| pubmed-article:9084575 | pubmed:abstractText | Members of the bcl-2 family of proteins regulate the occurrence of apoptotic cell death. Apoptosis is a feature of both acute and chronic renal diseases. Diabetes mellitus modulates renal growth; it induces acute tubuloepithelial cell hypertrophy, leads to chronic glomerulopathy associated with tubular epithelial cell atrophy and interstitial fibrosis, and predisposes to renal cell loss from acute nephrotoxic injury. However, the mechanisms by which diabetes affects renal cell turnover are unclear. | lld:pubmed |
