Can muscle-kidney crosstalk slow progression of CKD?

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Dec;25(12):2681-3. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2014060566. Epub 2014 Jul 10.

Authors

Helbert Rondon-Berrios¹, Yanlin Wang², William E Mitch³

Affiliations

¹ Renal-Electrolyte Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and.
² Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
³ Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas [email protected].

No abstract available

Keywords: CKD; cellular signal transduction; nephrotoxicity.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism*
Muscular Atrophy / pathology*
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / metabolism*
Renal Insufficiency / physiopathology*

Substances

Akt1 protein, mouse
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt

Grants and funding

R01 DK095835/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States