Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Knockout and Heterozygote Mice Are Protected from Hydronephrosis and Kidney Fibrosis after Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction

• Maria K. Tveitarås,

  Affiliations Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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• Trude Skogstrand,

  Affiliations Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

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• Sabine Leh,

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Pathology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

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• Frank Helle,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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• Bjarne M. Iversen †,

  † Deceased.

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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• Christos Chatziantoniou,

  Affiliation Inserm UMR 702, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, France

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• Rolf K. Reed,

  Affiliations Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Center for Cancer Biomarkers, CCBIO, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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• Michael Hultström

  * E-mail: michael.hultstrom@mcb.uu.se

  Affiliations Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Medical Cellbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

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