Kidney Development and Disease

Part I. Model Systems of Kidney Development and Disease

1.
Drosophila Malpighian Tubules: A Model for Understanding Kidney Development, Function, and Disease
Naveen Kumar Gautam, Puja Verma, Madhu G. Tapadia

2. Zebrafish Pronephros Development
Richard W. Naylor, Sarah S. Qubisi, Alan J. Davidson

3. Zebrafish as a Model of Kidney Disease
Elvin E. Morales, Rebecca A. Wingert

4. Use of Xenopus Frogs to Study Renal Development/Repair
Shoshoni T. Droz, Kelly A. McLaughlin

Part II. Cell Renewal, Differentiation and Fate in Nephrogenesis

5. Tissue-Specific Functions of p53 During Kidney Development
Zubaida Saifudeen

6. Growth Factor Regulation in the Nephrogenic Zone of the Developing Kidney
Leif Oxburgh, Sree Deepthi Muthukrishnan, Aaron Brown

7. Development and Diseases of the Collecting Duct System
Lihe Chen, Paul J. Higgins, Wenzheng Zhang

8. Origin and Function of the Renal Stroma in Health and Disease
Christopher J. Rowan, Sepideh Sheybani-Deloui, Norman D. Rosenblum

Part III. Nephron Morphogenesis and Maintenance

9. Imaging, Analysing and Interpreting Branching Morphogenesis in the Developing Kidney
Kieran M. Short, Ian M. Smyth

10. Genetic Syndromes Affecting Kidney Development
Abhijeet Pal, Kimberly J Reidy

11. Primary Cilia in Cystic Kidney Disease
Prachee Avasthi, Robin L. Maser, Pamela V. Tran

12. Inflammation and Fibrosis in Polycystic Kidney Disease
Cheng Jack Song, Kurt A. Zimmerman, Scott J. Henke, Bradley K. Yoder

13. Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) and Endothelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EndMT): Role and Implications in Kidney Fibrosis
Ana S. Cruz-Solbes, Keith Youker

Keywords: Life Sciences, Developmental Biology, Molecular Medicine, Nephrology, Cell Biology