Nephrotic syndrome unfavorable course correlates with downregulation of podocyte vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR)-2

Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) in children is most commonly caused by primary glomerulopathies. Morphological lesions observed in INS might be secondary to inflammatory factors of mainly extra-renal origin. The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family is regarded as playing a crucial ro...

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Main Authors: Wojciech Witkiewicz, Maciej Zabel, Agnieszka Malinska, Danuta Ostalska-Nowicka, Michal Nowicki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2011-10-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
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Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/9443