Blockage of tubular epithelial to myofibroblast transition by hepatocyte growth factor prevents renal interstitial fibrosis

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 96-107

  Yang, J ^a   Liu, Y ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; FIBRONECTIN; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; MALE; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0036138824     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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