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Transdifferentiation of cultured tubular cells induced by hypoxia.
Kidney international - 1 Mar 2004
Manotham Krissanapong, Tanaka Tetsuhiro, Matsumoto Makiko, Ohse Takamoto, Inagi Reiko, Miyata Toshio, Kurokawa Kiyoshi, Fujita Toshiro, Ingelfinger Julie R, Nangaku Masaomi
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BACKGROUND: Tubulointerstitial fibrosis leads to progressive kidney disease and, ultimately, may result in end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Myofibroblasts, which express alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) in their cytoplasm, regulate renal fibrogenesis. Recent studies suggest that certain interstitial myofibroblasts derive from renal tubular cells that have undergone epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT)...
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