Pathophysiology of chronic tubulo-interstitial disease in rats. Interactions of dietary acid load, ammonia, and complement component C3.

Karl A. Nath, Margaret K. Hostetter, Thomas H. Hostetter

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Role of basic fibroblast growth factor-2 in epithelial-mesenchymal transformation

Frank Strutz, Michael Zeisberg, Fuad N. Ziyadeh, +6

Kidney International

Regenerative MedicineEpithelial-mesenchymal TransitionFibrosisDevelopmental BiologyEpithelial-mesenchymal Interactions +7

The acidosis of chronic renal failure activates muscle proteolysis in rats by augmenting transcription of genes encoding proteins of the ATP-dependent ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.

James L. Bailey, X Wang, Brian K. England, +3

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Muscle ProteolysisProteasomeCrf MusclesOxidative StressRenal Function +20

Glomerular cell proliferation and PDGF expression precede glomerulosclerosis in the remnant kidney model

J. Floege, Mark W. Burns, Charles E. Alpers, +7

Kidney International

Glomerular DiseaseGlomerulonephritisUrologyRenal DiseaseRenal Function +10

Tubular epithelial-myofibroblast transdifferentiation in progressive tubulointerstitial fibrosis in 5/6 nephrectomized rats

Yee-Yung Ng, Tung‐Po Huang, Zheng-Ping Chen, +5

Kidney International

FibrosisUrologyProgressive Tubulointerstitial FibrosisRenal PathologyHistopathology +9

Mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of tubulointerstitial fibrosis in 5/6-nephrectomized rats

Volker Kliem, Richard J. Johnson, Charles E. Alpers, +4

Kidney International

InflammationTubulointerstitial FibrosisFibrosisRenal FunctionPhysiology +8

Role of growth hormone in the development of experimental renal scarring

A. Meguid El Nahas, A. H. Bassett, Geoff H. Cope, +1

Kidney International

UrologyDevelopmental BiologyRenal FunctionGrowth HormoneHuman Growth +8

Evidence for the central role of glomerular growth promoters in the development of sclerosis.

Agnes B. Fogo, Iekuni Ichikawa

PubMed

Central RoleSclerostinDevelopmental BiologyAutoimmune DiseaseSystemic Scleroderma +7

The contribution of acidosis to renal osteodystrophy

Principal discussant David A. Bushinsky

Kidney International

Biochemical Parameters in Chronic Renal Failure

Raymond M. Hakim, J. Michael Lazarus

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

UrologyRenal DiseaseRenal FunctionMedicineKidney Failure +6