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Rho/Rho kinase pathway regulates maintenance of the differentiated tubular epithelial cell phenotype on laminin-1.
Nephron. Physiology - 1 Jan 2006
Reuters Irith, Weber Manfred, Schulze-Lohoff Eckhard
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BACKGROUND: Maintenance of a polarized tubular epithelium by appropriate intracellular signaling and extracellular matrix is critical both in normal renal function as well as in acute and chronic tubular injury. We examined the hypothesis that maintenance of a differentiated epithelial phenotype on the basement membrane glycoprotein laminin-1 is controlled by the Rho/Rho kinase pathway. METHODS: Using the tubular...
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