Nephrin preserves podocyte viability and glomerular structure and function in adult kidneys

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2361-2377

  Li, Xuezhu ^a,b   Chuang, Peter Y ^a   D'Agati, Vivette D ^c   Dai, Yan ^a,d   Yacoub, Rabi ^a   Fu, Jia ^e   Xu, Jin ^a   Taku, Oltjon ^f   Premsrirut, Prem K ^g   Holzman, Lawrence B ^h   He, John Cijiang ^a,i  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^e MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MIRIMUS INC   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; DOXORUBICIN; DOXYCYCLINE; NEPHRIN; P CADHERIN; PODOCIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GLOMERULAR STRUCTURE; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEINURIA; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCLEROSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBENDOTHELIUM CELL; UNINEPHRECTOMY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; AGE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GLOMERULUS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PODOCYTES;

EID: 84937814929     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2014040405     Document Type: Article

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