Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 193-201 , May 2011

α-Lipoic acid protects diabetic apolipoprotein E-deficient mice from nephropathy

  • Xianwen Yi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7525, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel, 701 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7525. Tel.: +1 919 966 6912; fax: +1 919 966 8800.
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  • Volker Nickeleit

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7525, USA
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  • Leighton R. James

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8856, USA
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  • Nobuyo Maeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7525, USA

Received 16 December 2009 ,Revised 2 June 2010 ,Accepted 13 July 2010.

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☆ This work was supported by grants HL087946 and HL42630 from the NIH and the UNC Research Council grant.

☆☆ The authors have no conflict of interest.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2010.07.004

Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 193-201 , May 2011

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