Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who had cardiac surgery had high levels of transforming growth factor-beta 2. The cohort also had ...

Every day our kidneys tackle the daunting task of continuously cleaning our blood to prevent waste, salt and excess fluid from building up inside our bodies. To achieve this, the kidneys' ...

The USC Stem Cell laboratory of Andy McMahon has identified a type of injured cell that might contribute to the transition from an acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease, as described in a new ...

Renal cell carcinoma, also called hypernephroma, is a cancer of the kidneys that forms in the proximal convoluted tubule. In the UK, it is the eighth most common cancer among adults, affecting 9,300 ...

“You’re on a chemotherapeutic and your oncologist may say that your dosage is X, while a nephrologist is telling you that the proximal tubules in your kidneys can’t handle it. You’re harming them.” ...

The calcium-sensing receptor (CSR) is a G-protein receptor that plays a critical role in calcium regulation. In the kidney, the CSR regulates calcium reabsorption in the thick ascending limb, where ...

The kidney's proximal tubule reabsorbs water, glucose, ions and other small molecules from the urine and thus maintains the body's supply of these essential constituents. The tubule can be easily ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract FK506 has been used as the primary immunosuppressive agent administered after a variety of organ transplants, with less reported ...