Research Article: Claudin- Mediates the Proximal Tubular Epithelial Cell–Fibroblast Crosstalk via Paracrine CTGF
Introduction:
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in developed and developing countries. In the past years, the prevalence of other diabetes mellitus (DM)-related complications have been significantly reduced, but the ESRD caused by DKD has not been significantly improved. DKD has been thought as glomerulopathy previously. In recent years, tubulointerstitial fibrosis (TIF) has been found strongly associated with proteinuria and renal dysfunction. The renal interstitium consists…
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