Long-term dietary nitrate supplementation does not reduce renal cyst growth in experimental autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

Augmentation of endogenous nitric oxide (NO) synthesis, either by the classical L-arginine-NO synthase pathway, or the recently discovered entero-salivary nitrate-nitrite-NO system, may slow the progression of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). To test this hypothesis, the express...

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Main Authors: Jennifer Q J Zhang, Sayanthooran Saravanabavan, Kai Man Cheng, Aarya Raghubanshi, Ashley N Chandra, Alexandra Munt, Benjamin Rayner, Yunjia Zhang, Katrina Chau, Annette T Y Wong, Gopala K Rangan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248400