Why the study?
Does AT1 receptor antagonism or ACE inhibition reduce adhesion molecule expression in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats?
Population
Male stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) at 19 weeks of age
Comparison
AT1 receptor antagonist or ACEI administered for… vs Control SHRSP and age-matched Wistar-Kyoto rats
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
4 weeks
Authors
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AT1 antagonism may reduce adhesion molecules in hypertensive models; leaves open clinical relevance or superiority over ACEIs in humans.
Does AT1 receptor antagonism or ACE inhibition reduce adhesion molecule expression in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats?
AT1 receptor antagonism and ACE inhibition ameliorate the enhanced expression of adhesion molecules in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats, highlighting the role of angiotensin II in hypertensive microvascular injury.
Takemori et al. (2000) studied this question.