Up‐regulation of endoglin, a TGF‐β‐binding protein, in rats with experimental renal fibrosis induced by renal mass reduction - Concepedia

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Up‐regulation of endoglin, a TGF‐β‐binding protein, in rats with experimental renal fibrosis induced by renal mass reduction

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2001

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Ana B. Rodríguez-Peña, Marta Prieto, Annette Düwel, Juan V. Rivas, Nélida Eleno, Fernando Pérez‐Barriocanal, Miguel Arévalo, Joshua D. Smith, Calvin Vary, Carmelo Bernabéu,

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Abstract

The present study demonstrates increased endoglin expression in rats with severe hypertension and renal damage. This increased endoglin expression coincides with the period of higher renal damage and renal dysfunction.