Wnt/β-catenin signaling in kidney injury and repair: A double-edged sword

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 156-167

  Zhou, Dong ^a   Tan, Roderick J ^a   Fu, Haiyan ^a,b   Liu, Youhua ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CALVASCULIN; CASEIN KINASE I; CHEMOKINE; CYCLIN A; CYCLIN D1; CYTOKINE; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE; GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOREACTIVE INSULIN; LIGAND; MATRILYSIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SURVIVIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MEMBRANE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; HUMANS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84955615234     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: 15300307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2015.153     Document Type: Article

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