the grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.30471732)
Objective To review the mechanisms of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) and its role in the progression of tubulointerstitial fibrosis. Data sources The data used in this review were obtained mainly from th...
Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(№ 30471732);Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Fund(BK2002052);"135"project for Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Medical Talent(RC2002072).
Aim: The present study was designed to further investigate the effect of connective tissue growth factor antisense oligonucleotide (CTGF-AS) on angiotensin Ⅱ (Ang Ⅱ)-induced tubular cell epithelial mesenchymal ...
This research is supported by the National Natural Science Fundation (No. 30471732), Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Fundation (No. 2002052), and the Jiangsu Key Medical Talent Project (No. 2002072).
Background Renal hypertrophy has been regarded as the early feature of diabetic nephropathy (DN), which may eventually lead to proteinuria and renal fibrosis. However, the exact mechanism of renal hypertrophy is sti...