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SUBMITTER: Taguchi K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4116057 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Taguchi Kazumi K Okada Atsushi A Kitamura Hiroshi H Yasui Takahiro T Naiki Taku T Hamamoto Shuzo S Ando Ryosuke R Mizuno Kentaro K Kawai Noriyasu N Tozawa Keiichi K Asano Kenichi K Tanaka Masato M Miyoshi Ichiro I Kohri Kenjiro K
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20140227 8
We recently reported evidence suggesting that migrating macrophages (Mϕs) eliminate renal crystals in hyperoxaluric mice. Mϕs can be inflammatory (M1) or anti-inflammatory (M2), and colony-stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) mediates polarization to the M2Mϕ phenotype. M2Mϕs promote renal tissue repair and regeneration, but it is not clear whether these cells are involved in suppressing renal crystal formation. We investigated the role of M2Mϕs in renal crystal formation during hyperoxaluria using CSF- ...[more]