A road to chronic kidney disease: toward glomerulosclerosis via dendrin

Francesca Becherucci; Elena Lazzeri; Paola Romagnani

doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.05.005

A road to chronic kidney disease: toward glomerulosclerosis via dendrin

Am J Pathol. 2015 Aug;185(8):2072-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.05.005. Epub 2015 Jun 9.

Authors

Francesca Becherucci¹, Elena Lazzeri², Paola Romagnani³

Affiliations

¹ Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy.
² Excellence Center for Research, Transfer and High Education for the Development of DE NOVO Therapies, Florence, Italy.
³ Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy; Excellence Center for Research, Transfer and High Education for the Development of DE NOVO Therapies, Florence, Italy; Department of Biomedical Experimental and Clinical Sciences Mario Serio, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: paola.romagnani@unifi.it.

PMID: 26067153
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.05.005

Abstract

This commentary highlights the article by Weins et al that describes a potential mechanism to delay the onset and progression of end-stage kidney disease.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Kidney Diseases / genetics*
Kidney Failure, Chronic / genetics*
Longevity / genetics*
Nerve Tissue Proteins / genetics*
Podocytes / pathology*

Substances

Nerve Tissue Proteins