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Nephrology
Shen-Kang protects against tacrolimus-induced renal injury
Long Ye Zhang, Jian Jin, Kang Luo, Shang Guo Piao, Hai Lan Zheng, Ji Zhe Jin, Sun Woo Lim, Bum Soon Choi, Chul Woo Yang, Can Li
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(5):1078-1090. Published online February 12, 2018
Background/Aims: Evidence suggests that Shen-Kang (SK), a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, protects against various types of renal injury. In this study, we evaluated whether SK treatment confers renoprotection in a rat model of chronic tacrolimus (TAC) nephropathy.
Methods: Rats were treated d..
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Pulmonology
Modifiers of TGF-b1 effector function as novel therapeutic targets of pulmonary fibrosis
Chang-Min Lee, Jin Wook Park, Won-Kyung Cho, Yang Zhou, Boram Han, Pyoung Oh Yoon, Jeiwook Chae, Jack A Elias, Chun Geun Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2014;29(3):281-290. Published online April 29, 2014
Pulmonary fibrosis is a fatal progressive disease with no effective therapy. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-b1 has long been regarded as a central mediator of tissue fibrosis that involves multiple organs including skin, liver, kidney, and lung. Thus, TGF-b1 and its signaling pathways have been at..
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Recent Advances in Mechanisms and Treatments of Airway Remodeling in Asthma: A Message from the Bench Side to the Clinic
Jae Youn Cho
Korean J Intern Med. 2011;26(4):367-383. Published online November 28, 2011
Airway remodeling in asthma is a result of persistent inflammation and epithelial damage in response to repetitive injury. Recent studies have identified several important mediators associated with airway remodeling in asthma, including transforming growth factor-β, interleukin (IL)-5, basic fib..
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Effect of IgA Aggregates on Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Production in Human Mesangial Cells and the Intraglomerular Expression of Transforming Growth Factor-β1 in Patients with IgA Nephropathy
Sang-Youb Han, Chun-Gyoo Ihm, Dae-Ryong Cha, Young-Sun Kang, Kum-Hyun Han, Hyoung-Kyu Kim, Jee-Young Han
Korean J Intern Med. 2005;20(1):40-47. Published online March 31, 2005
BackgroundTransforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) stimulates renal fibrosis in various renal diseases including IgA nephropathy. MethodsWe examined whether immunoglobulin A (IgA) stimulated TGF-β1 synthesis in human mesangial cells (MCs), and whe..
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