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Short-term dexamethasone treatment transiently, but not permanently, attenuates fibrosis after acute-to-chronic kidney injury.

Lies MoonenHilde GerylPatrick C D'HaeseBenjamin A Vervaet
Published in: BMC nephrology (2018)
A short term anti-inflammatory therapy with dexamethasone only transiently attenuates ischemia induced fibrosis. Prolonged or persistent anti-inflammatory treatment seems warranted to achieve long term benefit.
Keyphrases
  • anti inflammatory
  • stem cells
  • drug induced
  • bone marrow
  • endothelial cells
  • liver fibrosis