STAT6 Deficiency Attenuates Myeloid Fibroblast Activation and Macrophage Polarization in Experimental Folic Acid Nephropathy
Jiao B, An C, Du H, Tran M, Wang P, Zhou D, Wang Y. STAT6 Deficiency Attenuates Myeloid Fibroblast Activation and Macrophage Polarization in Experimental Folic Acid Nephropathy. Cells 2021, 10: 3057. PMID: 34831280, PMCID: PMC8623460, DOI: 10.3390/cells10113057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFolic acid nephropathySTAT6 knockout miceM2 macrophage polarizationRenal fibrosis developmentMacrophage polarizationKidney diseaseFibroblast activationKnockout miceRenal fibrosisFibrosis developmentMyeloid fibroblastsEnd-stage kidney diseaseChronic kidney diseaseSevere interstitial fibrosisFibrotic kidney diseaseWild-type miceNovel therapeutic strategiesExtracellular matrix protein productionMatrix protein productionKidney functionPathologic featuresInterstitial fibrosisFibroblast accumulationNephropathyMouse modelPharmacological Inhibition of STAT6 Ameliorates Myeloid Fibroblast Activation and Alternative Macrophage Polarization in Renal Fibrosis
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