Interferon-γ inhibits experimental renal fibrosis

Kidney International

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2116-2127

  Oldroyd, Simon D ^a,b,c   Thomas, Graham L ^a,b   Gabbiani, Giulio ^a,b   Meguid El Nahas, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interferon renal scarring; Myofibroblasts; Tubulointerstitial fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RAT; SCAR FORMATION;

EID: 0033452097     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00775.x     Document Type: Article

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