Tubular GM-CSF Promotes Late MCP-1/CCR2-Mediated Fibrosis and Inflammation after Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury.
Leyuan XuDiana SharkeyLloyd G CantleyPublished in: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN (2019)
GM-CSF-induced MCP-1/CCR2 signaling plays an important role in the cross-talk between injured tubular cells and infiltrating immune cells and myofibroblasts, and promotes sustained inflammation and tubular injury with progressive interstitial fibrosis in the late stages of U-IRI.