Inhibition of CTGF ameliorates peritoneal fibrosis through suppression of fibroblast and myofibroblast accumulation and angiogenesis
Abstract Peritoneal fibrosis (PF) is a serious complication in various clinical settings, but the mechanisms driving it remain to be fully determined. Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is known to regulate fibroblast activities. We therefore examined if CTGF inhibition has anti-fibrotic effects...
Enregistré dans:
| Auteurs principaux: | Norihiko Sakai, Miki Nakamura, Kenneth E. Lipson, Taito Miyake, Yasutaka Kamikawa, Akihiro Sagara, Yasuyuki Shinozaki, Shinji Kitajima, Tadashi Toyama, Akinori Hara, Yasunori Iwata, Miho Shimizu, Kengo Furuichi, Shuichi Kaneko, Andrew M. Tager, Takashi Wada |
|---|---|
| Format: | article |
| Langue: | EN |
| Publié: |
Nature Portfolio
2017
|
| Sujets: | |
| Accès en ligne: | https://doaj.org/article/7050ef58788c4ff3a1746051cc45f7fa |
| Tags: |
Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!
|
Documents similaires
-
Carnitine/organic cation transporter 1 precipitates the progression of interstitial fibrosis through oxidative stress in diabetic nephropathy in mice
par: Shohei Makiishi, et autres
Publié: (2021) -
Identification of candidate PAX2-regulated genes implicated in human kidney development
par: Yuta Yamamura, et autres
Publié: (2021) -
Essential role of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) in transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1)-induced myofibroblast transdifferentiation from Graves’ orbital fibroblasts
par: Chieh-Chih Tsai, et autres
Publié: (2018) -
Reduced CTGF expression promotes cell growth, migration, and invasion in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
par: Yan Zhen, et autres
Publié: (2014) -
Cytokine and Complement Response in the Glaucomatous βB1-CTGF Mouse Model
par: Sabrina Reinehr, et autres
Publié: (2021)