CHP Pediatric Grand Rounds - Carlton Bates, MD

Role of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors in Models of Structural Kidney Disease

8am - 9am

3rd Floor Rangos Conference Center

Carlton Bates, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Division, Chief of Pediatric Nephrology

Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program Director

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

Our laboratory has been interested in the roles of fibroblast growth factor receptors (Fgfrs) in kidney and urinary tract development.  By genetic manipulation of the Fgfrs in the mice, we have generated models of structural kidney disease in children.