Leslie Gewin

  • Human kidney cross section on scientific background. 3d illustration

    Protecting the injured kidney

    Leslie Gewin and colleagues have upended conventional dogma about Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in the kidney, finding that it protects against chronic kidney disease rather than promoting it. Read More

    Jun 4, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Surprising finding in the kidney

    TGF-beta signaling in the kidney was thought to be a target for reducing renal fibrosis, but Vanderbilt researchers report that fibrosis still occurs in the absence of TGF-beta signaling. Read More

    Apr 16, 2015