Treatment combining aliskiren with paricalcitol is effective against progressive renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis via dual blockade of intrarenal renin

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Sungjin Chung,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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Soojeong Kim,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Minyoung Kim,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Eun Sil Koh,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Seok Joon Shin,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Cheol Whee Park,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Yoon Sik Chang,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Ho-Shik Kim

* E-mail: hoshik@catholic.ac.kr, hoshik2013@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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