Relaxin down-regulates renal fibroblast function and promotes matrix remodelling in vitro

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 544-552

  Masterson, Rosemary ^a   Hewitson, Tim D ^a   Kelynack, Kristen ^a   Martic, Marina ^a   Parry, Laura ^b   Bathgate, Ross ^b   Darby, Ian ^c   Becker, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contraction; Fibroblast; Matrix remodelling; Relaxin; Renal; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGENASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; H2 RELAXIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT RELAXIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL KINETICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FIBROBLAST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIORECEPTOR ASSAY; RAT; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOWN-REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KIDNEY CORTEX; MALE; PROCOLLAGEN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RELAXIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 1342285008     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfg598     Document Type: Article

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