Editorial Issue 223
Resveratrol improves renal microcirculation
In the 223rd issue of NDT-E you will find a series of interesting novel full papers that may increase your knowledge in nephrology. In the first full paper, published in J Clin Invest, Britta George et al. present observations suggesting that activation of a Cas-Crk1/2–dependent complex is necessary for foot process effacement observed in distinct subsets of human glomerular diseases. In another interesting full paper published in J Clin Invest, Eric Berglund et al. demonstrate that direct leptin action on proopiomelanocortin neurons does not reduce food intake, but is sufficient to normalize glucose and glucagon levels in mice otherwise lacking leptin receptor.