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1988 • 1,336 citations

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1986 • 1,210 citations

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1990 • 1,176 citations

Suppression of experimental glomerulonephritis by antiserum against transforming growth factor β1

1990 • 1,002 citations

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1988 • 840 citations

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1990 • 838 citations

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Three different fibronectin mRNAs arise by alternative splicing within the coding region

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Establishment of the strokeprone spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR)

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1984 • 568 citations

Renal injury from angiotensin II-mediated hypertension.

1992 • 546 citations

The cell biology of transforming growth factor β

1990 • 537 citations

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1986 • 529 citations

Glomerulosclerosis induced by in vivo transfection of transforming growth factor-beta or platelet-derived growth factor gene into the rat kidney.

1993 • 525 citations

Expression of smooth muscle cell phenotype by rat mesangial cells in immune complex nephritis. Alpha-smooth muscle actin is a marker of mesangial cell proliferation.

1991 • 461 citations

The glomerular mesangial cell: an expanding role for a specialized pericyte

1987 • 432 citations

Sustained expression of TGF-β1 underlies development of progressive kidney fibrosis

1994 • 413 citations

Glomerular cell proliferation and PDGF expression precede glomerulosclerosis in the remnant kidney model

1992 • 404 citations

Short and long term effects of antihypertensive therapy in the diabetic rat

1989 • 310 citations

Mechanisms of tubulointerstitial fibrosis

1991 • 291 citations

Glomerular hypertrophy in minimal change disease predicts subsequent progression to focal glomerular sclerosis

1990 • 282 citations

cDNA cloning by PCR of rat transforming growth factor β-1

1990 • 274 citations

Long-term comparison between captopril and nifedipine in the progression of renal insufficiency

1992 • 273 citations

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1992 • 268 citations

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1991 • 265 citations

Expression of transforming growth factor-β1 during diabetic renal hypertrophy

1994 • 237 citations

Effects of antihypertensive drugs on glomerular morphology

1989 • 227 citations

The activated mesangial cell

1992 • 219 citations

Coordinate regulation of the levels of type III and type I collagen mRNA in most but not all mouse fibroblasts.

1985 • 194 citations

Coexpression of keratin and vimentin in damaged and regenerating tubular epithelia of the kidney.

1987 • 193 citations

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1993 • 131 citations

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1989 • 112 citations

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1994 • 90 citations

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1992 • 47 citations

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1985 • 32 citations

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