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Epithelial-mesenchymal crosstalk alteration in kidney fibrosis |
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Published in | Journal of pathology. 2012, vol. 228, no. 2, p. 131-47 | |
Abstract | The incidence of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) is constantly rising, reaching epidemic proportions in the western world and leading to an enormous threat, even to modern health-care systems, in industrialized countries. Therapies of CKD have greatly improved following the introduction of drugs targeting the renin-angiotensin system (RAAS) but even this refined pharmacological approach has failed to stop progression to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in many individuals. In vitro historical data and recent new findings have suggested that progression of renal fibrosis might occur as a result of an altered tubulo-interstitial microenvironment and, more specifically, as a result of an altered epithelial-mesenchymal crosstalk. Here we the review biological findings that support the hypothesis of an altered cellular crosstalk in an injured local tubulo-interstitial microenvironment leading to renal disease progression. Copyright © 2012 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. | |
Keywords | Cell Communication/physiology — Cellular Microenvironment — Disease Progression — Epithelial Cells/pathology — Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition/physiology — Feedback, Physiological/physiology — Fibrosis — Humans — Kidney/pathology — Kidney Failure, Chronic/diagnosis/physiopathology — Kidney Tubules/pathology — Mesoderm/pathology — Renin-Angiotensin System/physiology | |
Identifiers | DOI: 10.1002/path.4049 PMID: 22570261 | |
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Research group | Analyse protéomique et Analyse génomique des maladies rénales (659) | |
Citation (ISO format) | PRUNOTTO, Marco et al. Epithelial-mesenchymal crosstalk alteration in kidney fibrosis. In: Journal of pathology, 2012, vol. 228, n° 2, p. 131-47. doi: 10.1002/path.4049 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:28456 |