Regression of Renal Vascular Fibrosis by Endothelin Receptor Antagonism
- 1 February 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Hypertension
- Vol. 37 (2) , 490-496
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.37.2.490
Abstract
In previous studies, we have observed that endothelin participates in the progression of renal vascular and glomerular fibrosis during hypertension by activating collagen I gene synthesis. The pres...Keywords
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