In vitro experiments used primary cultured podocytes harvested from mice carrying podocin-rtTA and TRE-hVEGF transgenes, in which hVEGF can be induced selectively. Induction of VEGF in PAN-exposed ...

A 3D engineered kidney glomerulus model replicates structural and mechanical features of the glomerular filtration barrier, ...

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In the new network, researchers are investigating the molecular control processes of structurally complex kidney cells known as podocytes. “We are very pleased about the funding decision because ...

“By the time we pick up the proteinuria, the patient has already lost one-third of her podocytes and nephrons,” she said. “Our goal should be to stop renal flares because our patients march ...

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Due to the lack of self-renewal ability of podocytes, mild podocyte depletion triggers replacement and repair processes mostly driven by stem cells or resident parietal epithelial cells (PECs). In ...

SGLT2 (sodium-glucose cotransporter 2) inhibitors produce a distinctive pattern of benefits on the evolution and progression of cardiomyopathy and nephropathy, which is characterized by a reduction in ...

1 Department of Nephrology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China 2 Department of Urology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of ...

Protein Chemistry Research Group, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Finland, Unit of Excellence in Immunotoxicology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland, and Department ...

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