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Science Signaling  12 Dec 2017:
Vol. 10, Issue 509, eaar6886
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aar6886

This week’s articles report that inhibiting the ion channel TRPC5 prevents the loss of podocytes in rat models of kidney disease.

NEPHROLOGY

Gaining a foothold on kidney disease?

Zhou et al. report on a drug that inhibits kidney disease in rat models by preventing the loss of podocytes, cells critical for blood filtration (see also Chung and Shaw).

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    This week’s articles report that inhibiting the ion channel TRPC5 prevents the loss of podocytes in rat models of kidney disease.

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