TY - CHAP AU - Keisuke Ina AU - Hirokazu Kitamura AU - Shuji Tatsukawa AU - Yoshihisa Fujikura ED - John S. D. Chan Y1 - 2012-04-20 PY - 2012 T1 - The Contribution of Fibronectin ED-A Expression to Myofibroblast Transdifferentiation in Diabetic Renal Fibrosis N2 - Internationally renowned experts have provided data on their own studies, and discuss the relative usefulness of their work in relation to diabetic nephropathy. The first section describes the novel role of intrarenal renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) and oxidative stress in the development of diabetic nephropathy and discusses the current and novel pharmacological interventions in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy. The second section discusses other important contributors outside of the RAAS in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy including AGE/RAGE, epithelial-mesenchymal-transition (EMT) and immune cytokines. Features: Provides novel information on various pathophysiological determinants in the development of diabetic nephropathy Provides novel information on various pharmacological interventions of diabetic nephropathy BT - Diabetic Nephropathy SP - Ch. 7 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/36398 DO - 10.5772/36398 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -