A zebrafish model of conditional targeted podocyte ablation and regeneration

Kidney International

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1193-1200

  Huang, Jianmin ^a   McKee, Mary ^a   Huang, Hong D ^a   Xiang, Alice ^a   Davidson, Alan J ^b   Lu, Hua A J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ablation; Kidney regeneration; Nitroreductase; Podocyte; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NEPHRIN; NITROREDUCTASE; PODOCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENETIC MODEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 84882250346     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2013.6     Document Type: Article

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