The kidney : from normal development to congenital diseases /: from normal development to congenital diseases. (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Peter D. Vize, Adrian S. Woolf, Jonathan B.L. Bard.
• Other Names: Vize, Peter D; Woolf, Adrian S; Bard, Johnathan B. L
• Contents: Foreword; ; SECTION 1: EMBRYONIC KIDNEYS AND MODELS ; ; 1. Introduction: the embryonic kidneys and other nephrogenic models; 2. Development of the Malpighian tubules in Drosophila melanogaster; 3. Induction, development and physiology of the pronephric tubules; 4. Formation of the nephric duct; 5. The pronephric glomus and vasculature; 6. Development of the mesonephric kidney; 7. 3-Dimensional anatomy of mammalian mesonephroi; 8. The Molecular control of pronephros development- an Overview; 9. Embryological, genetic and molecular tools for investigating embryonic kidney development; ; SECTION 2: THE ADULT KIDNEYS ; ; 10. Introduction; 11. Anatomy and Histology of the Human Urinary System; 12. Development of the Ureteric Bud; 13. The Fates of the Metanephric Mesenchyme; 14. The Formation and Development of Nephrons; 15. Establishment of polarity in epithelial cells of the developing nephron; 16. Development of the Glomerular Capillary and its Basement Membrane; 17. The development of kidney blood vessels; 18. The Development of function in the metanephric kidney; 19. Experimental methods for studying urogenital development; 20. Overview: The Molecular Basis of Kidney Development; ; SECTION 3: CONGENITAL DISEASE ; ; 21. Maldevelopment of the Human Kidney and Lower Urinary Tract: an Overview; 22. Wilms' Tumor and related disorders; 23. Pax-2 and Renal-Coloboma Syndrome; 24. Polycystic Kidney Disease, von Hippel Lindau and Tuberous sclerosis; 26. Renal Cell Carcinoma: The Human Disease; 27. The Tubule; 28. Diseases of the Glomerular Filtration Barrier: Alport Syndrome and Congenital Nephrosis (NPHS1); 29. Congenital Kidney Diseases: Prospects for New Therapies
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource (592 pages)
• Subjects: 616.6/1043; 616.61042; Kidneys -- Growth; Kidneys -- Abnormalities; Kidneys -- Diseases -- Genetic aspects; Kidney -- physiology; Kidney Diseases -- genetics; Kidney Diseases -- physiopathology; Kidneys -- Abnormalities; Kidneys -- Diseases -- Genetic aspects; Kidneys -- Growth; Angeborene Krankheit; Niere; Ontogenie
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080521541; 0080521541
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