supported by grants from National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (No. 30370657, No.30871172);New Century Excellent Talents Grant (No. NCET004–0712)
The role of protein kinase C (PKC) activation in advanced glycation end products (AGEs)-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in renal proximal tubular epithelial cells was investigated. HKC cells were divided...
the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (No. 30370657).
Phosphorylation of β-catenin tyrosine residue 654 plays an important role in the epithelial to myofibroblast transition (EMT). Introducing mimic peptide of tyrosine residue 654 domain of β-catenin into cells may i...