Injury to the podocyte results in proteinuria and often leads to progressive kidney disease.
As podocytes have limited ability to repair and/or regenerate, the extent of podocyte injury is …

Mesenchymal stem cells are a heterogeneous population of fibroblast‐like stromal cells that
have been isolated from the bone marrow and a number of organs and tissues including the …

Introduction Studies have shown that stem cells exert their therapeutic effects on acute
kidney injury (AKI) through paracrine/endocrine actions. If the protective effect is mediated in …

Ischemic nephropathy consists of progressive renal function loss due to renal hypoxia,
inflammation, microvascular rarefaction, and fibrosis. We provide a literature review focused …

Objective. To find a convenient and efficient way to isolate MSCs from human menstrual
blood and to investigate their biological characteristics, proliferative capacity, and secretion …

Mesangial cells in diabetic mice and human kidneys with diabetic nephropathy exhibit
increased type VIII collagen, a nonfibrillar protein that exists as a heterodimer composed of …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 1 in 10 members of the general population, placing
these patients at an increasingly high risk of kidney failure. Despite the significant burden of …

Drugs that have beneficial effects on podocytes can improve our ability to treat important
renal diseases, including diabetic nephropathy. Currently available agents can be …

Over the last decade, stem cells have been the topic of much debate and investigation for
their regenerative potential in the case of renal injury. This review focuses on bone marrow …

The use of stem cells in kidney disease : Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation The use of
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