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miR-21-containing microvesicles from injured tubular epithelial cells promote tubular phenotype transition by targeting PTEN protein.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Oct 2013
Zhou Yang, Xiong Mingxia, Fang Li, Jiang Lei, Wen Ping, Dai Chunsun, Zhang Chen-Yu, Yang Junwei
Abstract excerpt
Renal fibrosis is inevitably progressive no matter what the initial insult is or whether the insult persists. In an experimental fibrosis model induced by unilateral ureteral obstruction, the accelerated pathological changes could hardly be explained by aggravated pressure caused by hydronephrosi...
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