Wnt-signaling pathways in progressive renal fibrosis

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1073-1083

  Nelson, Peter J ^a   Von Toerne, Christine ^b   Gröne, Hermann Josef ^c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canonical Wnt signaling pathway; Fibrosis; Renal damage; Wnt planar cell polarity pathway; Wnt Ca 2+ pathway

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; BETA TRANSDUCIN REPEAT CONTAINING PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CADHERIN; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MEGALIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE RYK; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL FATE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT DAMAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PODOCYTE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; FIBROSIS; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 80051711229     PISSN: 14728222     EISSN: 17447631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2011.588210     Document Type: Review

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