VUMC Scientists Discover Key Step to Kidney Fibrosis
November 22, 2023
November 22, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
By Bill Snyder
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the first time have shown that activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is essential for the development of kidney fibrosis, tissue scarring following injury that can lead to kidney failure.
Their discovery, reported Nov. 14 in the journal Nature Communications, coul . . .
By Bill Snyder
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the first time have shown that activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is essential for the development of kidney fibrosis, tissue scarring following injury that can lead to kidney failure.
Their discovery, reported Nov. 14 in the journal Nature Communications, coul . . .