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ArticleKidney & blood pressure research2014

Cardiac and renal effects of atrasentan in combination with enalapril and paricalcitol in uremic rats.

Cynthia Ritter, Sarah Zhang, Jane L Finch, Helen Liapis, Edu Suarez, Leon Ferder, James Delmez, Eduardo Slatopolsky

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Article in Kidney & blood pressure research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Vitamin D and Glomerulonephritis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021
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  6. Drugs and Targets in Fibrosis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Cynthia RitterRenal Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Sarah Zhang
Jane L Finch
Helen Liapis
Edu Suarez
Leon Ferder
James Delmez
Eduardo Slatopolsky
Metabolism and Renal Physiology · FRRenal Research Institute · USWashington University in St. Louis · USPonce Health Sciences University · PRUniversity of Puerto Rico at Ponce · PR

Funding

Washington University Center for Kidney Disease ResearchP30DK079333 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HAMMERMAN, MARC RANDALL · 2007 to 2011
$5.1M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK079333NIDDK NIH HHS P30DK079333
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimsThe search for new therapies providing cardiorenal protection in chronic kidney disease (CKD) has led to treatments that combine conventional renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system inhibitors with other drugs that exhibit potential in disease management.

methodsIn rats made uremic by renal ablation, we examined the effects of addition of the endothelin-A receptor antagonist atrasentan to a previously examined combination of enalapril (angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor) and paricalcitol (vitamin D receptor activator) on cardiac and renal parameters. The effects of the individual and combined drugs were examined after a 3-month treatment.

resultsA decrease in systolic blood pressure, serum creatinine and proteinuria, and improvement of renal histology in uremic rats were attributed to enalapril and/or paricalcitol treatment; atrasentan alone had no effect. In heart tissue, individual treatment with the drugs blunted the increase in cardiomyocyte size, and combined treatment additively decreased cardiomyocyte size to normal levels. Perivascular fibrosis was blunted in uremic control rats with atrasentan or enalapril treatment.

conclusionsWe found distinct cardiac and renal effects of atrasentan. Combination treatment with atrasentan, enalapril and paricalcitol provided positive effects on cardiac remodeling in uremic rats, whereas combination treatment did not offer further protective effects on blood pressure, proteinuria or renal histology.

Indexed as

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsAnimalsAtrasentanBone Density Conservation AgentsDrug Therapy, CombinationEnalaprilEndothelin Receptor AntagonistsErgocalciferolsFemaleGlomerulosclerosis, Focal SegmentalHeartKidneyKidney Function TestsMyocardiumNephrectomyNephritisAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsAtrasentanBone Density Conservation AgentsEnalaprilEndothelin Receptor AntagonistsErgocalciferolsparicalcitolPyrrolidines

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PMID25300759
PMCPMC4225010
OpenAlexW2032634916

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