TABLE OF CONTENTS

Bone morphogenetic protein-7 (BMP7) in chronic kidney disease
Grace Mitu, Raimund Hirschberg
[Frontiers in Bioscience 4726-4739, May 1, 2008]
Smad7 as a therapeutic agent for chronic kidney diseases
Hui Yao Lan
[Frontiers in Bioscience 4984-4992, May 1, 2008]

Novel aspects of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system
Gunter Wolf
[Frontiers in Bioscience 4993-5005, May 1, 2008]

Bone marrow-derived progenitor cells and renal fibrosis
Volha Ninichuk, Hans-Joachim Anders
[Frontiers in Bioscience 5163-5173, May 1, 2008]

Novel actions of tissue-type plasminogen activator in chronic kidney disease
Kebin Hu, Wendy M. Mars, Youhua Liu
[Frontiers in Bioscience 5174-5186, May 1, 2008]

Urokinase and its receptors in chronic kidney disease
Guoqiang Zhang, Allison A. Eddy
[Frontiers in Bioscience 5462-5478, May 1, 2008]

Fibroblasts emerge via epithelial-mesenchymal transition in chronic kidney fibrosis
Michael Zeisberg, Raghu Kalluri
[Frontiers in Bioscience 13, 6991-6998, May 1, 2008]

HGF as a renotrophic and anti-fibrotic regulator in chronic renal disease
Shinya Mizuno, Kunio Matsumoto, Toshikazu Nakamura
[Frontiers in Bioscience 13, 7072-7086, May 1, 2008]

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors and renal diseases
Jing Wu, Lihong Chen, Dongjuan Zhang, Ming Huo, Xiaoyan Zhang, Dan Pu, Youfei Guan
[Frontiers in Bioscience 14, 995-1009, January 1, 2009]

PAI-1 and kidney fibrosis
Li-Jun Ma, Agnes B. Fogo
[Frontiers in Bioscience 14, 2028-2041, January 1, 2009]

TGF-beta signal transduction in chronic kidney disease
H. William Schnaper, Sara Jandeska, Constance E. Runyan, Susan C. Hubchak, Rajit K. Basu, Jessica F. Curley, Ronald D. Smith, Tomoko Hayashida
[Frontiers in Bioscience 14, 2448-2465, January 1, 2009]