The renal (myo-)fibroblast: a heterogeneous group of cells

Mechanisms of fibrosis: the role of the pericyte

(2011) Claudia Schrimpf et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION

PDGFRβ Signaling Regulates Mural Cell Plasticity and Inhibits Fat Development

(2011) Lorin E. Olson et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Pericytes: Developmental, Physiological, and Pathological Perspectives, Problems, and Promises

(2011) Annika Armulik et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition in renal fibrosis - evidence for and against

(2011) Maria Fragiadaki et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in kidney fibrosis: fact or fantasy?

(2011) Wilhelm Kriz et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Dysfunction of fibroblasts of extrarenal origin underlies renal fibrosis and renal anemia in mice

(2011) Nariaki Asada et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Development of the Renal Arterioles

(2011) M. L. S. Sequeira Lopez et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α agonist, BAY PP1, attenuates renal fibrosis in rats

(2011) Peter Boor et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Scar wars: mapping the fate of epithelial–mesenchymal–myofibroblast transition

(2011) Susan E. Quaggin et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Fibrinogen, acting as a mitogen for tubulointerstitial fibroblasts, promotes renal fibrosis

(2011) Inga Sörensen et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Regulated release of nitric oxide by nonhematopoietic stroma controls expansion of the activated T cell pool in lymph nodes

(2011) Veronika Lukacs-Kornek et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

The origin of interstitial myofibroblasts in chronic kidney disease

(2011) Ivica Grgic et al.   PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY

Autophagy Is a Component of Epithelial Cell Fate in Obstructive Uropathy

(2010) Ling Li et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Tubular Overexpression of Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Induces Autophagy and Fibrosis but Not Mesenchymal Transition of Renal Epithelial Cells

(2010) Robert Koesters et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Human Fibroblasts Share Immunosuppressive Properties with Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells

(2010) Sandrine Cappellesso-Fleury et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Resolved: EMT Produces Fibroblasts in the Kidney

(2010) M. Zeisberg et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Renal fibrosis: novel insights into mechanisms and therapeutic targets

(2010) Peter Boor et al.   Nature Reviews Nephrology

Role of Specific MicroRNAs in Regulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation and the Response to Injury

(2010) Zifang Song et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research

Endothelial-Myofibroblast Transition Contributes to the Early Development of Diabetic Renal Interstitial Fibrosis in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice

(2009) Jinhua Li et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Fate Tracing Reveals the Pericyte and Not Epithelial Origin of Myofibroblasts in Kidney Fibrosis

(2009) Benjamin D. Humphreys et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Intratubular hydrodynamic forces influence tubulointerstitial fibrosis in the kidney

(2009) Rajeev Rohatgi et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION

Lumbo-sacral neural crest derivatives fate mapped with the aid of Wnt-1 promoter integrate but are not essential to kidney development

(2009) Petri Itäranta et al.   DIFFERENTIATION

Fibrocytes: Bringing new insights into mechanisms of inflammation and fibrosis

(2009) Ellen C. Keeley et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

The myofibroblast: Paradigm for a mechanically active cell

(2009) Boris Hinz   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

New Insights into Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Kidney Fibrosis

(2009) Y. Liu   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Hypoxia-inducible factor-2α-expressing interstitial fibroblasts are the only renal cells that express erythropoietin under hypoxia-inducible factor stabilization

(2009) Alexander Paliege et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Biomechanical regulation of blood vessel growth during tissue vascularization

(2009) Witold W Kilarski et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Identification of Markers that Distinguish Monocyte-Derived Fibrocytes from Monocytes, Macrophages, and Fibroblasts

(2009) Darrell Pilling et al.   PLoS One

CD4+ T cells control the differentiation of Gr1+ monocytes into fibrocytes

(2009) M. Niedermeier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Renal fibrosis is attenuated by targeted disruption of KCa3.1 potassium channels

(2009) I. Grgic et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pericytes and Perivascular Fibroblasts Are the Primary Source of Collagen-Producing Cells in Obstructive Fibrosis of the Kidney

(2008) Shuei-Liong Lin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Intrinsic Epithelial Cells Repair the Kidney after Injury

(2008) Benjamin D. Humphreys et al.   Cell Stem Cell

A Perivascular Origin for Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Multiple Human Organs

(2008) Mihaela Crisan et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Origin of renal myofibroblasts in the model of unilateral ureter obstruction in the rat

(2008) Nicolas Picard et al.   HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY

The renal cortical interstitium: morphological and functional aspects

(2008) Brigitte Kaissling et al.   HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY

PDGF-C Is a Proinflammatory Cytokine that Mediates Renal Interstitial Fibrosis

(2008) F. Eitner et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Fibroblasts in Kidney Fibrosis Emerge via Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition

(2008) E. M. Zeisberg et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY