Follistatin, an activin antagonist, ameliorates renal interstitial fibrosis in a rat model of unilateral ureteral obstruction

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Maeshima, Akito ^a   Mishima, Keiichiro ^a   Yamashita, Shin ^a   Nakasatomi, Masao ^a   Miya, Masaaki ^a   Sakurai, Noriyuki ^a   Sakairi, Toru ^a   Ikeuchi, Hidekazu ^a   Hiromura, Keiju ^a   Hasegawa, Yoshihisa ^b   Kojima, Itaru ^c   Nojima, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD68 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; FIBRONECTIN; FOLLISTATIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN BETA A SUBUNIT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MESANGIUM CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UNILATERAL URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URETER OBSTRUCTION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; FIBROSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FIBROSIS; FOLLISTATIN; HUMANS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; KIDNEY; MESANGIAL CELLS; RATS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 84901784998     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/376191     Document Type: Article

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