Self-organized Kidney Rudiments: Prospects for Better Nephrotoxicity Assays

Kidneys are essential to life but vulnerable to a range of toxicants, including therapeutic drugs and their metabolites. Indeed, nephrotoxicity is often a limiting factor in both drug use and drug development. Most toxicants damage kidneys by one of four mechanisms: damage to the membrane and its ju...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jamie A. Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Biomarker Insights
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/BMI.S20056