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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Craig Slattery
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-1403 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
The American journal of pathology 20050801 2
Cyclosporine A, which has been the foremost immunosuppressive agent since the early 1980's, significantly improves the success of organ transplantation. However, common complications of cyclosporine A therapy, such as severe renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis, limit the drug's clinical use. Although the exact mechanisms driving cyclosporine A-induced tubulointerstitial fibrosis remain elusive, we hypothesized that epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) may play a major role. We investigated this ...[more]