Tag: fibrosis

Study Details Origin of Myofibroblasts Responsible for Kidney Fibrosis

The results of an international collaboration of researchers including Dr. Benjamin Humphreys, Division of Nephrology at Washington University, and Dr. Rafael Kramann, Division of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology at RWTH Aachen University in Germany, published in the May issue of JCI insight, settles the years-old controversy of the origin of scar-forming macrophages in the kidney. […]

Herrlich Awarded $1.125M Grant from NIDDK to Study ADAM17

Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, has received a five-year $1.125 million grant from NIDDK to fund a research project titled The Role of Adam17 Substrates in Progressive Kidney Disease. Preliminary studies show that proximal tubular ADAM17-cleaved substrates promote progressive kidney disease.  The goal of Dr. Herrlich’s study is to […]