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TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Volume 11, Issue 11, Pages 512-518Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2005.09.007
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Fibrosis, and in particular tubulointerstitial fibrosis, is a common feature of almost all chronic renal diseases. Over the past several years, significant progress has been made in defining the underlying mechanisms of tubulointerstitial fibrosis. In a variety of mouse models, expression of transforming growth factor-beta is a primary causative factor which leads to increased numbers of myofibroblasts, collagen deposition and loss of tubular epithelia. More recently, another member of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily, BMP7, was shown to counteract transforming growth factor-beta-mediated fibrosis. The activities of these secreted factors are regulated, in part, by extracellular ligand binding proteins which can enhance or suppress receptor ligand,interactions.
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