Apoptotic cell death is usually a response to the cell's microenvironment. In the kidney,
apoptosis contributes to parenchymal cell loss in the course of acute and chronic renal …

In contrast to the heart or brain, the kidney can completely recover from an ischemic or toxic
insult that results in cell death. During recovery from ischemia/reperfusion injury, surviving …

Recent evidence, from both epidemiological and animal experimental studies, suggest that
the very first environment, the intrauterine, is extremely important in determining the future …

Among the air-breathing vertebrates, the avian respiratory apparatus, the lung-air sac
system, is the most structurally complex and functionally efficient. After intricate …

Ovine fetuses exposed to high concentrations of synthetic (dexamethasone, D) or naturally
occurring glucocorticoids (cortisol, F) in utero during early gestation develop high blood …

In biology, few organs have been as elusive as the lung-air sac system of birds.
Considerable progress has recently been made to fill the gaps in the knowledge. While …

In recent years, a great deal has been learnt about the molecular regulation of kidney
development. While most research has focused on the molecular regulation of ureteric …

The concept that 'life before birth'or the 'first environment'is important in determining
subsequent risk for the development of cardiovascular/metabolic disease is now gaining …

We aimed to investigate the spatio-temporal expression of possible CAKUT candidate
genes CRKL, AIFM3, and UBASH3A, as well as AIF and BCL2 during human kidney …

A potential role of the intrauterine environment in the development of low nephron number
and hypertension in later life has been recently recognized in experimental studies and is …