Epithelial-mesenchymal transition of tubular epithelial cells in human renal biopsies

Kidney International

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 137-146

  Rastaldi, Maria P ^a,b,c,d   Ferrario, Franco ^a,b,c,d   Giardino, Laura ^a,b,c,d   Dell’antonio, Giacomo ^a,b,c,d   Grillo, Carlo ^a,b,c,d   Grillo, Paolo ^a,b,c,d   Strutz, Frank ^a,b,c,d   Müller, Gerhard A ^a,b,c,d   Colasanti, Giuliano ^a,b,c,d   D’amico, Giuseppe ^a,b,c,d  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell development; Collagen producing cells; Extracellular matrix; Fibrosis; Inflammatory injury; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CREATININE; CYCLINE; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 47; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROCOLLAGEN PROLINE 2 OXOGLUTARATE 4 DIOXYGENASE; PROTEIN ZO1; SCLEROPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; MESENCHYME CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0036318317     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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