Translational Research
Volume 159, Issue 2 , Pages 80-89 , February 2012

Prematurity in mice leads to reduction in nephron number, hypertension, and proteinuria

  • Cary Stelloh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis
    • ,
  • Kenneth P. Allen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis
    • Biomedical Resource Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis
    • ,
  • David L. Mattson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis
    • ,
  • Alexandra Lerch-Gaggl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis
    • ,
  • Sreenivas Reddy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis
    • ,
  • Ashraf El-Meanawy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis
    • Biomedical Resource Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis
    • Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis
    • Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis
    • Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis
    • Milwaukee Veteran Administration Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wis
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ashraf El-Meanawy, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226.

Received 2 May 2011 ,Revised 12 October 2011 ,Accepted 13 October 2011.

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 Supported in part by grants HL-29587 and DK-62803 from the National Institutes of Health and by the Kidney Disease Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

PII: S1931-5244(11)00370-7

doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2011.10.004

Translational Research
Volume 159, Issue 2 , Pages 80-89 , February 2012

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