ADAMTS-7 Expression Increases in the Early Stage of Angiotensin II-Induced Renal Injury in Elderly Mice

• Main Authors: Yan-Xiang Gao (Author), Chang-An Yu (Author), Jian-Hua Lu (Author), Hong-Mei Gao (Author), Geng Li (Author), Wei Kong (Author), Jingang Zheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: We investigated the recently described family of proteinases, a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs (ADAMTs), and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) as inflammatory mediators in inflammatory kidney damage by studying ADAMTS-1, -4, and -7 and MMP-9 expression i...