Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who had cardiac surgery had high levels of transforming growth factor-beta 2. The cohort also had ...

aProximate TM is an advanced in vitro model of kidney proximal tubule cells (PTCs) that closely mimics physiological conditions. Derived from fresh human kidney tissue, aProximate TM PTCs are cultured ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Our previous studies of microperfused single proximal tubule showed that flow-dependent Na⁺ and HCO₃⁻ reabsorption is due to a modulation of ...

The USC Stem Cell laboratory of Andy McMahon has identified a type of injured cell that might contribute to the transition from an acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease, as described in a new ...

“You’re on a chemotherapeutic and your oncologist may say that your dosage is X, while a nephrologist is telling you that the proximal tubules in your kidneys can’t handle it. You’re harming them.” ...

The calcium-sensing receptor (CSR) is a G-protein receptor that plays a critical role in calcium regulation. In the kidney, the CSR regulates calcium reabsorption in the thick ascending limb, where ...

Renal cell carcinoma, also called hypernephroma, is a cancer of the kidneys that forms in the proximal convoluted tubule. In the UK, it is the eighth most common cancer among adults, affecting 9,300 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract FK506 has been used as the primary immunosuppressive agent administered after a variety of organ transplants, with less reported ...