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Effect of pro-inflammatory interleukin-17A on epithelial cell phenotype inversion in HK-2 cells in vitro.
European cytokine network - 1 Jun 2016
Liu Li, Li Fu-Gang, Yang Man, Wang Li, Chen Yue, Wang Li, Ji Wen, Fan Jun-Ming
Abstract excerpt
Renal interstitial fibrosis (RIF) is a pathological change common to a variety of chronic renal diseases, ultimately progressing to end-stage renal failure. It is believed that epithelial cell phenotype inversion plays an important role in RIF, which is characterized by expression of the mesenchymal maker α-SMA, loss of the epithelial maker E-cadherin, and enhanced secretion of extracellular matrix. IL-17, a...
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