Targeting certain kidney cells may help treat kidney failure

Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 22:30 in Health & Medicine

Putative kidney progenitor cells contribute to kidney function decline by causing kidney scarring. Targeting these cells may therefore help prevent or treat kidney failure. Researchers have identified an additional but limited reserve of kidney filtering cells that are present at birth and become mature and functional filter cells by adulthood.

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