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Tubular Epithelial Cell Dedifferentiation Is Driven by the Helix-Loop-Helix Transcriptional Inhibitor Id1
4 Jan 2007
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In the fibrotic kidney, tubular cells undergo epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a phenotypic conversion that is characterized by sequential loss of epithelial markers and gain of mesenchymal features. For understanding of the molecular mechanism that governs this process, a high-throughput gene expression microarray analysis was used to identify the critical genes in the initial phase of the...
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