Why the study?
Does Ac-SDKP reduce renal fibrosis in a diabetic rat model when used alone or added to an ACE inhibitor?
Population
38 Sprague-Dawley rats (28 with streptozotocin-induced diabetes, 10 non-diabetic controls)
Comparison
N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline 1… vs Saline solution via osmotic minipumps or…
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
8 weeks
Authors
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Ac-SDKP may offer additive antifibrotic benefit with ACE inhibition in diabetic nephropathy; hypothesis-generating in rats, requiring clinical validation.
Does Ac-SDKP reduce renal fibrosis in a diabetic rat model when used alone or added to an ACE inhibitor?
Ac-SDKP reduces renal fibrosis in a diabetic rat model and provides additive antifibrotic effects when combined with ACE inhibition.
Castoldi et al. (2013) studied this question.
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