Deficiency of the pancreatic progenitor cell differentiation and proliferation factor gene was identified as a risk factor ...

Researchers have long understood that PKD is associated with kidney cysts and fibrosis and a gradual decline in renal function – a measure of the kidney’s ability to remove waste and fluid from the ...

Research led by Children's Hospital of Fudan University in China has found that a gene called pancreatic progenitor cell ...

Lipid abnormalities are a common complication in diabetic kidney disease (DKD), contributing to disease progression and ...

Moreover, the cells and soluble factors participating in this response in liver are also similar to those in parenchymal injury to kidney, lung, or skin. Fibrosis occurs earliest in regions where ...

The cells in human bodies are subject to both chemical and mechanical forces. But until recently, scientists have not ...

The following is a summary of “Lipid abnormality in diabetic kidney disease and potential treatment advancements,” published ...

Fibrosis is an affliction wherein cells produce excess fibrous tissue. Fibroblast cells do this to close wounds, but the process can cascade in unwanted places. Examples include cardiac fibrosis; ...

Biomedical researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have decoded how mechanical forces drive cell behavior in fibrosis.