Contributors
Ryo Tamura: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole: Writing –
original draft
Shigehiro Doi:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9420-4124
Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole:
SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Ayumu Nakashima: Role: Formal analysis
Kensuke Sasaki: Role: Funding acquisitionRole: Investigation
Kazuya Maeda: Role: Investigation
Toshinori Ueno: Role: Investigation
Takao Masaki: Role: Project administrationRole: Supervision
Philip C. Trackman: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
3
May
2018
Publication date Collection: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 5
Electronic Location Identifier: e0196844
Affiliations
[001]Department of Nephrology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
Boston University Henry M Goldman School of Dental Medicine, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-17-41833
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196844
PMC ID: 5933785
PubMed ID: 29723250
SO-VID: 602568dd-c15d-49ef-bbb2-24de6e67a12c
Copyright © © 2018 Tamura et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
History
Date
received
: 27
December
2017
Date
accepted
: 20
April
2018
Page count
Figures: 8,
Tables: 0,
Pages: 16
Funding
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003790, Hiroshima University;
Award Recipient
:
Kensuke Sasaki
Funded by: Ryokufukai
Award Recipient
:
Ryo Tamura
This work was supported by the Hiroshima University Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research
and the grant from Ryokufukai. The funders had no role in study design, data collection
and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Categories
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Research Article
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Developmental Biology
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Fibrosis
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Biology and life sciences
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Cell biology
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Signal transduction
Subject:
Cell signaling
Subject:
Signaling cascades
Subject:
TGF-beta signaling cascade
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Biochemistry
Subject:
Proteins
Subject:
Collagens
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Experimental Organism Systems
Subject:
Model Organisms
Subject:
Mouse Models
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Model Organisms
Subject:
Mouse Models
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Experimental Organism Systems
Subject:
Animal Models
Subject:
Mouse Models
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
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Enzymology
Subject:
Enzymes
Subject:
Methyltransferases
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
Subject:
Proteins
Subject:
Enzymes
Subject:
Methyltransferases
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Histochemistry and Cytochemistry Techniques
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Immunohistochemistry Techniques
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Research and Analysis Methods
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Immunologic Techniques
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Immunohistochemistry Techniques
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Ecology and Environmental Sciences
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Limnology
Subject:
Effluent
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Earth Sciences
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Marine and Aquatic Sciences
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Limnology
Subject:
Effluent
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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Ascites
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