Monocytes induce proximal tubular epithe
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Qing Li; Bi-Cheng Liu; Lin-Li Lv; Kun-Ling Ma; Xiao-Liang Zhang; Aled O. Phillip
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Inflammatory cell infiltration plays a key role in the pathogenesis of tubulointerstitial damage in chronic renal diseases. In addition to secreting the profibrotic cytokines, monocytes themselves have been demonstrated to be directly associated with renal fibrogenesis. However, how infiltrating mon