Nancy A. Noble

Angiotensin II stimulates extracellular matrix protein synthesis through induction of transforming growth factor-beta expression in rat glomerular mesangial cells.

Shoji Kagami, Wayne A. Border, Diane E. Miller et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1994 · 1.1K citations · Full text

Glomerular Disease, Immunology, Pathology +23

Expression of transforming growth factor beta is elevated in human and experimental diabetic nephropathy.

Taku Yamamoto, Takamichi Nakamura, Nancy A. Noble et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1993 · 826 citations · Full text

Glomerular Disease, Human Growth, Renal Pathology +21

Gene therapy by skeletal muscle expression of decorin prevents fibrotic disease in rat kidney

Yoshitaka Isaka, Douglas K. Brees, Kazuko Ikegaya et al. · Nature Medicine · 1996 · 486 citations

Regenerative Medicine, Mechanobiology, Gene Therapies +13

Renin increases mesangial cell transforming growth factor-β1 and matrix proteins through receptor-mediated, angiotensin II-independent mechanisms

Yufeng Huang, S. Wongamorntham, J. Kasting et al. · Kidney International · 2005 · 424 citations · Full text

Molecular Physiology, Signal Transduction, Developmental Biology +13

Renin-stimulated TGF-β1 expression is regulated by a mitogen-activated protein kinase in mesangial cells

Yü Huang, Nancy A. Noble, J. Zhang et al. · Kidney International · 2007 · 236 citations · Full text

Developmental Biology, Molecular Physiology, Signal Transduction +11