Soluble Flt-1 gene therapy ameliorates albuminuria but accelerates tubulointerstitial injury in diabetic mice

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Kosugi, Tomoki ^a,c   Nakayama, Takahiro ^a,c   Li, Qiuhong ^b   Chiodo, Vince A ^b   Zhang, Li ^a   Campbell Thompson, Martha ^a   Grant, Maria ^a   Croker, Byron P ^a   Nakagawa, Takahiko ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adeno associated virus serotype 1; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1;

ALBUMINURIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIANGIOGENIC GENE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77649096732     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00377.2009     Document Type: Article

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