Overview
- Discusses potential of FGF23 and Klotho as novel diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets for chronic kidney disease
- Gives an overview of current knowledge on FGF19 and FGF21
- Comprehensive in scope
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 728)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
MAKOTO KURO-O is an Associate Professor in the Pathology Department at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (UT Southwestern). He also has an appointment to the Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and the Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center in UT Southwestern. He received his MD and PhD from the University of Tokyo, Japan. His major research interests include molecular mechanisms of aging and age-related diseases with special reference to chronic kidney disease. He is a member of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Endocrine FGFs and Klothos
Editors: Makoto Kuro-o
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0887-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-0886-4Published: 11 January 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-0887-1Published: 06 March 2012
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 210
Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cell Biology, Gene Expression