Myofibroblast phenotypes expression in experimental renal scarring

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 904-915

  Muchaneta Kubara, E C ^a   El Nahas, A M ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

smooth muscle actin; Desmin; Myofibroblasts; Renal fibrosis; Subtotal nephrectomy; TGF ; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AVIDIN; BIOTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DESMIN; PEROXIDASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIOLE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FIBROSIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCAR; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RENAL ARTERY; WOUND HEALING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CICATRIX; COLLAGEN; DESMIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEPHRECTOMY; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0031011375     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/12.5.904     Document Type: Article

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