Researchers identify pathway important for kidney function

(Boston University Medical Center) Boston University researchers, in collaboration with Centers for Therapeutic Innovation at Pfizer Inc., have discovered a novel molecular pathway needed to regulate kidney podocytes -- special octopus-like cells that are critical in maintaining normal kidney function. The findings, which appear in JCI Insight, may help identify a new drug target for chronic kidney diseases associated with podocyte loss.
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