Activation of canonical Wnt signaling meets with podocytopathy

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1864-1866

  Waters, Aoife ^a   Koziell, Ania ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CD2 ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEPHRIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; WNT PROTEIN; WNT2 PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMATIN; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOWN REGULATION; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PODOCYTOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETON; WILD TYPE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; PODOCYTES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 69849115715     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2009070762     Document Type: Editorial

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