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Severe Nephrotoxic Nephritis following Conditional and Kidney-Specific Knockdown of Stanniocalcin-1.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Huang Luping, Lou Yahuan, Ju Huiming, Zhang Lin, Pan Jenny Szu-Chin, Ross April, Sun Yuxiang, Truong Luan D, Sheikh-Hamad David
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Inflammation is the hallmark of nephrotoxic nephritis. Stanniocalcin-1 (STC1), a pro-survival factor, inhibits macrophages, stabilizes endothelial barrier function, and diminishes trans-endothelial migration of leukocytes; consistently, transgenic (Tg) overexpression of STC1 protects from nephrotoxic nephritis. Herein, we sought to determine the phenotype of nephrotoxic nephritis after conditional and...
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