title: The missing link: studying the alternative TGF-β pathway provides a unifying theory for different components of diabetic nephropathy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
authors.forename: Xiaoyi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA vbhalla@standford.edu.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bhalla
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta