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Hydronephrosis Promotes Expression of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1α

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15

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18

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2009

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Konstantinos Stravodimos, G. Koritsiadis, Andreas C. Lazaris, Georgios Agrogiannis, Georgios Koutalellis, Constantinos Constantinides, Efstratios Patsouris, Theodoros Kapetanakis, Anastasios Zervas
Urologia Internationalis

Abstract

We conclude that HIF-1 alpha is mainly expressed in stroma fibroblasts of the hydronephrotic renal pelvis, implying the presence of significant tissue hypoxia at the dilated upper urinary tract.

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