Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 involvement in the development of renal interstitial fibrosis after unilateral ureteral obstruction

Nephrology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 565-571

  Kuratsune, Masatoshi ^a   Masaki, Takao ^a   Hirai, Takayuki ^a   Kiribayashi, Kei ^a   Yokoyama, Yukio ^a   Arakawa, Tetsuji ^a   Yorioka, Noriaki ^a   Kohno, Nobuoki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; STAT3; UUO

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; URETER OBSTRUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FIBROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 35848954278     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2007.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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