Baicalein ameliorates renal interstitial fibrosis by inducing myofibroblast apoptosis in vivo and in vitro

BJU International

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 145-152

  Wang, Wei ^a   Zhou, Pang Hu ^a   Xu, Chang Geng ^a   Zhou, Xiang Jun ^a   Hu, Wei ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

apoptosis; baicalein; kidney fibrosis; myofibroblast; PI3K AKT

Indexed keywords

BAICALEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; FIBRONECTIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFIBROTIC EFFECT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTION-INDUCED RENAL FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 85027955952     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.13219     Document Type: Article

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