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Gene Therapy for Diabetic Nephropathy
Author(s) -
Kitamura Masanori
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
peritoneal dialysis international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.79
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1718-4304
pISSN - 0896-8608
DOI - 10.1177/089686089901902s40
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetic nephropathy , genetic enhancement , glomerulopathy , diabetes mellitus , disease , kidney disease , bioinformatics , renal replacement therapy , nephropathy , gene , kidney , proteinuria , endocrinology , biology , genetics
Gene therapy has been considered for a broad array of diseases. Recent investigation has suggested that gene therapy may be applied to the treatment of diabetes mellitus and associated pathologies involving several organs. In the kidney, glomerulopathy is the most typical pathologic feature. This article addresses potential strategies towards gene therapy for diabetic glomerular disease.

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