Involvement of the NLRC4-Inflammasome in Diabetic Nephropathy

Fang Yuan; Ryan Kolb; Gaurav Pandey; Wei Li; Lin Sun; Fuyou Liu; Fayyaz S. Sutterwala; Yinghong Liu; Weizhou Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0164135

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Involvement of the NLRC4-Inflammasome in Diabetic Nephropathy

Fang Yuan,

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Research Institute of Nephrology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan China, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States of America
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Ryan Kolb,

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States of America
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Gaurav Pandey,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States of America
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Wei Li,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States of America
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Lin Sun,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Research Institute of Nephrology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan China
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Fuyou Liu,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Research Institute of Nephrology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan China
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Fayyaz S. Sutterwala,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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Yinghong Liu ,

* E-mail: weizhou-zhang@uiowa.edu (WZZ); liuyingh2002@139.com (YHL)

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Research Institute of Nephrology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan China, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States of America
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Weizhou Zhang

* E-mail: weizhou-zhang@uiowa.edu (WZZ); liuyingh2002@139.com (YHL)

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States of America, Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States of America, Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States of America, Cancer Genes and Pathway Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States of America
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Involvement of the NLRC4-Inflammasome in Diabetic Nephropathy

Fang Yuan,
Ryan Kolb,
Gaurav Pandey,
Wei Li,
Lin Sun,
Fuyou Liu,
Fayyaz S. Sutterwala,
Yinghong Liu,
Weizhou Zhang

Published: October 5, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164135

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