The incidence of chronic kidney diseases is increasing worldwide, and these conditions are
emerging as a major public health problem. While genetic factors contribute to susceptibility …

In December 2019, a novel coronavirus was isolated from the respiratory epithelium of
patients with unexplained pneumonia in Wuhan, China. This pathogen, named severe acute …

Among the several theories on the pathophysiology of progressive nephropathies [1—41,
the most convincing one [1, 2] suggests that the initial reduction in nephron number …

ABSTRACT. Injury to a target organ can be sensed by bone marrow stem cells that migrate
to the site of damage, undergo differentiation, and promote structural and functional repair. …

That the renin–angiotensin system (RAS) is involved in regulation of blood pressure,
vasoconstriction, sodium intake and potassium excretion is well established. Studies in the last few …

The renin-angiotensin system plays a role in the etiology of hypertension and the pathophysiology
of cardiac and renal diseases in humans. Ang II is the central product of this system …

Transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSC) or stromal cells from
rodents has been identified as a strategy for renal repair in experimental models of acute …

Here, we review the most recent findings on the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on kidney
diseases, including acute kidney injury, and examine the potential effects of ARBs on the …

There is evidence that aspirin in low doses favorably influences the course of pppregnancy-induced
hypertension, but the mechanism, although assumed to involve suppression of the …

Clinical proteomics has yielded some early positive results—the identification of potential
disease biomarkers—indicating the promise for this analytical approach to improve the current …