NEPHCURE/PNRC Grant Awardees

2024

 Role of CD93 in podocytopathies.
  • Dr. Gabriel Cara-Fuentes
  • Stefano Da Sacco, PhD
 
REduced-dose Steroid PrOtocol for childhood Nephrotic SyndromE (RESPONSE): a pilot open-label randomized, controlled trial.
  • Dr. Rulan Parekh
  • Dr. Larry Greenbaum, PhD
  • Dr. Cal Robinson
 
JAK/STAT Pathway Gene Expression and Urinary Biomarkers in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis and Minimal Change Disease.
  • Dr. Carol Shen
  • Dr. Jennifer Yee, PhD
 
Treatment Practice Pattern and Clinical Trajectory in Pediatric Patients with C3 Glomerulopathy.
  • Dr. Ana Solis Zavala
  • Dr. Bradley Dixon

2023

 Genetic sequencing and the anti-nephrin antibody in pediatric nephrotic syndrome.
  • Dr. Matthew Sampson
  • Dr. William Smoyer
 
Targeting Novel Pathways to Reduce Proteinuria and Scarring in Nephrotic Syndrome.
  • Julie Dougherty, PhD
  • Dr. Gabriel Cara Fuentes
 
Single particle reconstruction of PAR 3/4 heterodimer using cryoEM.
  • Kaushik Muralidharan, PhD
  • Dr. Marvin Nieman
 
Proteomic analyses of molecular mechanisms of podocyte injury in idiopathic nephrotic syndrome.
  • Dr. Yu Kamigaki
  • Timothy Cummins, PhD
 
The role of sex hormones on chronic kidney disease progression.
  • Dr. Hannah Kim
  • Dr. Rebecca Ruebner
 

2022

Urine single-cell RNA-sequencing in Minimal Change Disease.
  • Dr. Yaacov Frishberg
  • Maya Schuldiner, PhD
 
Defining the role of chloride channel 5 in maintaining podocyte structure and functions.
  • Dr. Rasheed Gbadegesin
  • Dr. Laura Mariani
 
Scaffold protein Sh3bp2 plays a central role in pathogenesis of nephrotic syndrome.
  • Dr. Tarak Srivastava
  • Mukut Sharma, PhD
 
Sex-hormones and its significance for podocytes: a promising novel therapeutic concept in a sex dependent manner.
  • Dr. Jun Oh
  • Lars Fester, PhD