Mediators of Inflammation (Jan 2004)

Reversion by ozone treatment of acute nephrotoxicity induced by cisplatin in rats

  • Ricardo González,
  • Aluet Borrego,
  • Zullyt Zamora,
  • Cheyla Romay,
  • Frank Hernández,
  • Silvia Menéndez,
  • Teresita Montero,
  • Enis Rojas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/09629350400008836
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 5-6
pp. 307 – 312

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Ozone therapy has become a useful treatment for pathological processes, in which the damage mediated by reactive oxygen species is involved. Several lines of evidence suggest that cisplatin-induced acute nephrotoxicity is partially mediated by reactive oxygen species.