Differential effects of taurine treatment and taurine deficiency on the outcome of renal ischemia reperfusion injury

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Taurine possesses membrane stabilization, osmoregulatory and antioxidant properties, aspects of relevance to ischemic injury. We tested the hypothesis that body taurine status is a determinant of renal ischemic injury. Accordingly, renal function and structure we...

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Main Authors: Mozaffari Mahmood S, Abdelsayed Rafik, Patel Champa, Wimborne Hereward, Liu Jun, Schaffer Stephen W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Science