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High-mobility group box protein 1: a novel mediator of inflammatory-induced renal epithelial-mesenchymal transition.
American journal of nephrology - 1 Jan 2010
Lynch Julie, Nolan Stephen, Slattery Craig, Feighery Ronan, Ryan Michael P, McMorrow Tara
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BACKGROUND: high-mobility group box protein 1 (HMGB-1) is a chromatin-binding protein that bends DNA, thereby facilitating gene transcription. HMGB-1 has also been observed as an extracellular secreted protein in serum of patients with sepsis and has putative intracellular signalling effects regu...
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