Rapamycin is less fibrogenic than Cyclosporin A as demonstrated in a rat model of chronic allograft nephropathy

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Luo, Lei ^a   Sun, Zhaolin ^a   Luo, Guangheng ^a  

^a GUIZHOU PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic allograft nephropathy; Cyclosporin A; Kidney transplantation; Rapamycin; Renal fibrosis

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MESSENGER RNA; RAPAMYCIN; RNA; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; FIBROGENESIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORINE; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FIBROSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; SIROLIMUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84870681560     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.02.059     Document Type: Article

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