Macrophage-derived TGF-β in renal fibrosis: Not a macro-impact after all

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Tan, Roderick J ^a   Liu, Youhua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROPHAGE DERIVED CHEMOKINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CELL INFILTRATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; MYELOID PROGENITOR CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 84884250824     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00356.2013     Document Type: Editorial

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