Activation of platelet-activating factor receptor exacerbates renal inflammation and promotes fibrosis

Oxidized LDL Induces Alternative Macrophage Phenotype through Activation of CD36 and PAFR

(2013) Francisco J. Rios et al.   MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION

Uptake of oxLDL and IL-10 Production by Macrophages Requires PAFR and CD36 Recruitment into the Same Lipid Rafts

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Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal and Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition

(2012) Jason C. Kovacic et al.   CIRCULATION

Epithelial–mesenchymal transition in the pathophysiology of airway remodelling in asthma

(2012) Tillie-Louise Hackett   Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Oxidized low-density lipoprotein and lipoprotein(a) levels in chronic kidney disease patients under hemodialysis: Influence of adiponectin and of a polymorphism in the apolipoprotein(a) gene

(2012) Sandra Ribeiro et al.   Hemodialysis International

HSP70 increases extracellular matrix production by human vascular smooth muscle through TGF-β1 up-regulation

(2012) Marta González-Ramos et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

Platelet-activating factor receptor plays a role in the pathogenesis of graft-versus-host disease by regulating leukocyte recruitment, tissue injury, and lethality

(2012) M. G. M. Castor et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Role of microRNAs in kidney homeostasis and disease

(2012) Karthikeyan Chandrasekaran et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Proteinuria should be used as a surrogate in CKD

(2012) Paolo Cravedi et al.   Nature Reviews Nephrology

Co-Stimulation of PAFR and CD36 Is Required for oxLDL-Induced Human Macrophages Activation

(2012) Francisco J. O. Rios et al.   PLoS One

CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein   facilitates bacterial dissemination during pneumococcal pneumonia in a platelet-activating factor receptor-dependent manner

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Epithelial-to-mesenchymal and mesenchymal-to-epithelial transitions in the colon

(2012) Ferenc Sipos   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Platelet-Activating Factor Receptor Is Essential for the Development of Experimental Cerebral Malaria

(2011) Norinne Lacerda-Queiroz et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Lung endothelial cell platelet-activating factor production and inflammatory cell adherence are increased in response to cigarette smoke component exposure

(2011) Janhavi Sharma et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Absence of PAF receptor alters cellular infiltrate but not rolling and adhesion of leukocytes in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

(2011) David Henrique Rodrigues et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

TGF-β in progression of liver disease

(2011) Steven Dooley et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of renal fibrosis

(2011) Youhua Liu   Nature Reviews Nephrology

Pivotal Role of Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4, Its Adaptor Molecule MyD88, and Inflammasome Complex in Experimental Tubule-Interstitial Nephritis

(2011) Matheus Correa-Costa et al.   PLoS One

Burden of CKD, Proteinuria, and Cardiovascular Risk Among Chinese, Mongolian, and Nepalese Participants in the International Society of Nephrology Screening Programs

(2010) Sanjib Kumar Sharma et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES

Platelet-Activating Factor-Induced Intracellular Signaling and Release of Cytokines and Prostaglandin E2 in Immortalized Human Corneal Epithelial Cells

(2010) Najam A. Sharif et al.   JOURNAL OF OCULAR PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS

Mechanistic connection between inflammation and fibrosis

(2010) Soo Bong Lee et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Role of PAF Receptor in Proinflammatory Cytokine Expression in the Dorsal Root Ganglion and Tactile Allodynia in a Rodent Model of Neuropathic Pain

(2010) Shigeo Hasegawa et al.   PLoS One

Induction of Heme Oxygenase-1 Can Halt and Even Reverse Renal Tubule-Interstitial Fibrosis

(2010) Matheus Correa-Costa et al.   PLoS One

Platelet-Activating Factor Involvement in Thioacetamide-Induced Experimental Liver Fibrosis and Cirrhosis

(2009) Haralabos C. Karantonis et al.   DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES

Lysyl oxidase as a potential therapeutic target

(2009) C. Rodríguez et al.   DRUG NEWS & PERSPECTIVES

Inflammation and EMT: an alliance towards organ fibrosis and cancer progression

(2009) Jose Miguel López-Novoa et al.   EMBO Molecular Medicine

Disruption of the Smad7 gene promotes renal fibrosis and inflammation in unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) in mice

(2008) A. C. K. Chung et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and chronic allograft tubulointerstitial fibrosis

(2007) Surmeet Bedi et al.   Transplantation Reviews