THE POTENTIAL BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF ETHYL PYRUVATE ON DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY: AN EXPERIMENTAL AND ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY


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BAHADIR M. V., YILDIRIM Y., Baran O. P., POLAT S., AKKOÇ H., TÜNİK S.

POLISH JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY, cilt.67, sa.3, ss.250-257, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

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Oxidative stress is one of the main causes of diabetic nephropathy, which is a complication of diabetes mellitus (DM). The aim of this study was to investigate the possible role of ethyl pyruvate (EP) in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats' kidney.