Special Issue: Cellular and Molecular Bases for Fibrotic Diseases Mini Review Contribution of inflammation-associated bone- marrow-derived cells to kidney fibrosis

Akihiro Sagara1, 2,*), Kengo Furuichi1, 4), Norihiko Sakai1, 5), Akinori Hara1, 2), Yasunori Iwata1, 3), Kouji Matsushima6), Shuichi Kaneko2) and Takashi Wada1, 3) 1)Division of Nephrology, Kanazawa University Hospital, 2)Department of Disease Control and Homeostasis, and 3)Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan 4)Division of Blood Purification, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan 5)Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA 6)Department of Molecular Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan