TY - JOUR AU - Nakasatomi, Masao AU - Maeshima, Akito AU - Mishima, Keiichiro AU - Ikeuchi, Hidekazu AU - Sakairi, Toru AU - Kaneko, Yoriaki AU - Hiromura, Keiju AU - Nojima, Yoshihisa PY - 2015 DA - 2015/07/10 TI - Novel approach for the detection of tubular cell migration into the interstitium during renal fibrosis in rats JO - Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair SP - 12 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - The process of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), which is generally defined by phenotypic changes of injured tubules such as loss of epithelial markers or acquisition of mesenchymal markers, implies various activating steps, including proliferation, migration, and ability to produce extracellular matrix proteins. We established here a novel approach for the detection of tubular cell migration into the interstitium during renal fibrosis in vivo. SN - 1755-1536 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13069-015-0030-0 DO - 10.1186/s13069-015-0030-0 ID - Nakasatomi2015 ER -