Inhibition of Connective Tissue Growth Factor by Small Interfering RNA Prevents Renal Fibrosis in Rats Undergoing Chronic Allograft Nephropathy

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2365-2369

  Luo, G H ^a   Lu, Y P ^a   Song, J ^a   Yang, L ^a   Shi, Y J ^a   Li, Y P ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIBROSIS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 51249090127     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.07.100     Document Type: Article

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