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EXPERIMENTAL AND TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY
Volume 53, Issue 5, Pages 359-363Publisher
URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1078/0940-2993-00203
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diabetic nephropathy; animal model; rat
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Injection of subtotally nephrectomized rats with streptozotocin produced metabolic abnormalities resembling diabetic nephropathy in humans. These abnormalities were hyperglycemia, hypoinsulinemia, azotemia, hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia, accompanied with an increase in glycosylated protein. Extraordinary changes in the urinary excretion of glucose and protein were also observed in rats that received streptozotocin treatment after subtotal nephrectomy. In addition, the level of creatinine clearance was significantly decreased. The pathological findings in the kidney of these rats revealed lesions of the glomerular capillary loops, mesangial area and Bowman's capsule. Coagulation was also found in the glomerular capillaries. Our results suggest that this rat model would be useful for studies of diabetic nephropathy.
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