Effect of chronic N-acetylcysteine treatment on the development of spontaneous hypertension

Pechánová O, Zicha J, Kojsová S, Dobesová Z, Jendeková L, Kunes J. Effect of chronic N-acetylcysteine treatment on the development of spontaneous hypertension. Clin Sci (Lond). 2006 Feb;110(2):235-42. doi: 10.1042/CS20050227. PMID: 16238546

The aim of the present study was to determine the preventive and therapeutic effects of NAC (N-acetylcysteine) in SHRs (spontaneously hypertensive rats). Both decreased ROS production and increased NOS activity appear to participate in the BP changes after NAC treatment in young SHRs. In adult SHRs with established hypertension, however, the secondary alterations (such as pronounced structural remodelling of resistance vessels) might attenuate the therapeutic effect of NAC.

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