The origin of interstitial myofibroblasts in chronic kidney disease

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-193

  Grgic, Ivica ^a,b   Duffield, Jeremy S ^c   Humphreys, Benjamin D ^a,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; EMT; Fibrosis; Genetic fate mapping; Myofibroblast

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALVASCULIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BONE MARROW; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; FIBROGENESIS; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HOMEOSTASIS; INTERSTITIUM; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MYOFIBROBLASTS; STEM CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84857111725     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: 1432198X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-011-1772-6     Document Type: Review

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