Kidney Development and Disease (eBook)

A. Model Systems of Kidney Development and Disease: 1. Madhu Tapadia   madhu@bhu.ac.inCo-author: Naveen Gautam gautam.naveen6@gmail.com Topic: Drosophila Malpighian Tubule Development2. Alan Davidson a.davidson@auckland.ac.nz Co-author: Richard NaylorTopic: Zebrafish Nephron Formation3. Rebecca Wingert rwingert@nd.edu Co-author: graduate studentTopic: Zebrafish as a model of kidney disease4. Kelly McLaughlin kelly.mclaughlin@tufts.edu Co-author: Shoshoni CaineTopic: Use of Xenopus frogs to study renal development/repairB. Cell Renewal, Differentiation and Fate in Nephrogenesis:5. Zubaida Saifudeen zubisaif@tulane.edu Topic: p53-Energy metabolism directed renewal vs differentiation6. Peter Hohenstein peter.hohenstein@roslin.ed.ac.ukCo-author: Derya Ozdemir Derya.Ozdemir@roslin.ed.ac.uk Topic: Wilms’ tumors and differentiation (tentative)7. Leif Oxburgh oxburl@mmc.org Co-authors: Deepthi Muthukrishnan, Aaron Brown, Sarah McCarthy, Jennifer FettingTopic: Growth factor regulation in the nephrogenic zone8. Wenzheng Zhang Wenzheng.zhang@uth.tmc.eduCo-authors: Lihe Chen and Paul Higgins Topic: Development and Diseases of the Collecting Duct 9. Norman Rosenblum norman.rosenblum@sickkids.caCo-authors: Christopher Rowan and Sepideh Sheybani DelouiTopic: Origin and function of the renal stroma in health and diseaseC. Nephron Morphogenesis and Maintenance:10. Ian Smyth ian.smyth@monash.edu Co-author: Kieran Short kieran.short@monash.edu Topic: integrating tissue morphology and cellular events during branching morphogenesis in the developing kidney11. Kimberly Reidy kreidy@montefiore.org Topic: Polarity Proteins in Kidney Development and Disease (tentative) 12. Pamela Tran ptran@kumc.edu Topic: Cilia in Cystic Kidney Disease13. Brad Yoder byoder@uab.edu Co-authors: Cheng Song song1c@uab.edu Kurt A Zimmerman zimmermk@uab.edu Topic: Inflammation and Fibrosis in Polycystic Kidney Disease14. Ana Sofia Cruz sofiacruzs@gmail.comCo-authors: Arvind Bhimaraj and Keith YoukerTopic: Endothelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Kidney Fibrosis