Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) as a Systemic Disease: Whole Body Autoregulation and Inter-Organ Cross-Talk

The inter-organ cross-talk and the functional integration of organ systems is an exceedingly complex process which until now has been investigated with a reductionist approach. CKD perturbs the inter-organ cross-talk and demands central resetting of autonomic (nervous) control of organ systems. Due...

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Main Authors: Carmine Zoccali, Giovanni Tripepi, Evangelia Dounousi, Francesca Mallamaci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2014-07-01
Series:Kidney & Blood Pressure Research
Subjects:
NPY
CKD
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/355788