Morphological Retrospective Study of Peritoneal Biopsies from Patients with Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis: Underestimated Role of Adipocytes as New Fibroblasts Lineage?

Background. Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is a rare but serious complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD). Besides the endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), recently peritoneal adipocytes emerged as a potential source of fibrosis. We performed immunohistochemistry to approach EMT an...

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Main Authors: Monika Tooulou, Pieter Demetter, Anwar Hamade, Caroline Keyzer, Joëlle L. Nortier, Agnieszka A. Pozdzik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:International Journal of Nephrology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/987415
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