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Endothelial autophagy and Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EndoMT) in eEPC treatment of ischemic AKI.
Journal of nephrology - 1 Oct 2016
Patschan Daniel, Schwarze Katrin, Henze Elvira, Patschan Susann, Müller Gerhard Anton
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BACKGROUND: Autophagy enables cells to digest endogenous/exogenous waste products, thus potentially prolonging the cellular lifespan. Early endothelial progenitor cells (eEPCs) protect mice from ischemic acute kidney injury (AKI). The mid-term prognosis in AKI critically depends on vascular rarefication and interstitial fibrosis with the latter partly being induced by mesenchymal transdifferentiation of...
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