Masami Ikehata

Anti-C1q autoantibodies in lupus nephritis: prevalence and clinical significance.

Proteinuria and hyperglycemia induce endoplasmic reticulum stress.

Role of basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) in diabetic nephropathy and mechanisms of its induction by hyperglycemia in human renal fibroblasts.

Podocyte glutamatergic signaling contributes to the function of the glomerular filtration barrier.

A transgenic mouse model for uromodulin-associated kidney diseases shows specific tubulo-interstitial damage, urinary concentrating defect and renal failure.

Albuminuria and glomerular damage in mice lacking the metabotropic glutamate receptor 1.

Nephrin expression in adult rodent central nervous system and its interaction with glutamate receptors.

Rituximab targets podocytes in recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.

[Synaptic-like signals at the filtration barrier: the role of nephrin].

Proteinuria and glomerular damage in Rab3A knockout mice chronically fed a high-glucose diet.

Compensatory molecular and functional mechanisms in nervous system of the Grm1(crv4) mouse lacking the mGlu1 receptor: a model for motor coordination deficits.

Common noncoding UMOD gene variants induce salt-sensitive hypertension and kidney damage by increasing uromodulin expression.

Role of Podocyte B7-1 in Diabetic Nephropathy.