NephCure Research Newsticker

Dr. Jochen Reiser, a respected nephrologist and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Clemens Moeller, Research Fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital, provide a quarterly update to respond to the most frequently asked questions:

"What's the latest in science?"

1. Research - Findings and Trends

2. Treatments and Diagnostics on the Way

3. Nephrology Meetings

1. Research - Findings and Trends

Unexpected Role for uPAR
First Study to Present Data on Cell-Specific Therapies for Proteinuria
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Oxygen Shortage Linked to Scarring
Novel roles for Hif-1 in promoting fibrosis of the kidney
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Actin: Key to Filter Structure
Two Studies Reveal Novel Insights on the Regulation of Podocyte Structure
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Fighting Cell Death in the Kidney
A Cell Survival Factor and a Common Antibiotic Protect Against Renal Damage
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Novel View on Mutations in the NPHS2 gene
May also play a role in late-onset, sporadic FSGS
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New Genetic Studies Unravel Cause for Proteinuria
Disruption of the Sialic Acid Biosynthesis Pathway Leads to Glomerular Disease
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Cleavage of the Protein Dynamin in Podocytes
A New Molecular Mechanism for Proteinuric Kidney Disease
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A Matter of Survival or Death for Injured Podocytes
The Protein Dendrin Plays a Role in Podocyte Apoptosis
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A Fish Taking Center Stage
The Zebrafish as a Model to Study Kidney Development and Disease
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2. Treatments and Diagnostics on the Way

From the Microscope: Five Types of FSGS
Some Variants of FSGS Have Better Outcomes
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Retrospective Study on Sequential Therapy
Evaluates Outcome in Children with Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome
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Treatment of Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome
In Managing Disease, Know the Guidelines for Cyclosporin Therapy
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Probable Shift Towards More Cases of FSGS?
Is FSGS Increasing in Children with Nephrotic Syndrome?Full Story...

Urine Biomarkers to Predict Glomerular Disease
May Become Alternative to Kidney Biopsy Full Story...

FDA Issues Warning on Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents
Caution on Drugs That Treat Anemia in Chronic Kidney Failure
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FSGS Clinical Trial Update
Multicenter Study of FSGS in Children and Young Adults
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Impressions from the 38th Congress of the German Society of Nephrology Pathogenesis of FSGS – From Mouse to Human
Two Examples of How Patients Benefit from the Laboratory Mouse
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Impressions from the 40th ASN Renal Week Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition

Double Kidney Trouble
ASN Projections: End-Stage Renal Failure on the Rise
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And a Doubled War Chest to Carry the Fight
National Kidney Foundation (NKF) to Double Research  Funding
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Two Podocyte Proteins and a European FSGS-Study
A View on This Year’s Outstanding Presentations
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Impressions from the World Congress of Nephrology April 2007 - Scientific Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Regeneration of the Kidney Filter
Mission Impossible?
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