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ArticleSaudi medical journal2014

Does combined peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors-agonist and pravastatin therapy attenuate the onset of diabetes-induced experimental nephropathy?

Hayam I Gad

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Article in Saudi medical journal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Effects of Pravastatin in Adriamycin-Induced Nephropathy in Rats.Iranian journal of pharmaceutical research : IJPR · 2018
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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hayam I GadPhysiology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, PO 2925 (29), Riyadh 11461, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (11) 8052154 / 8050193. Fax. +966 (11) 8054684. E-mail. hayam_gad@hotmail.com.
King Saud University · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo investigate the combined effects of rosiglitazone and pravastatin on renal functions in early streptozotocin induced diabetic nephropathy (DN).

methodsThis study was carried out at King Khalid University Hospital Animal House, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from August 2013 to February 2014. Fifty male Wistar rats were assigned to normal control rats and diabetic rats that received saline, rosiglitazone, pravastatin, or rosiglitazone+pravastatin for 2 months. Their weight range was 230-250 gm, and age range was from 18-20 weeks. At the end of experiment, creatinine clearance, and urinary albumin to creatinine ratio (ACR) were measured. Blood samples were analyzed for transferrin, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), lipid profile, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), and lipid peroxide.

resultsRosiglitazone treatment increased creatinine clearance and plasma transferrin, and decreased urinary ACR, HbA1c, plasma TNF-α, ICAM-1, and serum lipid peroxide levels without affecting the altered lipid profile. Pravastatin treatment produced similar results and normalized the lipid alteration. The combination of rosiglitazone and pravastatin was more effective in attenuating the diabetes-induced nephropathy compared with treatment with either drug alone.

conclusionThe combination strategy of rosiglitazone and pravastatin may provide a potential synergistic renoprotective effect against DN by improving renal functions and reducing indices of DN.

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AnimalsCreatinineDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetic NephropathiesGlycated HemoglobinHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsHypoglycemic AgentsIntercellular Adhesion Molecule-1KidneyLipid PeroxidesPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated ReceptorsPravastatinRatsRosiglitazoneThiazolidinedionesTransferrinCreatinineGlycated HemoglobinHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsHypoglycemic AgentsIntercellular Adhesion Molecule-1Lipid PeroxidesPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated ReceptorsPravastatinRosiglitazoneThiazolidinedionesTransferrinTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMCPMC4362144
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