Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 Inhibition Attenuates Renal Fibrosis by Maintaining Smad7 and Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog Expression.

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Published in J Am Soc Nephrol on December 23, 2015

Authors

Xiaoxu Zhou1, Xiujuan Zang2, Murugavel Ponnusamy3, Monica V Masucci3, Evelyn Tolbert3, Rujun Gong3, Ting C Zhao4, Na Liu5, George Bayliss3, Lance D Dworkin3, Shougang Zhuang6

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China;
2: Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Songjiang District Central Hospital, Shanghai, China;
3: Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island;
4: Department of Surgery, Boston University Medical School, Roger Williams Medical Center, Boston University, Providence, Rhode Island; and.
5: Department of Nephrology, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
6: Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Department of Nephrology, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China szhuang@lifespan.org.

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