Organic Anion Transporter 5 Renal Expression and Urinary Excretion in Rats with Vascular Calcification
Figure 1
Diagram of study design. Animals were randomly divided into two groups: control and treated rats. Treated rats were injected with a single overdose of vitamin D3 (300,000 IU/kg, b.w., i.m.) 10 days before the experiments in order to achieve an experimental model of vascular calcification as previously described [4–7]. Vitamin D3 solutions were prepared in corn oil. Control animals received an identical volume of corn oil by i.m. injection (1 mL/kg).
