Molecular Markers of Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Cell Damage in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.

In chronic kidney disease (CKD), progressive nephron loss causes glomerular sclerosis, as well as tubulointerstitial fibrosis and progressive tubular injury. In this study, we aimed to identify molecular changes that reflected the histopathological progression of renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis an...

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Main Authors: Shunsaku Nakagawa, Kumiko Nishihara, Hitomi Miyata, Haruka Shinke, Eri Tomita, Moto Kajiwara, Takeshi Matsubara, Noriyuki Iehara, Yoshinobu Igarashi, Hiroshi Yamada, Atsushi Fukatsu, Motoko Yanagita, Kazuo Matsubara, Satohiro Masuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4552842?pdf=render