aDivision of Nephrology, Dialysis and Hypertension University ‘Vita-Salute’, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
bChair of Nephrology, University of Milan, Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milano, Italy
cDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
dResearch Center, Institute of Biology and Biotechnology of Agronomy, CNR
Received 21 May, 2004
Revised 3 November, 2004
Accepted 10 November, 2004
Sponsorship: This work was in part supported by grants from Ministero Universitàe Ricerca Scientifica of Italy (FIRB Grant RBNE01724C_002 to D.C., PRIN Grant 2002067759_006 to C.B., PRIN Grant 2002067759_001 to G.B.), from Eurnetgen, EC funded research (Grant QLG1-2000-01137) and by a grant of the Ministry of Health of Italy (ICS 030.6/RF00-49).
Correspondence and requests for reprints to Chiara Lanzani, Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Hypertension, University ‘Vita-Salute’, San Raffaele, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy. Tel: +39 02 2643 3006; fax: +39 02 2643 2384; e-mail: [email protected]
