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HMGB1 exacerbates renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis through facilitating M1 macrophage phenotype at the early stage of obstructive injury.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology - 1 Jan 2015
Tian Shaojiang, Zhang Lansing, Tang Junming, Guo Xia, Dong Kun, Chen Shi-You
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have indicated that macrophage phenotype diversity is involved in the progression of renal fibrosis. However, the factors facilitating M1 or M2 phenotypes and the function of these polarized macrophages in kidney injury and fibrosis remain largely unknown. In the present study, we found that macrophages accumulated in the kidney interstitium exhibited mainly as the M1 phenotype at the early stage...
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