Fundamental & clinical pharmacology, 17(3), 323-330 (2003-06-14)
The present study investigated the hypotensive responses to intravenous (i.v.) treatment with the essential oil of Alpinia zerumbet (EOAZ) and its main constituent, terpinen-4-ol (Trp-4-ol), in the experimental model of deoxycorticosterone-acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertensive rat. In both DOCA-salt hypertensive and uninephrectomized
American journal of hypertension, 18(6), 844-850 (2005-06-01)
The aim of the present study was to compare glomerular permeability alterations associated with experimental hypertension models known to have different effects on the circulating renin-angiotensin system (RAS). Five groups, 10 animals each, were studied. One group served as a
Cellular physiology and biochemistry : international journal of experimental cellular physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology, 22(5-6), 465-474 (2008-12-18)
Renal fibrosis is characterized by excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix proteins. Recent findings show that transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) induces a rapid but transient expression of early growth response gene-1 (Egr-1) by skin fibroblasts. The present study aims to define
Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.), 234(7), 764-778 (2009-05-12)
In hypertension, elevated levels of oxidative/inflammatory mediators including nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB), activating protein (AP-1), c-Jun-NH2-terminal kinase (JNK), and cell-regulatory proteins such as transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), trigger the mobilization of extracellular matrix (ECM) leading to fibrosis, hypertrophy and
Clinical science (London, England : 1979), 81(1), 73-78 (1991-07-01)
1. Hypertension was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats by left unilateral nephrectomy and deoxycorticosterone acetate--salt administration. After 5 weeks, arterial systolic blood pressure was significantly elevated in these animals (191.5 +/- 6.0 mmHg, mean +/- SD, n = 17) compared