TGF-beta 1/Smads signaling stimulates renal interstitial fibrosis in experimental AAN

Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 280-285

  Li, Jing ^a   Zhang, Zhongwen ^a   Wang, Dianren ^a   Wang, Yanying ^a,b   Li, Ying ^a   Wu, Guojuan ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aristolochic acid I; Mouse; Renal tubular epithelial cells; Renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis; TGF 1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; CYTOKERATIN 18; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARISTOLOCHIC ACID NEPHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ARISTOLOCHIC ACIDS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROSIS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATIN-18; KIDNEY TUBULES; MICE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VIMENTIN;

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EID: 70350649030     PISSN: 10799893     EISSN: 15324281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10799890903078465     Document Type: Article

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