University of Michigan researchers have identified a simple test to identify patients at risk for chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease, by measuring epidermal growth factor in a routine ...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a debilitating hereditary condition in which fluid-filled sacs form and proliferate in the ...

ABC drug transporter gene expression in neuroblastoma. Background: Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common pediatric soft tissue tumor. Embryonal (ERMS) and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) ...

The role of the cardiac myocyte as a mediator of paracrine signaling in the heart has remained unclear. To address this issue, we generated mice with cardiac myocyte-specific deletion of the vascular ...

A growth factor protein produced by rare immune cells in the intestine can protect against the effects of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a new discovery from Weill Cornell Medicine ...

A growth factor protein produced by rare immune cells in the intestine can protect against the effects of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a new discovery. A growth factor protein ...

Dorsal root ganglion nerve cells undergoing axon elongation in vitro have been analyzed ultrastructurally. The growth cone at the axonal tip contains smooth endoplasmic reticulum, vesicles, ...