Connective tissue growth factor in tubulointerstitial injury of diabetic nephropathy

Kidney International

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 96-105

  Wang, Shinong ^a,b   DeNichilo, Mark ^a,b   Brubaker, Carrie ^a,b   Hirschberg, Raimund ^a,b  

^a Harbor UCLA Research   (United States)

^b FIBROGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Collagen; End stage renal disease; IGF I; Progressive interstitial nephritis; Thrombospondin

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRONECTIN; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA; SCATTER FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FIBROBLAST; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 0034951422     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.00776.x     Document Type: Article

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