Mycophenolate mofetil attenuates renal injury in the rat remnant kidney

Kidney International

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1510-1519

  Fujihara, Clarice Kazue ^a   Malheiros, Denise Maria Avancini Costa ^a   Zatz, Roberto ^a,b   De Lourdes Noronha, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Laboratorio de Fisiopatologia Renal   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glomerulosclerosis; Immunosuppression; Inflammation; Kidney failure; Macrophages; Mycophenolic acid; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DRUG VEHICLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OLIVE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECT; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY SURGERY; KIDNEY TUBULE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RAT; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0031725546     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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