A central role for mesangial cells in the initiation of diabetic nephropathy

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Medicine, Barbara T. Murphy Division of Nephrology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA; Department of Nephrology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
• ² Department of Medicine, Barbara T. Murphy Division of Nephrology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA. Electronic address: kim.lee@mssm.edu.
• ³ Department of Medicine, Barbara T. Murphy Division of Nephrology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA; Renal Section, James J. Peters Veterans Affair Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA. Electronic address: cijiang.he@mssm.edu.