Nephrology Lab

AboutAbout the lab

Solving clinical questions through basic research, and bringing the findings back to the clinic.

The Nephrology Lab provides clinical care for kidney diseases and conducts research spanning both basic and clinical science.
The lab investigates questions arising in clinical practice through basic research, and applies findings from basic research in the clinic, linking them to drug discovery.
In clinical research as well, the lab generates evidence on clinically important issues such as IgA nephropathy, nephrotic syndrome, and chronic kidney disease, and communicates it to the world.
The lab also puts effort into undergraduate and postgraduate education, aiming to train nephrologists and clinical scientists.

ResearchResearch themes

The lab aims to solve questions that arise in the clinic through basic research, and to connect findings from basic research to clinical practice and drug discovery. The research page lists groups such as autophagy, CKD-MBD, epidemiology, clinical research, and immunity and complement, each with its own papers.

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The Role of Autophagy in the Kidney↗

The lab studies the role that autophagy plays in the proximal tubules of the kidney. It has become clear that under the stress of kidney disease, autophagy is disrupted and adversely affects disease progression, and the lab's goal is to develop treatments using drugs that modulate it.

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