title: Asymmetric dimethylarginine in end-stage renal disease patients: a biomarker modifiable by calcium blockade and angiotensin II antagonism?
abstract: The nitric oxide synthase inhibitor asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is an emerging risk biomarker in cardiovascular and renal diseases. Apparently amlodipine and valsartan produce substantial reductions in the plasma concentration of this methylarginine in hemodialysis patients. These findings are of relevance for designing studies aimed at testing the etiologic relevance of ADMA to the high cardiovascular risk of ESRD.
authors.affiliation: Epidemiologia Clinica e Fisiopatologia delle malattie Renali e dell'Ipertensione Arteriosae Unita Operativa di Nefrologia, Dialisi e Trapianto Renale, Ospedali Riuniti, Reggio Calabria, Italy. carmine.zoccali@tin.it
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zoccali
mesh_terms: D017311:Amlodipine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013777:Tetrazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014633:Valine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000068756:Valsartan
chemical_list: D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers; D015415:Biomarkers; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D013777:Tetrazoles; D000804:Angiotensin II; D017311:Amlodipine; C018524:N,N-dimethylarginine; D000068756:Valsartan; D001120:Arginine; D014633:Valine; D002118:Calcium