The HIF oxygen-sensing pathway and its responses to low oxygen may be targeted for treatments of anemia and disorders of iron balance.
The kidney can mediate its own repair through proliferation of resident immune system cells.
HDL cholesterol is impaired in patients with chronic kidney disease – and may increase their cardiovascular disease risk.
Archived tissue samples are yielding new disease biomarkers.
A rare genetic syndrome provides new clues to lung scarring (pulmonary fibrosis), a potentially deadly consequence of many lung diseases.
A gene associated with long life participates in the normal regulation of bone remodeling and may have a role in bone loss associated with aging.