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PKB/SGK-resistant GSK-3 signaling following unilateral ureteral obstruction.
Kidney & blood pressure research - 1 Jan 2013
Voelkl Jakob, Mia Sobuj, Meissner Adrian, Ahmed Mohamed S, Feger Martina, Elvira Bernat, Walker Britta, Alessi Dario R, Alesutan Ioana, Lang Florian
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Renal tissue fibrosis contributes to the development of end-stage renal disease. Causes for renal tissue fibrosis include obstructive nephropathy. The development of renal fibrosis following unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) is blunted in gene-targeted mice lacking functional serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase SGK1. Similar to Akt isoforms, SGK1 phosphorylates and thus inactivates...
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