Renal fibrosis: Origin and potential of myofibroblasts

Nephron

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 880-882

  Wardle, E N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; DESMIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FAT DROPLET; FIBROBLAST SPECIFIC PROTEIN 1; FLUINDOSTATIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; LECTIN; MEVINOLIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PIRFENIDONE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ATROPHY; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; LEYDIG CELL; LUNG FIBROSIS; MESANGIUM CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PYELONEPHRITIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0036969287     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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