Kidney Diseases Branch
Branch Sections and Chiefs
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Clinical Nephrology Section
Gregory G. Germino, M.D. -
Immunoregulation Section
Behdad (Ben) Afzali, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P. -
Kidney Disease Section
Jeffrey B. Kopp, M.D. -
Polycystic Kidney Disease Section
Gregory G. Germino, M.D. -
Renal Diagnostics and Therapeutics Unit
Robert A. Star, M.D.
Clinical Nephrology Section
Gregory G. Germino, M.D., Section Chief
We provide clinical consultation and dialysis services, supervise clinical training, and conduct clinical research in the NIH Clinical Center and its outpatient clinics.
Immunoregulation Section
Behdad (Ben) Afzali, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P., 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.
Kidney Disease Section
Jeffrey B. Kopp, M.D., Section Chief
We study the genetics, pathophysiology, and treatment of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and immunologically-mediated glomerular diseases.
Polycystic Kidney Disease Section
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.
Renal Diagnostics and Therapeutics Unit
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.