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These processes lead to tubular fibrosis, glomerular sclerosis and renal artery stenosis [2–4]. Fibrogenesis in CKD is a multi-stage process. Persistent renal tissue injury and nephron cell death cause an acute inflammatory response associated with an infiltration of activated neutrophils, macrophages...