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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Beatriz Maria Veloso Pereira in research grants and scholarships supported by FAPESP.
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Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a clinical condition characterized by progressive loss of kidney function and persistent presence of proteins in the urine. Among the causes that can lead to CKD are glomerulopathies, especially Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Loss of protein in the urine and development of FSGS is closely associated with dysfunction and loss of podocytes, specia…
The overall scope of the problem is that as the US population lives longer, kidney disease becomes more abundant. Elderly patients in particular face worse disease outcomes and they are now the largest group to undergo first-time dialysis. The goal of this proposal is to prove that aged terminally differentiated glomerular epithelial cells, called podocytes, are central to the many glomer…
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