CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES, cilt.6, sa.1, ss.20-27, 2016 (ESCI)
Objective: Nephrotic syndrome (NS) may result in renal failure. Apelin (AP), a vasoactive peptide, demonstrates its effect by binding to the AP receptor. AP, present in the endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells of glomerular arterioles, affects the pre- and post-microvascularization by regulating renal hemodynamics. This study aimed to determine the histomorphological changes of AP treatment in a doxorubicin (DOX)-induced NS model.