The effect of connective tissue growth factor on human renal tubular epithelial cell transdifferentiation

Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology - Medical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 350-353

  Zhang, Chun ^a   Zhu, Zhonghua ^a   Deng, Anguo ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Connective tissue growth factor; Human renal tubular epithelial cells; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL CULTURE; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; RNA;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR (CTGF); HUMAN RENAL TUBULAR EPITHELIAL CELLS; TISSUE GROWTH; TRANSDIFFERENTIATION;

GROWTH KINETICS;

ACTIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUBULE; METABOLISM;

ACTINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KIDNEY TUBULES;

EID: 27644537013     PISSN: 0257716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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