Dynamic blood pressure load and nephropathy in the zsf1 (fa-facp) model of type II diabetes Griffin, K.A., et al. - Diabetes and increased BP are believed to interact synergistically in the pathogenesis and progression of diabetic nephropathy. The present studies were performed to examine if there were differences in BP load and/or protective renal autoregulatory capacity between the obese diabetic ZSF1 (fa-facp) rats and their lean controls [more...]