinical fibrosis prevention.
Angiotensin II induces cardiac fibrosis in vitro through AT1 receptor-mediated pathways, which can be completely blocked by telmisartan.
Lijnen et al. (2000) studied this question.
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