Dissection of key events in tubular epithelial to myofibroblast transition and its implications in renal interstitial fibrosis

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1465-1475

  Yang, J ^a   Liu, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TISSUE INJURY; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0034785496     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)62533-3     Document Type: Article

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