Sphingosine kinase-1: A potential mediator of renal fibrosis

Kidney International

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 815-817

  Long, David A ^a   Price, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; SCLEROPROTEIN; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE; SPHINGOSINE KINASE 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CELL COUNT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PODOCYTES; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; SPHINGOSINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

EID: 70349682889     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.310     Document Type: Note

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