The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 237-246 , March 2010

Zinc supplementation partially prevents renal pathological changes in diabetic rats

  • Yunan Tang

      Affiliations

    • The Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, The Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
    • Department of Pediatrics, The University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
    • Equal contribution to this work.
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  • Qin Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang 55000, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Qin Yang is to be contacted at Department of Pathophysiology, Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang, China. Lu Cai, at The Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, 570 S. Preston St, Baxter I Building, Suite 304F, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
    • Equal contribution to this work.
    • ,
  • Jiayin Lu

      Affiliations

    • The China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
    • ,
  • Xiaolin Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang 55000, China
    • ,
  • Di Suen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang 55000, China
    • ,
  • Yi Tan

      Affiliations

    • The Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, The Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
    • Department of Pediatrics, The University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
    • ,
  • Litai Jin

      Affiliations

    • The Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, The Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
    • ,
  • Jian Xiao

      Affiliations

    • The Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, The Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
    • ,
  • Rujia Xie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang 55000, China
    • ,
  • Madhavi Rane

      Affiliations

    • The Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, The Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
    • Department of Pediatrics, The University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
    • ,
  • Xiaokun Li

      Affiliations

    • The Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, The Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
    • ,
  • Lu Cai

      Affiliations

    • The Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, The Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
    • Department of Pediatrics, The University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
    • Departments of Radiation Oncology and Pharmacology and Toxicology, The University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Qin Yang is to be contacted at Department of Pathophysiology, Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang, China. Lu Cai, at The Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, 570 S. Preston St, Baxter I Building, Suite 304F, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.

Received 15 August 2008 ,Revised 28 November 2008 ,Accepted 3 December 2008.

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☆ Financial support: The study was supported in part by grants from American Diabetes Association (02-07-JF-02; 05-07-02, to L. Cai), from Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, International (5-2006-382) and from the Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, Wenzhou Medical College to L. Cai and X.K. Li.

PII: S0955-2863(08)00268-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2008.12.010

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 237-246 , March 2010

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