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Early proximal tubule injury in experimental aristolochic acid nephropathy: functional and histological studies
Author(s) -
Catherine Lebeau,
Frederic Debellé,
Volker M. Arlt,
Agnieszka Pozdzik,
Eric G. De Prez,
David H. Phillips,
M Deschodt-Lanckman,
JeanLouis Vanherweghem,
Joëlle Nortier
Publication year - 2005
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/gfi042
Subject(s) - aristolochic acid , medicine , kidney , nephropathy , aminopeptidase , urinary system , endocrinology , in vivo , brush border , pathology , leucine , biochemistry , biology , amino acid , diabetes mellitus , vesicle , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , membrane
Aristolochic acid (AA), the plant extract of Aristolochia species, is involved in the onset of progressive tubulointerstitial renal fibrosis in humans. Clinical and in vitro findings have previously suggested that the proximal tubule was the target of AA.

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