Chronic Kidney Disease and Fibrosis Proximal tubule PPAR attenuates renal fibrosis and inflammation caused by unilateral ureteral obstruction

Shenyang Li, Nithya Mariappan, Judit Megyesi, Brian Shank, Krishnaswamy Kannan, Sue Theus, Peter M. Price, Jeremy S. Duffield, and Didier Portilla Division of Nephrology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas; Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas; and Division of Nephrology, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology, Center for Lung Biology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington