Renal hyaluronan accumulation and hyaluronan synthase expression after ischaemia-reperfusion injury in the rat
Author(s) -
Viktoria Göransson,
Cecilia Johnsson,
A. Jacobson,
Paraskevi Heldin,
Roger Hällgren,
Peter Hansell
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfh003
Subject(s) - kidney , renal cortex , renal function , ischemia , medicine , endocrinology , renal blood flow , cortex (anatomy) , renal ischemia , reperfusion injury , biology , neuroscience
Hyaluronan (HA) is a connective tissue component with unique water binding and pro-inflammatory properties. It has been suggested that HA is involved in normal renal water handling but also in several pathological conditions such as organ rejection and ischaemia-reperfusion (IR) injury.
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