Research Article

Calcitriol Prevents Cardiovascular Repercussions in Puromycin Aminonucleoside-Induced Nephrotic Syndrome

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(a) Left ventricle mRNA expression of pre-pro-ET1 in control (Ct-V and Ct-D) and nephrotic (PAN-V and PAN-D) rats, after 21 days of calcitriol (D) or vehicle (V) treatments. mRNA expression was normalized for GAPDH gene and the results are expressed in % of control. versus Ct-V rats; versus PAN-V rats. (b) Immunohistochemical detection of ET-1a in left ventricle of control (Ct-V and Ct-D) and nephrotic (PAN-V and PAN-D) rats, after 21 days of calcitriol (D) or vehicle (V) treatments (magnification 200x).
(a) Gene expression
(b) Protein expression