Maternal undernutrition aggravates renal tubular necrosis and interstitial fibrosis after unilateral ureteral obstruction in male rat offspring.

Maternal undernutrition is known to reduce glomerular number but it may also affect tubulointerstitium, capillary density, and response to oxidative stress. To investigate whether the latter elements are affected, we examined the response to unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO), an established mode...

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Main Authors: Midori Awazu, Tokiya Abe, Akinori Hashiguchi, Mariko Hida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221686