Tubular GM-CSF Promotes Late MCP-1/CCR2-Mediated Fibrosis and Inflammation after Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
Xu L, Sharkey D, Cantley LG. Tubular GM-CSF Promotes Late MCP-1/CCR2-Mediated Fibrosis and Inflammation after Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2019, 30: 1825-1840. PMID: 31315923, PMCID: PMC6779361, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2019010068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemia/reperfusion injuryWild-type miceTubular cellsTubular injuryReperfusion injuryImmune cellsKidney ischemia/reperfusion injuryUnilateral ischemia/reperfusion injuryMCP-1/CCR2Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1Initial kidney damageInjured tubular cellsKidney 14 daysKidney injury markersProgressive interstitial fibrosisProfibrotic growth factorsChemoattractant protein-1MCP-1 receptorGranulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factorRenal tubular cellsNumber of macrophagesTime of repairColony-stimulating factorCoculture of macrophagesMacrophages persist