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Therapeutic potential of TGF-β inhibition in chronic renal failure
被引:35
|作者:
Gagliardini, Elena
[1
]
Benigni, Ariela
[1
]
机构:
[1] Mario Negri Inst Pharmaceut Res, I-24125 Bergamo, Italy
关键词:
progressive nephropathies;
proteinuria;
renal fibrosis;
transforming growth factor-beta;
D O I:
10.1517/14712598.7.3.293
中图分类号:
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)];
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号:
071005 ;
0836 ;
090102 ;
100705 ;
摘要:
Chronic kidney diseases are emerging as a worldwide public health problem. The progression of kidney diseases closely correlates with the accumulation of extracellular matrix leading to glomerulosclerosis and tubulointerstitial injury. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta has been identified as a key mediator of kidney matrix accumulation. Overexpression of TGF-beta isoforms and their receptors was observed in a variety of renal diseases in both animals and humans. Given its crucial role in fibrotic kidney disease, TGF-beta has been recently considered as a possible target in the management of chronic renal diseases. This review discusses the role of TGF-beta in renal fibrosis and provides an overview of the strategies that, when interfering with TGF-beta expression and signalling, could be employed as new renoprotective treatments.
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页码:293 / 304
页数:12
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