Effects of fish oil on glomerular function in rats with diabetes mellitus.

The mechanisms responsible for hyperfiltration in diabetes mellitus (DM) as well as for the initiation and progression of diabetic nephropathy are not fully elucidated. Enhanced prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production has been invoked in the former and thromboxane (TXB2) and hyperlipidemia in the latter....

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Main Authors: AK Sinha, LA Scharschmidt, R Neuwirth, H Holthofer, N Gibbons, CM Arbeeny, D Schlondorff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1990-07-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520426306