Hyperglycemia and Renal Mass Ablation Synergistically Augment Albuminuria in the Diabetic Subtotally Nephrectomized Rat: Implications for Modeling Diabetic Nephropathy

摘要

Background/AimsBackground/AimsWhile experimental models that emulate diabetic nephropathy are valuable tools for elucidating pathogenetic mechanisms and developing novel therapies, existing models imperfectly recapitulate human disease. In diabetes, hyperglycemia and hemodynamic forces act in concert to induce renal injury. Accordingly, in the present study, we combined streptozotocin-induced diabetes with surgical ablation of 5/6 of the kidney mass with the aim of evaluating their additive effects on renal function and glomerular morphology.