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Lack of the growth factor midkine enhances survival against cisplatin-induced renal damage.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Nov 2004
Kawai Hanayo, Sato Waichi, Yuzawa Yukio, Kosugi Tomoki, Matsuo Seiichi, Takei Yoshifumi, Kadomatsu Kenji, Muramatsu Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Although cisplatin acts directly on proximal tubule epithelial cells and causes cell death, little is known regarding the biological significance of its secondary effects, such as inflammation. The growth factor midkine is highly expressed in the proximal tubule and exerts ambivalent activities as to cisplatin nephrotoxicity, ie, anti-apoptotic and chemotactic ones. Here we report that midkine-deficient mice show...
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