Each human kidney has about 1 to 2 million filtering units called nephrons that help purify our blood and remove waste ...

Background: The kidney, brain, and endocrine glands all express calbindin-D28K, a calcium-binding protein that is essential for maintaining calcium homeostasis. Calcium metabolism is disturbed in ...

Collecting duct carcinoma (CDC) is a rare and aggressive subtype of renal carcinoma, posing significant challenges in diagnosis and treatment. Current treatment relies on platinum-based chemotherapy, ...

School of Ethnic-Minority Medicine, Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang 550025, China The State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ...

As the main site of renal reabsorption and its exposed environment, renal tubules can be damaged by various factors. Recent studies have shown that renal tubular epithelial cells (RTECs) injury plays ...

Confocal microscopy reveals abnormal, stunted cilia on proximal tubules, podocytes, and collecting duct cells in mice with global or conditional deletion of GR. In contrast, activation of GR ...