Proximal tubular injury and rapid formation of atubular glomeruli in mice with unilateral ureteral obstruction: A new look at an old model

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Forbes, Michael S ^a   Thornhill, Barbara A ^a   Chevalier, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Lectin; Phenotypic transition; Rennin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; LECTIN; NESTIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATUBULAR GLOMERULI; AUTOPHAGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLOMERULOPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE DAMAGE; LOTUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 79960047826     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00022.2011     Document Type: Article

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