Effects of Mycophenolate Mofetil on Chronic Allograft Nephropathy by Affecting RHO/ROCK Signal Pathways

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2790-2794

  Song, J ^a   Lu, Y P ^a   Luo, G H ^a   Yang, L ^a   Ma, X ^a   Xia, Q J ^a   Shi, Y J ^a   Li, Y P ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ROCK 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOWN REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEWIS RAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CREATININE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KINETICS; MALE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 53149119198     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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