Leptin augments myofibroblastic conversion and fibrogenic activity of human peritoneal mesothelial cells: A functional implication for peritoneal fibrosis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 756-762

  Yang, An Hang ^a,b   Huang, Seng Wong ^b   Chen, Jin Yang ^a,b   Lin, Jan Kou ^a,b   Chen, Chun Yi ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Fibrosis; Leptin; Mesothelial cell; Myofibroblast; TGF 1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; FIBRONECTIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR B; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SMAD PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBROGENESIS; FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MESOTHELIUM CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONEAL FIBROSIS; PERITONEUM CELL; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN TYPE I; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM; FIBRONECTINS; FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PERITONEUM; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 33847655502     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl715     Document Type: Article

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