Uromodulin in kidney injury: An instigator, bystander, or protector?

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 452-461

  El Achkar, Tarek M ^a   Wu, Xue Ru ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

biomarker; Inflammation; tubular cross talk; UMOD; urinary casts

Indexed keywords

TAMM HORSFALL GLYCOPROTEIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UROMODULIN;

EID: 84862779584     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.10.054     Document Type: Article

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