Fibrosis: Targeting EMT to reverse renal fibrosis

Nature Reviews Nephrology 11, 565 (2015). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2015.133 Author: Susan J. Allison Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of tubular epithelial cells is a feature of renal fibrosis, but the contribution of EMT to the myofibroblast population and the importance of EMT to the fibrotic process are unclear. Two studies published in Nature Medicine now show that partial EMT
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