Molecular targets for treatment of kidney fibrosis

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 549-559

  Chuang, Peter Y ^a   Menon, Madhav C ^a   He, John C ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; HIPK2; Kidney; Signaling pathways; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; DIPYRONE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FG 3019; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; HOMEODOMAIN INTERACTING PROTEIN KINASE 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38 INHIBITOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PIRFENIDONE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR D; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANILAST; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TARGETING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; FIBROGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG FIBROSIS; MESENCHYME CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEINURIA; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITINATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BETA CATENIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NF-KAPPA B; ORTHO-AMINOBENZOATES; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRIDONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84879080578     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: 14321440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-012-0983-z     Document Type: Review

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