WT1 and Pax2 re-expression is required for epithelial-mesenchymal transition in 5/6 nephrectomized rats and cultured kidney tubular epithelial cells

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 296-312

  Huang, Bin ^a   Pi, Lei ^b   Chen, Cha ^c   Yuan, Fei ^d   Zhou, Qingsong ^a   Teng, Junqi ^a   Jiang, Tang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hospital for Women and Children of Guangzhou   (China)

^c Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital of Guangdong   (China)

^d DONGGUAN PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Paired box 2 gene; Renal fibrosis; RNA interference; Wilms' tumor suppressor gene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; GENE SILENCING; INTERLEUKIN-1ALPHA; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; WT1 PROTEINS;

GASTROPODA; RATTUS;

EID: 84859004997     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327530     Document Type: Article

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