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===== Beneficial effects of olmesartan on liver disease ===== | ===== Beneficial effects of olmesartan on liver disease ===== | ||
- | The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is frequently activated in patients with chronic liver diseases. Angiotensin-II (AT-II) has been suggested to play an important role in the progression of liver fibrogenesis.(({{pubmed> | + | The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is frequently activated in patients with chronic liver diseases. Angiotensin-II (AT-II) has been suggested to play an important role in the progression of liver fibrogenesis.(({{pmid> |
Some of the documented protective effects of the angiotension receptor blocker, olmesartan, include the ability to: | Some of the documented protective effects of the angiotension receptor blocker, olmesartan, include the ability to: | ||
- | * **inhibit liver fibrosis and aid liver healing** – Olmesartan medoxomil was given to fibrotic rats. Liver hydroxyproline content, the mRNA expression of collagen alpha1(I) and alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA), | + | * **inhibit liver fibrosis and aid liver healing** – Olmesartan medoxomil was given to fibrotic rats. Liver hydroxyproline content, the mRNA expression of collagen alpha1(I) and alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA), |
- | * **reduce fatty liver** – Fatty liver developed in Zucker fatty rats was ameliorated by olmesartan treatment.(({{pubmed>long: 15082419}})) "Taken in sum," one team concluded, "ARB improves the overproduction and accumulation of TG in the liver associated with insulin resistance, and it does so through mechanisms independent of its hypotensive action." | + | * **reduce fatty liver** – Fatty liver developed in Zucker fatty rats was ameliorated by olmesartan treatment.(({{pmid>long: 15082419}})) "Taken in sum," one team concluded, "ARB improves the overproduction and accumulation of TG in the liver associated with insulin resistance, and it does so through mechanisms independent of its hypotensive action." |
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- | ===== References ===== | + | ===== References =====</ |