Stimulation of pro-a1(I) collagen by TGF-b1 in mesangial cells: role of the p38 MAPK pathway
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BEEK YOKE CHIN, AMIR MOHSENIN, SU XIA LI, AUGUSTINE M. K. CHOI, AND MARY E. CHOI Toxicological Sciences, Environmental Health Sciences, and Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; and Sections of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare Systems, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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