The kidney carries out important functions via microscopic functional units called nephrons. Researchers are investigating which factors control the formation and function of specific segments of the ...

Proper function of the kidney is critical for concentrating urine, regulating blood pressure, and for the tight control of electrolyte levels in the blood. The kidney achieves these important ...

In videos created by the Hughes Lab to visualize the process, adjacent nephrons form one after the other, as if they were following a beat. “It’s still a hypothesis,” adds Hughes, “but we think that ...

“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.” ...

Correlation of serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels and clinical outcome in hormone-independent (HI) prostate cancer (PC) patients (PTS) treated with docetaxel No significant financial relationships to ...

Alternative pathway blockade via factor B inhibition limits C3 cleavage, amplification loop activity, and downstream membrane ...

Orthostatic hypotension may be asymptomatic and should be assessed, according to investigators. Middle-aged adults with orthostatic hypotension experience greater kidney function decline than those ...