This commentary discusses nephron protection in diabetic kidney disease and describes the way in which renin–angiotensin system inhibitors and the sodium–glucose ... and a tubule, which ...

The human kidney is made up of about a million nephrons, the filtering units of this complex and highly vascular organ. Each nephron is composed of a highly coiled tubule, one end of which forms a ...

The adult kidney lacks stem cells to regenerate damaged tissue in its approximately 1 million filtering units, which are called nephrons. Damage predominantly occurs in a segment of the nephron known ...

Each nephron is made of a tubule and is responsible for 'cleaning' the blood by removing urea, excess water and mineral ions. The kidney works in a number of different stages: Stage 1 - Filtration ...

Mouse kidney nephron progenitor cells (purple) forming the developing nephron tubules (yellow) of the kidney’s filtering units, the nephrons. (Image by Helena Bugacov/McMahon Lab) ...

The nephron has a renal tubule and dilated blind end like a funnel. This dilated funnel like part is called Bowman's Capsule. Each human kidney contains about 1 million filtering units called ...

The USC Stem Cell laboratory of Andy McMahon has identified a type of injured cell that might contribute to the transition from an acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease, as described in a new ...