Microalbuminuria and sRAGE in High-Risk Hypertensive Patients Treated with Nifedipine/Telmisartan Combination Treatment: A Substudy of TALENT

• Main Authors: Colomba Falcone (Author), Maria Paola Buzzi (Author), Sara Bozzini (Author), Chiara Boiocchi (Author), Angela D'Angelo (Author), Sandra Schirinzi (Author), Ciro Esposito (Author), Massimo Torreggiani (Author), Jasmine Choi (Author), Michael Ochan Kilama (Author), Giuseppe Mancia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Some antihypertensive drugs have also renoprotective and anti-inflammatory properties that go beyond their effect on blood pressure. It has been suggested that microalbuminuria and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are associated with circulating levels of the soluble form of the receptor, sRAGE (sol...