Targeting the progression of chronic kidney disease

M Ruiz-Ortega, S Rayego-Mateos, S Lamas… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a devastating condition that is reaching epidemic levels
owing to the increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and obesity, as well …

TGF-β: the master regulator of fibrosis

X Meng, DJ Nikolic-Paterson, HY Lan - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2016 - nature.com
Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) is the primary factor that drives fibrosis in most, if not
all, forms of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Inhibition of the TGF-β isoform, TGF-β1, or its …

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of kidney fibrosis

S Djudjaj, P Boor - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Renal fibrosis is the final pathological process common to any ongoing, chronic kidney
injury or maladaptive repair. It is considered as the underlying pathological process of …

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

AZ Rosenberg, JB Kopp - Clinical Journal of the American Society …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a leading cause of kidney disease
worldwide. The presumed etiology of primary FSGS is a plasma factor with responsiveness …

Pulmonary fibrosis as a result of acute lung inflammation: molecular mechanisms, relevant in vivo models, prognostic and therapeutic approaches

IA Savin, MA Zenkova, AV Sen'kova - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic progressive lung disease that steadily leads to lung
architecture disruption and respiratory failure. The development of pulmonary fibrosis is …

TGF-β/Smad signaling in renal fibrosis

XM Meng, PMK Tang, J Li, HY Lan - Frontiers in physiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
TGF-β (transforming growth factor-β) is well identified as a central mediator in renal fibrosis.
TGF-β initiates canonical and non-canonical pathways to exert multiple biological effects …

Inflammation and renal fibrosis: recent developments on key signaling molecules as potential therapeutic targets

W Lv, GW Booz, Y Wang, F Fan, RJ Roman - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health issue. At the histological level, renal
fibrosis is the final common pathway of progressive kidney disease irrespective of the initial …

Diverse role of TGF-β in kidney disease

YY Gu, XS Liu, XR Huang, XQ Yu… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Inflammation and fibrosis are two pathological features of chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) has been long considered as a key mediator of renal …

Targeting TGF-β signaling in kidney fibrosis

Y Isaka - International journal of molecular sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Renal fibrosis is the final common pathway of numerous progressive kidney diseases, and
transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) has an important role in tissue fibrosis by up-regulating …

TGF-β/Smad and renal fibrosis

TT Ma, XM Meng - Renal Fibrosis: Mechanisms and Therapies, 2019 - Springer
Renal fibrosis is characterized by excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) that
disrupts and replaces functional parenchyma, which leads to organ failure. It is known as the …