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Urinary angiotensinogen indexed to creatinine or protein is higher in cats with surgically induced chronic kidney disease compared to healthy cats

Paper D Not peer reviewed Preclinical

Key takeaways

In cats with surgically induced kidney disease, a protein called angiotensinogen was higher in urine — but this was tested only in animals, not people, so it is too early to say what this means for human treatment.

Who did this work

Junyan Huang (University of Georgia) · Bianca N. Lourenço (University of Georgia) · Chad W. Schmiedt (University of Georgia)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-08-27
https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.26.06.0262