Pronounced kidney hypoxia precedes albuminuria in type-1 diabetic mice.

In conclusion, intrarenal tissue hypoxia in diabetes precedes albuminuria thereby being a plausible cause for the onset and progression of diabetic nephropathy. PMID: 26936871 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26936871?dopt=Abstract

Source: Am J Physiol Renal P... - March 2, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Franzén S, Pihl L, Khan N, Gustafsson H, Palm F Tags: Am J Physiol Renal Physiol Source Type: research