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SUBMITTER: Uzu T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5198982 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Uzu Takashi T Araki Shin-Ichi SI Kashiwagi Atsunori A Haneda Masakazu M Koya Daisuke D Yokoyama Hiroki H Kida Yasuo Y Ikebuchi Motoyoshi M Nakamura Takaaki T Nishimura Masataka M Takahara Noriko N Obata Toshiyuki T Omichi Nobuyuki N Sakamoto Katsuhiko K Shingu Ryosuke R Taki Hideki H Nagai Yoshio Y Tokuda Hiroaki H Kitada Munehiro M Misawa Miwa M Nishiyama Akira A Kobori Hiroyuki H Maegawa Hiroshi H
PloS one 20161229 12
<h4>Background</h4>In patients with diabetes, albuminuria is a risk marker of end-stage renal disease and cardiovascular events. An increased renin-angiotensin system activity has been reported to play an important role in the pathological processes in these conditions. We compared the effect of aliskiren, a direct renin inhibitor (DRI), with that of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) on albuminuria and urinary excretion of angiotensinogen, a marker of intrarenal renin-angiotensin system activ ...[more]