Curcumin Ameliorates Renal Fibrosis by Inhibiting Local Fibroblast Proliferation and Extracellular Matrix Deposition

• Main Authors: Xiangjun Zhou (Author), Jie Zhang (Author), Changgeng Xu (Author), Wei Wang (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Elsevier, 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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Abstract.: Renal fibrosis is mainly characterized by activation and proliferation of interstitial fibroblasts and by excessive synthesis and accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) components, including fibronectin (FN) and collagen. This study investigated the effects of curcumin on proliferatio...