Studies of the pathophysiological effects of fatty acid bearing albumin in models of proteinuric kidney disease

Proteinuria may be directly responsible for promoting tubulointerstitial injury. The fatty acids carried on filtered albumin are taken up by the proximal tubule, where they could contribute to tubulointerstitial injury.;The effects of fatty acid-albumin complexes have been studied in Opossum kidney...

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Main Author: Thomas, Mark Edward
Published: University of Leicester 1997
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.696197