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A pathogenetic role for endothelin-1 in peritoneal dialysis-associated fibrosis.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Jan 2015
Busnadiego Oscar, Loureiro-Álvarez Jesús, Sandoval Pilar, Lagares David, Dotor Javier, Pérez-Lozano María Luisa, López-Armada María J, Lamas Santiago, López-Cabrera Manuel, Rodríguez-Pascual Fernando
Abstract excerpt
In patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD), chronic exposure to nonphysiologic PD fluids elicits low-grade peritoneal inflammation, leading to fibrosis and angiogenesis. Phenotype conversion of mesothelial cells into myofibroblasts, the so-called mesothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (MMT), significantly contributes to the peritoneal dysfunction related to PD. A number of factors have been described to...
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