Up-regulation of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene expression induces tubulointerstitial injury in reflux nephropathy

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 635-639

  Chertin, Boris ^a   Solari, Valeria ^a   Reen, Denis J ^a   Farkas, Amicur ^b   Puri, Prem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Reflux nephropathy; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN I; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FIBRONECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; CELL SURFACE; CELL TYPE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UP-REGULATION; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0036821045     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0857-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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