ROLE OF HYPOMAGNESEMIA IN CHRONIC CYCLOSPORINE NEPHROPATHY1

Katsuyuki Miura, Tatsuya Nakatani, Toshihiro Asai, Shinya Yamanaka, Satoshi Tamada, Koichiro Tashiro, Shokei Kim, Mikio Okamura, Hiroshi Iwao

Transplantation · 2002 · 60 citations · 29 references

Abstract

CsA-induced hypomagnesemia contributes to chronic renal fibrotic lesions seen during CsA treatment through up-regulation of fibrogenic molecules, most notably early activation of tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-1 expression.

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