supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundations of China(81273333,81471626,and 31470853);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China(14KJB310006);supported by Priority Academic Program Development(PAPD)of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.
The apoptosis of glomerular mesangial cells(GMCs)is considered to be an important contributor to the initiation and development of rat Thy-1 nephritis(Thy-1N)and is accompanied by sublytic C5b-9 deposition.However,the...
Fibrotic lung diseases increase with age. Previously we determined that senescence increases tissue expression of fibronectin EDA (Fn-EDA) and decreases fibroblast expression of Thy-1, and that fibrocytes contribute t...