Running head: SSAO inhibition ameliorates kidney fibrosis ͳ Semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase (SSAO) inhibition ameliorates kidney ͳ fibrosis in a unilateral ureteral obstruction murine model ʹ May Wong 1 , Sonia Saad 1 , Jie Zhang 1 , Simon Gross 1 , Wolfgang Jarolimek 2 , Heidi ͵ Schilter 2 , Jason A Chen 3 , Anthony J Gill 3 , Carol Pollock 1 and Muh Geot Wong 1 Ͷ 1 Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of ͷ Sydney, St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales 2065, Australia ͸ 2 Pharmaxis Ltd, Frenchs Forest, Sydney, New South Wales 2086, Australia ͹ 3 Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, ͺ Sydney, New South Wales 2065, Australia and University of Sydney, New South ͻ Wales, Australia, 2006 ͳͲ ͳͳ Running head: SSAO inhibition ameliorates kidney fibrosis ͳʹ ͳ͵ Address for correspondence: ͳͶ Professor Carol A Pollock, ͳͷ Department of Medicine, Level 7 ͳ͸ Kolling Building, ͳ͹ Royal North Shore Hospital, ͳͺ St Leonards, NSW, ͳͻ AUSTRALIA 2065, ʹͲ Phone: 61-2-99264652 ʹͳ Fax: 61- 2-99265715 ʹʹ Email: carol.pollock@sydney.edu.au ʹ͵ ʹͶ ʹͷ Articles in PresS. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol (August 20, 2014). doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00698.2013 Copyright © 2014 by the American Physiological Society.