TY - BOOK AU - Amal Fahmy Tawadrous AU - Maha Mohamed Sabry , AU - Mary Andraws Youssef , AU - Nagwa Kamal Eldin Roshdy , TI - A study on the relation between the renin angiotensin system , PPARy and oxidative stress in type 2 diabetic rats hearts / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Amal Fahmy Tawadrous , KW - ACE2 KW - ARB KW - Diabetic N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Physiology; Issued also as CD N2 - Test and compare the possible cardio - protective effects of AT1 blockade , ACEi, PPAR gamma activation and antioxidant therapy in type 2 diabetic hearts , through the modultion of the expression of cardiac AT2 receptor and ACE2 . A total of 126 male albino rats were used in this study weighting 160 - 180 grams . The animals were housed in wire mesh cages at room temperature , with normal light dark cycle ER -