Leon Xu

Cooperative interaction of CTGF and TGF-β in animal models of fibrotic disease

Qingjian Wang, William R. Usinger, Blake Nichols et al. · Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair · 2011 · 274 citations · Full text

Effect of desferrioxamine and metals on the hydroxylases in the oxygen sensing pathway

Maija Hirsilä, Peppi Koivunen, Leon Xu et al. · The FASEB Journal · 2005 · 217 citations

Purified Hif-p4hs, Biochemistry, Heme Homeostasis +15

CTGF Inhibits BMP-7 Signaling in Diabetic Nephropathy

Tri Q. Nguyen, Peggy Roestenberg, Frans A. van Nieuwenhoven et al. · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 2008 · 129 citations · Full text

Sclerostin, Immunology, Inflammation +17

Many Amino Acid Substitutions in a Hypoxia-inducible Transcription Factor (HIF)-1α-like Peptide Cause Only Minor Changes in Its Hydroxylation by the HIF Prolyl 4-Hydroxylases

Dongxia Li, Maija Hirsilä, Peppi Koivunen et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2004 · 42 citations · Full text

Renal proximal tubular dysfunction is a major determinant of urinary connective tissue growth factor excretion

Karin G. F. Gerritsen, Hilde P.E. Peters, Tri Q. Nguyen et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology · 2010 · 26 citations · Full text

Renal Pathology, Renal Inflammation, Pathology +18