0 13 Transcription Transcription NNP 14 20 factor factor NN 21 30 NF-kappaB nf-kappab NN 31 41 regulation regulation NN 42 44 of of IN 45 50 renal renal JJ 51 59 fibrosis fibrosis NN 60 66 during during IN 67 75 ureteral ureteral JJ 76 87 obstruction obstruction NN 87 88 . . . 90 102 Irrespective irrespective JJ 103 105 of of IN 106 109 the the DT 110 118 etiology etiology NN 118 119 , , , 120 124 many many JJ 125 131 kidney kidney NN 132 140 diseases disease NNS 141 147 result result VBP 148 150 in in IN 151 163 inflammation inflammation NN 164 167 and and CC 168 176 fibrosis fibrosis NN 177 179 of of IN 180 183 the the DT 184 202 tubulointerstitium tubulointerstitium NN 202 203 , , , 204 208 with with IN 209 212 the the DT 213 223 subsequent subsequent JJ 224 228 loss loss NN 229 231 of of IN 232 237 renal renal JJ 238 246 function function NN 246 247 . . . 248 250 To to TO 251 259 initiate initiate VB 260 263 any any DT 264 271 disease disease NN 272 279 process process NN 280 282 or or CC 283 286 for for IN 287 290 any any DT 291 298 disease disease NN 299 306 process process NN 307 309 to to TO 310 318 progress progress VB 318 319 , , , 320 325 there there EX 326 330 must must MD 331 333 be be VB 334 341 changes change NNS 342 344 in in IN 345 348 the the DT 349 362 transcription transcription NN 363 365 of of IN 366 371 genes gene NNS 372 378 within within IN 379 382 the the DT 383 391 affected affect VBN 392 398 tissue tissue NN 398 399 . . . 400 403 The the DT 404 411 nuclear nuclear JJ 412 424 factor-kappa factor-kappa NN 425 426 B B NNP 427 428 ( ( ( 428 437 NF-kappaB NF-kappaB NNP 437 438 ) ) ) 439 445 family family NN 446 448 of of IN 449 462 transcription transcription NN 463 470 factors factor NNS 471 480 regulates regulate VBZ 481 486 genes gene NNS 487 495 involved involve VBN 496 498 in in IN 499 511 inflammation inflammation NN 511 512 , , , 513 517 cell cell NN 518 531 proliferation proliferation NN 531 532 , , , 533 536 and and CC 537 541 cell cell NN 542 557 differentiation differentiation NN 557 558 . . . 559 563 This this DT 564 570 review review NN 571 580 discusses discuss VBZ 581 584 the the DT 585 594 NF-kappaB NF-kappaB NNP 595 608 transcription transcription NN 609 615 factor factor NN 616 622 family family NN 623 625 in in IN 626 633 general general JJ 634 637 and and CC 638 641 the the DT 642 653 association association NN 654 656 of of IN 657 666 NF-kappaB NF-kappaB NNP 667 677 activation activation NN 678 682 with with IN 683 701 cellular/molecular cellular/molecular JJ 702 708 events event NNS 709 711 of of IN 712 717 renal renal JJ 718 730 inflammation inflammation NN 731 734 and and CC 735 743 fibrosis fibrosis NN 743 744 . . .