Outline Introduction 69 Lipid Mediators: Chemical Autacoids in Inflammation and Resolution 72 Lipoxins 72 Proresolving Pathways, Essential Fatty Acids and Resolution Indices 74 Aspirin is Resolution Friendly 74 Statins and…
Outline Introduction 93 Tissue Expression of Erythropoietin and the Erythropoietin Receptor 93 Erythropoietin in the Vascular System 94 Erythropoietin and the Endothelium 94 Erythropoietin and Endothelial Progenitor Cells 95 Erythropoietin…
Outline Introduction 103 Basic Biology of Mast Cells 104 Origin, Tissue Distribution and Heterogeneity of Mast Cells 104 Mast Cell Mediators 105 Receptors Expressed by Mast Cells 107 Model Systems…
Outline Introduction 125 Injury, Repair and Regeneration of the Kidney 125 Macrophage Phenotype 126 Macrophages in Different Disease Models 127 Classically Activated Macrophages in Adriamycin Nephropathy 127 Wound-healing (IL-4/IL-13-stimulated, M2a)…
Outline Introduction 153 The Mesenchymal Stem Cell 153 Amniotic Fluid-derived Stem Cells 154 Bone Marrow Plasticity and Renal Repair 154 Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ameliorate Renal Injury and Accelerate Repair 156…
Outline Overview of T Cells in Kidney Diseases 141 Glomerulonephritis 143 Immune-mediated Glomerulonephritis 143 Non-immune-mediated Glomerulonephritis 143 Acute Kidney Injury 144 Ischemic Acute Kidney Injury 144 Sepsis-induced Acute Kidney Injury…
