N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline: A valuable endogenous anti-fibrotic peptide for combating kidney fibrosis in diabetes

Fibroproliferative diseases are responsible for 45% of deaths in the developed world. Curing organ fibrosis is essential for fibroproliferative diseases. Diabetic nephropathy is a common fibroproliferative disease of the kidney and is associated with multiorgan dysfunction. However, therapy to comba...

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Main Authors: Keizo eKanasaki, Takako eNagai, Kyoko eNitta, Munehiro eKitada, Daisuke eKoya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2014.00070/full