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Pharmacological Targeting of Kidney Fibrosis: Druggable Mechanisms, Translational Models, and Emerging Antifibrotic Therapies

Paper D Peer reviewed Preclinical

Key takeaways

A review of 15 studies in mice and rats found that targeting fibrosis with three different drugs could slow kidney scarring. These results in animals must be confirmed in humans.

Who did this work

Peijian Chen (Mudanjiang Medical University) · Siyu Xie (Mudanjiang Medical University) · Minglu Ding (Mudanjiang Medical University) · Yanhui Chu (Mudanjiang Medical University) · Jingru Wang (Mudanjiang Medical University)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-08-12
https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfag275