The Role of β-Adrenergic Overstimulation in the Early Stages of Renal Injury

• Main Authors: Mariana Charleaux de Ponte (Author), Fernando Augusto Malavazzi Casare (Author), Juliana Martins Costa-Pessoa (Author), Vanessa Gerolde Cardoso (Author), Gerhard Malnic (Author), Margarida Mello-Aires (Author), Rildo Aparecido Volpini (Author), Karina Thieme (Author), Maria Oliveira-Souza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: To assess the possible contribution of the β-adrenergic overstimulation in early stages of renal injury, the present study evaluated, in rats, the effects of the β-adrenoceptor agonist isoproterenol (ISO) on renal function and morphology, as well as the renal mRNA and protein expres...