KIDNEYS -- Diseases
DIABETES
DIABETIC nephropathies
CHRONIC diseases
CELL death

Abstract:Presents a study conducted by the Thomas Jefferson University and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine identifying a protein that may explain why kidney disease is so common among people with diabetes. Development of diabetic nephropathy in all patients who develop end-stage chronic kidney disease; Effects of high glucose levels on kidney cells from humans and mice; Role of cell death in kidney failure.