Epithelial-mesenchymal transition to be or not to be? Is the answer yes and no at the same time?

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 843-846

  Zhu, Cheng ^a   Mertens, Peter R ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALVASCULIN; PROTEIN ZO1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UVOMORULIN;

EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TUBULE BASEMENT MEMBRANE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REPERFUSION INJURY; SHORT SURVEY; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TUBULES; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 78549262057     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-010-9730-y     Document Type: Short Survey

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