Blockage of tubular epithelial to myofibroblast transition by hepatocyte growth factor prevents renal interstitial fibrosis.

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Activation of alpha-smooth muscle actin-positive myofibroblast cells is a key event in the progression of chronic renal diseases that leads to end-stage renal failure. Although the origin of these myofibroblasts in the kidney remains uncertain, emerging evidence suggests that renal myofibroblasts may derive from tubular epithelial cells by a process of epithelial to mesenchymal transition. It was demonstrated...

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