A role for Wnt-4 in renal fibrosis

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 282, Issue 3 51-3, 2002, Pages

  Surendran, Kameswaran ^a   McCaul, Sean P ^a   Simon, Theodore C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interstitial fibroblast; Kidney; Tubulointerstitial disease; catenin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN ALPHA1 CHAIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY CAPSULE; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; URETER OBSTRUCTION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0036084033     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.0009.2001     Document Type: Article

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