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Phenotypic transition of the collecting duct epithelium in congenital urinary tract obstruction.
Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology - 1 Jan 2010
Trnka Peter, Hiatt Michael J, Ivanova Larissa, Tarantal Alice F, Matsell Douglas G
Abstract excerpt
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) has emerged in recent years as an important process in the development of organ fibrosis in many human diseases. Our previous experience in a nonhuman primate model of obstructive nephropathy suggested that EMT of collecting duct epithelium contributes to the development of interstitial fibrosis. In this study we demonstrate for the first time in humans that obstructed...
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