Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) expression modulates response to high glucose.

Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is an important mediator of fibrosis; emerging evidence link changes in plasma and urinary CTGF levels to diabetic kidney disease. To further ascertain the role of CTGF in responses to high glucose, we assessed the consequence of 4 months of streptozotocin-indu...

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Main Authors: Leighton R James, Catherine Le, Heather Doherty, Hyung-Suk Kim, Nobuyo Maeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3741286?pdf=render