The spectrum of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: new insi... : Current Opinion in
Nephrology and Hypertension The spectrum of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: new …

Renal fibrosis, particularly tubulointerstitial fibrosis, is the common final outcome of almost
all chronic kidney diseases. However, the mechanisms involved in the development of renal …

Podocyte injury resulting from a loss of differentiation is the hallmark of many glomerular
diseases. We previously showed that retinoic acid (RA) induces podocyte differentiation via …

Anti-cancer therapeutic approaches targeting the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)
ligand (anti-VEGF) or inhibiting its receptors (RTKI) have recently been developed. In spite …

Recently it has become clear that exposure to xenobiotics may result in various forms of cell
death; not only passive cell deaths like necrosis, or programmed cell deaths such as …

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition induces glomerular repair in the Munich
Wistar Frömter (MWF) rat, a model of spontaneous glomerular injury. In this study, we …

Adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) can alleviate acute kidney injury and promote kidney cell
regeneration and repair. To investigate the role of ASCs in diabetic nephropathy (DN) …

Modified vascular smooth muscle cells of the kidney afferent arterioles have recently been
shown to serve as progenitors for glomerular epithelial cells in response to glomerular …

The kidney podocyte is a terminally differentiated and highly specialized cell. The function of
the glomerular filtration barrier depends on the integrity of the podocyte. Podocyte injury and …

The understanding of cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of
membranous nephropathy (MN) has come from studies carried out in the Heymann nephritis …