Dr. Andrey Cybulsky
Academic title(s):
Professor - Department of Medicine
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Current research:
Kidney, Glomerulonephritis, Podocytes, Signal Transduction
Projects:
1. Mechanisms of immune glomerular cell injury and proteinuria. Role of phospholipases, protein kinases, endoplasmic reticulum stress pathways, ubiquitination, etc.
2. Role of SLK (a Ste-20 like kinase) in glomerular injury. Mechanisms/regulation of kinase activation, signaling effectors, functional effects, including cytoskeletal regulation and apoptotic pathways.
3. Regulation of signaling by extracellular matrix and cytoskeletal proteins in the glomerulus.
Selected publications:
Research areas:
Renal diseases