TGF-β signaling and the renal tubular epithelial cell: Too much, too little, and just right

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1241-1243

  Kopp, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVBETA6 INTEGRIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; PROTEIN SERINE KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DAMAGE; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; LIGAND BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URETER OBSTRUCTION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 77955595272     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2010060676     Document Type: Editorial

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