Urinary Transforming Growth Factor-beta 1 as a marker of response to immunosuppressive treatment, in patients with crescentic nephritis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Crescentic nephritis is characterized by formation of cellular crescents that soon become fibrotic and result in irreversible damage, unless an effective immunosuppressive therapy is rapidly commenced. TGF-β<sub>1 </sub>i...

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Main Authors: Sotsiou Florentia, Tsakas Sotiris, Kalliakmani Pantelitsa, Goumenos Dimitrios S, Vlachojannis John G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-12-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/6/16