Treatment with enalapril and not diltiazem ameliorated progression of chronic kidney disease in rats, and normalized renal AT₁ receptor expression as measured with PET imaging

• Basma Ismail,

  Affiliations Cardiac PET Centre, Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiology), University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

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• Rob A. deKemp,

  Affiliation Cardiac PET Centre, Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiology), University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

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• Etienne Croteau,

  Affiliation Cardiac PET Centre, Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiology), University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

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• Tayebeh Hadizad,

  Affiliation Cardiac PET Centre, Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiology), University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

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• Kevin D. Burns,

  Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Rob S. Beanlands,

  Affiliations Cardiac PET Centre, Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiology), University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

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• Jean N. DaSilva

  * E-mail: jean.dasilva@umontreal.ca

  Affiliations Cardiac PET Centre, Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiology), University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Department of Radiology, Radio-Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Montreal; University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec, Canada

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