Renal disease research in the Department of Medicine

Head: Professor Napier M Thomson

Current Projects

• Evaluation of growth factor expression in puromycin-induced experimental glomerulonephritis.
• Growth factor expression in renal biopsy tissue from patients with glomerulonephritis.
• Mechanisms of injury in cyclosporin A nephrotoxicity.
• Apoptosis in experimental models of renal disease.
• Apoptosis in progression of human glomerulonephritis.
• Cytokine gene polymorphisms in IgA nephropathy.
• Mechanisms of injury in chronic renal allograft rejection.