title: Why kidneys fail: report from an American Society of Nephrology Advances in Research Conference.
abstract: A recent American Society of Nephrology Conference, entitled "Why Kidneys Fail: Translating Basic Mechanisms of Disease Pathogenesis into Novel Therapies," explored basic mechanisms and their potential translational implications. In this article, the conference organizers summarize the conference presentations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Illinois, USA. schnaper@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: H William
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Schnaper
authors.forename: Jeffrey B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kopp
mesh_terms: D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D009398:Nephrology