Curcumin Inhibits Transforming Growth Factor-β1-Induced EMT via PPARγ Pathway, Not Smad Pathway in Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells

• Rui Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rui Li, Yunman Wang

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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• Yunman Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rui Li, Yunman Wang

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Yujun Liu,

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Qijing Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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• Wencheng Fu,

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Hao Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Hui Cai,

  Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Renal Section, Atlanta Veteran Administration Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

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• Wen Peng ,

  * E-mail: xuemzhang@fudan.edu.cn (XMZ); wenpeng@shutcm.edu.cn (WP)

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Xuemei Zhang

  * E-mail: xuemzhang@fudan.edu.cn (XMZ); wenpeng@shutcm.edu.cn (WP)

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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