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Circulating CSF-1 promotes monocyte and macrophage phenotypes that enhance lupus nephritis.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Dec 2009
Menke Julia, Rabacal Whitney A, Byrne Katelyn T, Iwata Yasunori, Schwartz Melvin M, Stanley E Richard, Schwarting Andreas, Kelley Vicki R
Abstract excerpt
Macrophages mediate kidney disease and are prominent in a mouse model (MRL-Fas(lpr)) of lupus nephritis. Colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) is the primary growth factor for macrophages, and CSF-1 deficiency protects MRL-Fas(lpr) mice from kidney disease and systemic illness. Whether this renopro...
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