Quercetin inhibits fibroblast activation and kidney fibrosis involving the suppression of mammalian target of rapamycin and β-catenin signaling

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ren, Jiafa ^a   Li, Jianzhong ^a   Liu, Xin ^a   Feng, Ye ^a   Gui, Yuan ^a   Yang, Junwei ^a   He, Weichun ^a   Dai, Chunsun ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CATENIN; CYTOKINE; FIBRONECTIN; MECHANISTIC TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; QUERCETIN; SMAD PROTEIN; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TOR COMPLEX 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; KIDNEY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; FIBROBLASTS; FIBRONECTINS; FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; KIDNEY; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; QUERCETIN; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; SNAIL FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84964010115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep23968     Document Type: Article

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