High glucose down-regulates microRNA-181a-5p to increase pro-fibrotic gene expression by targeting early growth response factor 1 in HK-2 cells
Keywords: COL I; collagen I; DKD; diabetic kidney disease; DMEM; Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium; DN; diabetic nephropathy; ECM; extracellular matrix; Egr1; early growth response factor 1; ESRD; end-stage renal disease; FBS; fetal bovine serum; FN; fibronectin;