Twist-related protein 1 induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition and renal fibrosis through the upregulation of complement 3

• Tomoyasu Otsuki,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Noboru Fukuda ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fukuda.noboru@nihon-u.ac.jp (NF); abe.masanori@nihon-u.ac.jp (MA)

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Division of Cell Regeneration and Transplantation, Department of Functional Morphology, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0098-054X

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• Lan Chen,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Division of Cell Regeneration and Transplantation, Department of Functional Morphology, Tokyo, Japan

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• Akiko Tsunemi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masanori Abe

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  * E-mail: fukuda.noboru@nihon-u.ac.jp (NF); abe.masanori@nihon-u.ac.jp (MA)

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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