Aberrant activation of the WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway in lupus nephritis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Xiao Dong ^a   Huang, Xin Fang ^a   Yan, Qing Ran ^a   Bao, Chun De ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AXIN2 PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY INJURY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEINURIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AXIN PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLEMENT C3; CREATININE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, MESSENGER; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84898635998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084852     Document Type: Article

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