Mycophenolate mofetil ameliorates nephropathy in the obese Zucker rat

Mesangial immune injury, hypertension, and progressive glomerular damage in Dahl rats

1984 • 677 citations

The Zucker-fatty rat: a review.

1977 • 514 citations

Treatment of hyperlipidemia reduces glomerular injury in obese Zucker rats

1988 • 413 citations

The Zucker rat model of obesity, insulin resistance, hyperlipidemia, and renal injury.

1992 • 263 citations

Reduction of renal immune cell infiltration results in blood pressure control in genetically hypertensive rats

2002 • 256 citations

Mycophenolate mofetil prevents the progressive renal failure induced by 5/6 renal ablation in rats

1999 • 203 citations

Mycophenolate mofetil prevents the development of glomerular injury in experimental diabetes

2003 • 199 citations

Effects of genetic obesity on renal structure and function in the Zucker rat.

1985 • 199 citations

Role of immunocompetent cells in nonimmune renal diseases

2001 • 187 citations

Mycophenolate mofetil attenuates renal injury in the rat remnant kidney

1998 • 181 citations

HEREDITARY OBESITY IN THE RAT ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERLIPEMIA*

1965 • 176 citations

Mycophenolate mofetil prevents salt-sensitive hypertension resulting from nitric oxide synthesis inhibition

2001 • 170 citations

Mycophenolate mofetil reduces myofibroblast infiltration and collagen III deposition in rat remnant kidney

2000 • 145 citations

Combining an Antiproteinuric Approach with Mycophenolate Mofetil Fully Suppresses Progressive Nephropathy of Experimental Animals

1999 • 140 citations

Down-regulation of hepatic lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase gene expression in chronic renal failure

2001 • 127 citations

Overload proteinuria is followed by salt-sensitive hypertension caused by renal infiltration of immune cells

2002 • 119 citations

Combined Mycophenolate Mofetil and Losartan Therapy Arrests Established Injury in the Remnant Kidney

2000 • 114 citations

Upregulation of Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor, Inflammatory Mediators, and Enzymes of Arachidonate Metabolism in Obese Zucker Rat Kidney

2005 • 111 citations

Mycophenolic acid antagonizes the activation of cultured human mesangial cells

2002 • 82 citations

Mycophenolate therapy of SLE membranous nephropathy

2004 • 80 citations

Early influx of glomerular macrophages precedes glomerulosclerosis in the obese Zucker rat model.

1996 • 76 citations

Renal injury in obese Zucker rats: glomerular hemodynamic alterations and effects of enalapril

1992 • 71 citations

Upregulation of acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase in chronic renal failure

2002 • 49 citations

ACE inhibitor and angiotensin type I receptor antagonist in combination reduce renal damage in obese Zucker rats

2004 • 46 citations

AT-1 receptor blockade prevents proteinuria, renal failure, hyperlipidemia, and glomerulosclerosis in the Imai rat

2004 • 28 citations

Cytoskeletal Reorganization by Mycophenolic Acid Alters Mesangial Cell Migration and Contractility

2003 • 28 citations

Participation of the interstitium in acute immune-complex nephritis: interstitial antigen accumulation, cellular infiltrate, and MHC class II expression

2003 • 12 citations