Interleukin-22 in kidney injury and regeneration

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 308, Issue 10, 2015, Pages F1041-F1046

  Weidenbusch, Marc ^a   Rodler, Severin ^a   Anders, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AKI; CKD; Healing; Immunoepithelial cross talk; Inflammation; Repair; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; INTERLEUKIN-22;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY TUBULE; NECROINFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE REGENERATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; INTERLEUKINS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; REGENERATION;

EID: 84930849814     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00005.2015     Document Type: Review

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