Effect of pravastatin on type IV collagen secretion and mesangial cell proliferation

Kidney International, Supplement

Volumn 56, Issue 71, 1999, Pages

  Nishimura, Motonobu ^a   Tanaka, Tomoaki ^b   Yasuda, Tatsuji ^b   Kurakata, Shinichi ^b   Kitagawa, Masatoshi ^b   Yamada, Kenichi ^b   Saito, Yasushi ^b   Hirai, Aizan ^b  

^a SAKURA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Collagen; Farneslypyrophosphale; GGPP; HMG CoA; Mevalonate

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PRAVASTATIN; COLLAGEN; DNA; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID PHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; MEVALONIC ACID;

CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESANGIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MESANGIUM; METABOLISM; SECRETION;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MEVALONIC ACID; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; PRAVASTATIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032974059     PISSN: 00986577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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