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    Kidney Diseases Branch
        
            Gregory Germino.Gregory G. Germino, M.D.
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            gregory.germino@nih.gov

        Clinical, translational and laboratory researchers studying mechanisms and therapies for kidney diseases.
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    Immunoregulation Section
                    Behdad (Ben) Afzali, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P., Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator
                Kidney Disease Section
                    Jeffrey B. Kopp, M.D.
                Polycystic Kidney Disease Section
                    Gregory G. Germino, M.D.
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                    Robert A. Star, M.D.
Immunoregulation Section
        Behdad (Ben) Afzali, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P., Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator,
Section Chief
    The Immunoregulation Section studies how transcriptional signals are integrated within T cells to instruct fate decisions and direct effector function. The aim is to better understand perturbed immunoregulation in diseases of autoimmunity and to develop novel strategies that manipulate the balance between inflammatory and regulatory immune responses.
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        Jeffrey B. Kopp, M.D.,
Section Chief
    We study the genetics, pathophysiology, and treatment of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and immunologically-mediated glomerular diseases.
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        Gregory G. Germino, M.D.,
Section Chief
    We study the function of PKD genes, the pathophysiology of cystic disease and the molecular processes that regulate tubular morphology.
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        Robert A. Star, M.D.,
Section Chief
    We conduct clinical and laboratory studies on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention on acute kidney injury in man and in experimental animal models.
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