This work was supported by the Special-fund for Promotion of Education, Ministry of Education (Peking University), the Scientific Foundation for Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, the Ministry of Education;the Research Grund from Peking University Firs
Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is thought to be a specific mediator of TGF-β profibrogenic effect, but the role of CTGF in the transformation of renal fibroblasts to myofibroblasts, which are the most importa...