Molecular Nephrology

RENAL STRUCTURE

Growth and Development

Developmental Control Genes, Gregory R. Dressler
Early Response Gene and Renal Growth, Dean A. Kujubu and Leon G. Fine
Epithelial Cell Polarity: Molecular Mechanisms, Dennis Brown

Matrix

Regulation of Coordinately Expressed Collagen Genes, Yutaka Inagaki, Shizuko Tanaka, Sharada Truter, and Francesco Ramirez.Laminin, Rainer Deutzmann
Metalloproteinases, Malcolm Davies and David H. Lovett

RENAL VASCULATURE AND VASOACTIVE SUBSANCES

Rein-Angiotensin Aldosterone

Molecular Biology of Renin, Timothy L. Reudelhuber
Angiotensin II and the Renin-Angiotensin System, Kenneth E. Bernstein, Eric Clauser, and Maryke Brink
Mineralocorticoid Receptors and Specificity-Conferring Mechanisms, John W. Funder

Endothelin, Cathecholamines, Dopamine, ANP, EDRF

Endothelin Generation, Receptors, and Cellular Signaling, Barbara J. Ballerman
The Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Family, Kenneth D. Bloch
Andrenergic and Dopamine Receptors, Robert M. Graham, R. Peter Riek, S. Iismaa, and S. Chen
Molecular Biology of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in the Kidney, Mark L. Zeidel

Kinins and Prostaglandins

Kinins and Kidney Function, Harry S. Margolius
Cyclooxygenases, William L. Smith and David DeWitt
Renal Prostanoid Receptors, Richard M. Breyer and Matthew D. Breyer

TRANSPORT

Calcium, Phoshate, Vitamin D, PTH

Receptors for Parathyroid Hormone and Parathyroid Hormone-Related Peptide, Gino V. Segre
Recent Progress in the Cloning and Characterization of Calcitonin Receptor cDNA's, Steven R. Goldring
Vitamin D and the Plasma Membrane Calcium Pump, Rajiv Kumar, Emmanuel E. Strehler, and Qiang Cai
Molecules Involved in Proximal Tubular Apical Na Pi Contrasport, J. Biber and H. Murer

Anion Transporters

Molecular Biology of Chloride Channels, Klaus Steinmeyer and Thomas J. Jentsch
Anion Exchangers, Mary Jo Godinich and Michael L. Jennings
Organic Anion Transporters, Victor L. Schuster

Cation Transporters

Molecular Biology of Renal Sodium-Conducting Ion Channels, Daivd E. McCoy and Bruce A. Stanton
Renal Potassium Channels, Miriam A. Boim and Steven C. Hebert
Structure and Regulation of Na, K-ATPase in the Kidney, Peter L. Jørgensen, Li Mei Meng, and Per Amstrup Pedersen
Renal Plasma Membrane Vacuolar H+ ATPases: Properties and Function in Acid-Base Homeostasis, Stephen L. Gluck, L. Shannon Holliday, Masahiro Iyori, Tatiana Kostrominova, and Beth S. M. Lee
Na+ H+ Exchangers: Structure, Function, and Regulation, Laurence Bianchini and Jacques Pouysségur
Calcium Channels, Alan S. L. Yu

Organic Substrate Transporters

Glucose Transporter Expression in the Kidney, Frank C. Brosius III
Molecular Regulation of Organic Osmolytes in Renal Cells, Arlyn García-Pérez
Molecular Biophysics of Kidney Water Channels, A. S. Verkman

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION AND TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS

Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signaling Cascades, John M. Kyriakis
Heterotrimeric Guanine Nucelotide-Binding Proteins, Louis Ercolani
ADH Receptors: Molecular Biology and Signal Transduction, Mariel Birnbaumer
Steroid Response Elements, David Pearce
Transcription Factors in Kidney Development and Renal Injury, Ralph Witzgall and Joseph Bonventre

GROWTH FACTORS

Erythropoeitin and Hypoxia-Sensitive Regulation, David L. Porter and Mark A. Goldberg
Insulin-like Growth Factors in Mature and Developing Kidney, Marc R. Hammerman and Steven B. Miller
Cell Biology of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor, Hanna E. Abboud, Basant Bhandari, and Goutam Ghosh Choudhury
TGF-b in Renal Pathophysiology, Marcus Ketteler, Nancy A. Noble, and Wayne A. Border

INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS, CYTOKINES, AND ADHESION MOLECULES

Molecular Regulation of the Heat-Shock Stress Response: Nephrologists, Perspective, Karensa Fuller and Barbara S. Polla
Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-8 as Potential Inflammatory Mediators of Injury in Renal Diseases, Carla Zoja and Guiseppe Remuzzi
Interleukin-1: A Mater Cytokine in the Renal Response to Injury, John R. Sedor
The Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1, Bruno Luckow, Gunter Wolf, and Detlef Schlöndorff
Molecular Biology and Function of the Chemoattractant Cytokines RANTES and CSF-1, Gunter Wolf, Bruno Luckow, and Detlef Schlöndorff
Phospholopases A2, Joseph V. Boneventre
The Renal Plasminogen Activating System, Eric Rondeau, Jean-Daniel Sraer, and Wolf-Dieter Schleuning
Leukocyte Adhesion Molecules, Hugh R. Brady

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF KIDNEY DISEASE

Molecular Biology of Renal Epithelial Antigens, Pierre J. Verroust, Søren Nielsen, Pierre M. Ronco, and Eric Iisø Christensen
Molecular Biology Approach to Human Kidney Biopsies, Liliane J. Striker, Emmanuel E. Peten, Chih-Wei Yang, and Gary E. Striker
Wilms' Tumor, Daniel A. Haber
Alport Syndrome, Karl Tryggvason and Niina Heiskari
Goodpasture Syndrome, Manfred Weber, Martin Marx, and Frank Merkel
Molecular Genetics of Polycystic Kidney Disease, Stefan Somlo and Gregory G. Germino
Molecular Response to Ischemic and Nephrotoxic Acute Renal Failure, Robert L. Safirstein and Joseph V. Bonventre
NF-KB Regulation of HIV-1 Gene Expression: Potential Role in the Pathogenesis of HIV-Associated Nephropathy, Leslie A. Bruggeman, Jeffrey B. Kopp, Jay Rappaport, and Paul E. Klotman
Molecular Features of Nephritogenic Antibodies, T-Cell Receptors, and MHC Molecules, Sharon L. Karp and Eric G. Neilson
Platelet-Derived Growth Factor and Renal Disease, Ashio Yoshimura, Hirokuki Iida, Jürgen Floege, and Richard J. Johnson
The Molecular Biology of Congenital Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus, Eliezer J. Holtzman, Lee F. Kolakowski, Jr., and Dennis A. Ausiello
Prospects of Gene Therapy in the Kidney, Vikas P. Sukhatme