An aldose reductase inhibitor prevents glucose-induced increase in transforming growth factor-β and protein kinase C activity in cultured human mesangial cells

Diabetologia

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 362-364

  Ishii, H ^a   Tada, H ^a   Isogai, S ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aldose reductase inhibitor; High glucose concentration; Mesangial cells; Protein kinase C; TGF

Indexed keywords

ALDOSE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; EPALRESTAT; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESANGIUM CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; PROTEIN KINASE C; RHODANINE; THIAZOLIDINES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0031778083     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050916     Document Type: Article

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