2023
The ASSESS-AKI Study found urinary epidermal growth factor is associated with reduced risk of major adverse kidney events
Menez S, Wen Y, Xu L, Moledina D, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Hu D, Obeid W, Bhatraju P, Ikizler T, Siew E, Chinchilli V, Garg A, Go A, Liu K, Kaufman J, Kimmel P, Himmelfarb J, Coca S, Cantley L, Parikh C. The ASSESS-AKI Study found urinary epidermal growth factor is associated with reduced risk of major adverse kidney events. Kidney International 2023, 104: 1194-1205. PMID: 37652206, PMCID: PMC10840723, DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.08.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse kidney eventsUEGF/CrUrinary epidermal growth factorAdverse kidney eventsChronic kidney diseaseEpidermal growth factorKidney eventsKidney failureEGF expressionUrinary EGF/CrAcute Kidney Injury studyGrowth factorIschemia-reperfusion injuryProportional hazards regressionTubular healthKidney atrophyObservational cohortHospitalized participantsTubular functionClinical findingsHazards regressionKidney diseaseClinical variablesProgressive atrophyUrinary EGF
1999
Expression of c-ret promotes morphogenesis and cell survival in mIMCD-3 cells
O’Rourke D, Sakurai H, Spokes K, Kjelsberg C, Takahashi M, Nigam S, Cantley L. Expression of c-ret promotes morphogenesis and cell survival in mIMCD-3 cells. American Journal Of Physiology 1999, 276: f581-f588. PMID: 10198418, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1999.276.4.f581.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell LineCell MovementCell SurvivalCollagenDogsDrosophila ProteinsEpithelial CellsGlial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ReceptorsHepatocyte Growth FactorKidneyKidney MedullaKidney Tubules, CollectingMicePhosphorylationProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-retReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesConceptsGlial-derived neurotropic factorCell survivalEpidermal growth factorC-RetHepatocyte growth factorProtein tyrosine kinase receptorsEpithelial cell morphogenesisEarly branching morphogenesisTyrosine-phosphorylated receptorsUreteric bud developmentProcess formationSpiny cystsCell morphogenesisTyrosine kinase receptorsEpithelial morphogenesisGrowth factorBranching morphogenesisExamination of mRNAEGF receptorMorphogenesisStable expressionKinase receptorsBud developmentSerum-free conditionsEarly regulation