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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Renoprotection by Inhibiting Connexin 43 Expression in a Mouse Model of Obesity-Related Renal Injury

Xiaomin An1 Department of Pediatrics, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116027, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Nephrology, Xi’an Children’s Hospital, Xi’an, 710003, People’s Republic of China
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Guohua Li1 Department of Pediatrics, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116027, People’s Republic of China
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Shu Wang1 Department of Pediatrics, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116027, People’s Republic of China
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Tianrun Xie1 Department of Pediatrics, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116027, People’s Republic of China
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Xiaoxiao Ren1 Department of Pediatrics, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116027, People’s Republic of China
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Yongli Zhao1 Department of Pediatrics, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116027, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1415-1424 | Received 28 Mar 2023, Accepted 02 May 2023, Published online: 17 May 2023

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