Captopril reduces cardiac inflammatory markers in spontaneously hypertensive rats by inactivation of NF-kB
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Captopril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor widely used in the treatment of arterial hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. Our objective was to study whether captopril is able to attenuate the cardiac inflammato...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-05-01
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Series: | Journal of Inflammation |
Online Access: | http://www.journal-inflammation.com/content/7/1/21 |