Rapamycin Ameliorates Kidney Fibrosis by Inhibiting the Activation of mTOR Signaling in Interstitial Macrophages and Myofibroblasts

• Guochun Chen ,

  * E-mail: chenguochun@hotmail.com (GC); lfy410@yahoo.com.cn (FL)

  Affiliations Department of Nephrology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China, Kidney Research Institute of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China

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• Huihui Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China

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• Chang Wang,

  Affiliations Department of Nephrology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China, Kidney Research Institute of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China

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• Youming Peng,

  Affiliations Department of Nephrology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China, Kidney Research Institute of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China

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• Lin Sun,

  Affiliations Department of Nephrology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China, Kidney Research Institute of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China

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• Hong Liu,

  Affiliations Department of Nephrology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China, Kidney Research Institute of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China

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• Fuyou Liu

  * E-mail: chenguochun@hotmail.com (GC); lfy410@yahoo.com.cn (FL)

  Affiliations Department of Nephrology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China, Kidney Research Institute of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China

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