objective(s): repaglinide (rg) is an antihyperglycemic agent used for the treatment of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. it has a good safety and efficacy profile in diabetic patients with complications in renal impairment and is an appropriate treatment choice, even for individuals with more severe degrees of renal malfunctions. the aim of the present study was to examine the protective...

Purpose: To investigate the effects of cyclosporine A on renal ischemia-reperfusion injury during transient hyperglycemia in rats. Methods: In a model of ischemia-reperfusion-induced renal injury and transiently induced hyperglycemia by intraperitoneal injection of glucose, 2.5 g.kg-1, Wistar rats were anesthetized with either isoflurane or propofol and received intravenous cyclosporine A, 5...

Objective(s): Repaglinide (RG) is an antihyperglycemic agent used for the treatment of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. It has a good safety and efficacy profile in diabetic patients with complications in renal impairment and is an appropriate treatment choice, even for individuals with more severe degrees of renal malfunctions. The aim of the present study was to examine the protective...

results a significant decrease in apoptotic cells and increase in proliferative reaction were observed in the i/r + hbo group compared to the i/r group. conclusions we demonstrated that hbo suppressed apoptosis, which caused inflammation after renal i/r, and promoted tubular cell regeneration. hbo has protective effects against aki caused by renal i/r through the inhibition of apoptosis. materi...

Objective(s): Cisplatin is an effective antineoplastic agent; its clinical utility, however, is limited by a few salient toxic side effects like nephrotoxicity. This study aimed to determine the potential protective effects of tangeretin, a citrus-derived flavonoid, against renal tubular cell injury in cisplatin-induced renal toxicity of rats.Materials and Methods: Tangeretin was injected intra...

BACKGROUND Polymerized type I collagen (P-collagen) has been successfully used to reduce human hypertrophic scars due to its anti-fibrotic and anti-inflammatory properties. We therefore carried out a study to determine if P-collagen reduces functional and structural injury in chronic cyclosporine [cyclosporine A (CsA)] nephropathy. METHODS Four groups of six male Wistar rats fed with a low so...

Background and Objective: Increment in cancer prevalence and subsequent need for chemotherapy leads to distinct kidney-related diseases such as acute kidney injury (AKI). Cisplatin is a common chemotherapeutic agent that has been used in many cancers; however, it can damage renal cells. Capparis spinosa is an important therapeutic plant in Persian medicine that encompasses high amounts of bioac...

Nephrotoxicity is the most common and clinically significant adverse effect of calcineurin inhibitors. Cyclosporine and tacrolimus nephrotoxicity is manifested by both acute azotemia and chronic progressive renal disease and tubular zdysfunction. An elevation in the plasma potassium concentration due to reduced efficiency of urinary potassium excretion is common in cyclosporine-treated patients...

BACKGROUND Acute and long-term nephrotoxicity is the major dose-limiting factor for cyclosporine A (CsA). We evaluated the protective effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP)38 on CsA-induced nephrotoxicity in human renal proximal tubule epithelial (human kidney-2) cells and in intact mice. METHODS Confluent (human kidney-2 cells were exposed to CsA (25-50 μmol/L)...

PURPOSE We recently reported that rosiglitazone (RGTZ), a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) agonist, has a protective effect against cyclosporine (CsA)- induced renal injury. Here we report the effect of RGTZ on peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) expression in an experimental model of chronic cyclosporine (CsA) nephropathy. MATERIALS AND ME...