Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20583975›Full record

ReviewCurrent drug targets2010

Mitigation of radiation injuries via suppression of the renin-angiotensin system: emphasis on radiation nephropathy.

E P Cohen, B L Fish, J E Moulder

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Review in Current drug targets, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Radiomitigators: Breakthroughs in Post-Radiation Recovery.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  6. Mitigation of Radiation-induced Pneumonitis and Lung Fibrosis using Alpha-lipoic Acid and Resveratrol.Anti-inflammatory & anti-allergy agents in medicinal chemistry · 2020
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  8. The radioprotective effect of N-acetylcysteine against x-radiation-induced renal injury in rats.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2019
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  16. Salen Mn complexes mitigate radiation injury in normal tissues.Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry · 2011
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  17. Effect of high-dose total body irradiation on ACTH, corticosterone, and catecholamines in the rat.Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine · 2011
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

E P CohenDepartment of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Eric.Cohen2@va.gov
B L Fish
J E Moulder

Funding

Training and educationU19AI067734 · NIAID · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI OTTERSON, MARY F. · 2005 to 2009
$18.2M
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI067734NIAID NIH HHS U19AI067734
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiation nephropathy and other normal tissue radiation injuries can be successfully mitigated, and also treated, by antagonists of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). This implies a mechanistic role for that system in radiation nephropathy, yet no evidence exists to date of activation of the RAS by irradiation. RAS antagonists, including angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers, are the standard of care in the treatment of subjects with other chronic progressive kidney diseases, in which they exert benefit by reducing both glomerular and tubulo-interstitial injury. These drugs are likely to act in a similar way to mitigate radiation nephropathy.

Indexed as

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsAngiotensin Receptor AntagonistsAnimalsHumansKidneyKidney DiseasesRadiation InjuriesRenin-Angiotensin SystemAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsAngiotensin Receptor Antagonists

Identifiers

PMID20583975
PMCPMC3814179

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