Possible involvement of intracellular angiotensin II receptor in high-glucose-induced damage in renal proximal tubular cells.
Conclusions: ARBs reduce high-glucose-induced oxidative stress in RPTECs possibly via blockade of intracellular as well as extracellular AT1 receptor signaling, which possibly protects renal tubular cell function during diabetic nephropathy.
PMID: 20890878 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)