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What is important to target fibrosis: location, location, location! of cold-shock proteins

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PRM is funded by Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 854, project 1 and ME1365/7-1.

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Pabst, M., Mertens, P.R. What is important to target fibrosis: location, location, location! of cold-shock proteins. Int Urol Nephrol 43, 589–591 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-011-9925-x

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