The influence of fasudil on the epithelial-mesenchymal transdifferentiation of renal tubular epithelial cells from diabetic rats

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-129

  Wu, Ganlin ^a   Tu, Yafang ^a   Jia, Ruhan ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diabetic nephropathy; Epithelial mesenchymal transdifferentiation of renal tubular epithelial cells; Fasudil

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; FASUDIL; MESSENGER RNA; P MYOSIN PHOSPHATASE TARGET SUBUNIT 1 PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MECHANISM; EPITHELIUM CELL; GLOMERULUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; MESENCHYME CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TREATMENT DURATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

1-(5-ISOQUINOLINESULFONYL)-2-METHYLPIPERAZINE; ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CADHERINS; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CREATININE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROSIS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77349123006     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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