Sources of myofibroblasts in kidney fibrosis: All answers are correct, however to different extent!

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 659-664

  Ballhause, Tobias M ^a   Soldati, Rocío ^a   Mertens, Peter R ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition, EMT; FSP 1; Renal fibrosis; TGF ; Tubular epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; ENDOTHELIAL TO MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MYOFIBROBLASTS;

EID: 84897114939     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-013-0626-5     Document Type: Review

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