Renal inflammatory and oxidative and metabolic changes after 6 weeks of cafeteria diet in rats
INTRODUCTION: Obesity is a disease in which inflammation is directly involved and can lead to impaired renal function.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of short term exposure to cafeteria diet on kidney tissue inflammation and advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in the rat plasma.METHODS: Male Wistar rats (10 weeks of age, weighing 350 g) were assigned to receive commercial chow diet (C; n =