In diabetic mice, exendin‑4 decreased renal tubular injury.
In plain wordsIn mice with diabetes, exendin‑4 reduced kidney tubule injury compared with diabetic mice without exendin‑4.
- Peptide
- Exenatide (exendin-4)
- Outcome
- DecreaseRenal tubular injury
- Study
mousen: not reported in source
Streptozotocin-induced diabetes in male BALB/c mice- Comparator
- Diabetic mice without exendin-4
- Outcome group
- Kidney function · Kidney and urinary
- Studied dose
- 3 μg/kgAs given in this study (mouse).
Source sentences
In our diabetic model, we observed renal injury mainly in tubular area rather than glomeruli and exendin-4 decreased tubular injury with its glucose lowering effect.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
BALB/c male mice were divided into four groups: non-diabetic, non-diabetic + exendin-4 (3 μg/kg), diabetic and diabetic + exendin-4.