Role of the USF1 transcription factor in diabetic kidney disease

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sanchez, Amber P ^a   Zhao, Jing Hong ^a   You, Young ^a   Declèves, Anne Emilie ^a   Diamond Stanic, Maggie ^a   Sharma, Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Akita; AMPK; Diabetic nephropathy; Renin; TGF 1

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLUCOSE; RENIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 1;

ALBUMINURIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MESANGIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

EID: 79961142846     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00221.2011     Document Type: Article

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