Tag: surgery

Stan Misler Recognized at Midwest Islet Club Meeting

Nephrologist Stanley Misler, MD, PhD, was recently recognized at the meeting of the 11th Annual Midwest Islet Club (MIC), hosted this year by Washington University. Dr. Misler, Emeritus faculty member of the Departments of Medicine (Nephrology), Cell Biology/Physiology and Biomedical Engineering at WU, presented one of the Keynote Lacy Medal Award Lectures. Misler dedicated his […]

Angiopoietin-1 Mitigates Renal Fibrosis

Angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1), a vascular growth factor secreted by kidney proximal tubular cells, pericytes and podocytes, is essential for regulating blood vessel development and repair after injury.  Ang-1 is also a promising therapeutic agent to target renal fibrosis, according to a study by WU researchers recently published in PLoSOne, As a result of injury to the […]