Hepatocyte growth factor suppresses interstitial fibrosis in a mouse model of obstructive nephropathy

Kidney International

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1304-1314

  Mizuno, S ^a   Matsumoto, K ^a   Nakamura, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic renal disease; Macrophages; Renal fibrosis; Transforming growth factor ; Tubulointerstitial fibrosis

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0035070420     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041304.x     Document Type: Article

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