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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Main Authors: Mate Alfonso, Blanca Antonio J, Zambrano Sonia, Miguel-Carrasco José L, Vázquez Carmen M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-05-01
Series:Journal of Inflammation
Online Access:http://www.journal-inflammation.com/content/7/1/21