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Autocrine IL-10 activation of the STAT3 pathway is required for pathological macrophage differentiation in polycystic kidney disease.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 Sept 2016
Peda Jacqueline D, Salah Sally M, Wallace Darren P, Fields Patrick E, Grantham Connor J, Fields Timothy A, Swenson-Fields Katherine I
Abstract excerpt
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is characterized by slow expansion of fluid-filled cysts derived from tubules within the kidney. Cystic expansion results in injury to surrounding parenchyma and leads to inflammation, scarring and ultimately loss of renal function. Macrophages are a key element in this process, promoting cyst epithelial cell proliferation, cyst expansion and disease progression. Previously, we...
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