BRD4 and renal fibrosis: In this study, we examined the effect of BET protein inhibition on the activation of renal interstitial fibroblasts in cultured rat renal interstitial fibroblasts, as well as the development of renal fibrosis a murine model of renal fibrosis induced by unilateral ureteral obstruction by using I-BET151, a small molecule with potent binding affinity to BRD2, BRD3 and BRD4 [21].