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SUBMITTER: Huang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2396741 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Huang Yufeng Y Border Wayne A WA Yu Ling L Zhang Jiandong J Lawrence Daniel A DA Noble Nancy A NA
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20080123 2
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) has been implicated in renal fibrosis. In vitro, PAI-1 inhibits plasmin generation, and this decreases mesangial extracellular matrix turnover. PAI-1R, a mutant PAI-1, increases glomerular plasmin generation, reverses PAI-1 inhibition of matrix degradation, and reduces disease in experimental glomerulonephritis. This study sought to determine whether short-term administration of PAI-1R could slow the progression of glomerulosclerosis in the db/db mouse, ...[more]