Wnt4/β-catenin signaling in medullary kidney myofibroblasts

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1399-1412

  DiRocco, Derek P ^a,b   Kobayashi, Akio ^a,b,c   Taketo, Makoto M ^d   McMahon, Andrew P ^e   Humphreys, Benjamin D ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT3A PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UROTHELIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84884306401     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2012050512     Document Type: Article

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