Islet transplantation promotes podocyte regeneration in a model of diabetic nephropathy

Conclusion: IT restored the glomerular filtration barrier based on the regeneration of podocytes in the DN model rats, and this may provide a promising clinical therapeutic strategy for human diabetes mellitus.
PMID: 29307170 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences - January 10, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Turk J Med Sci Source Type: research