Nephrin and related proteins in the pathogenesis of nephropathy

Drug Discovery Today: Disease Mechanisms

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-27

  Aaltonen, Petri ^a   Holthöfer, Harry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CD2 ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; DENSIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEPHRIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PODOCIN;

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DESIGN; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PODOCYTE; REVIEW;

EID: 47049102517     PISSN: 17406765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ddmec.2007.06.003     Document Type: Review

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