Alda Tufro
Instructor/Lecturer · Yale-New Haven Hospital
Credentials: · · · ·
History
- Present
- Present
- 1994–1997
Pediatric Nephrology
- 1979–1982
Hospital Nacional Alejandro Posadas
Research
Overexpression of VEGF-A in podocytes of adult mice causes glomerular disease
Kidney International · 2010 · Last of 10 authors · 163 citations
Vascular endothelial growth factor induces nephrogenesis and vasculogenesis
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 1999 · First of 4 authors · Corresponding · 144 citations
VEGF and podocytes in diabetic nephropathy
Review · Seminars in Nephrology · 2012 · First of 2 authors · Corresponding · 123 citations
8 papers
7 papers · 1 as a fellow
- MK
6 papers
2 papers
2 papers
2 papers
- NB
2 papers
- SI
2 papers
Grants
- 2017–2022
Molecular Characterization of a Novel Cause of Human FSGS
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $2M · Yale University
- 2013–2018
Function of semaphorin3a in Diabetic Nephropathy
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $999K · Yale University
- 2001–2013
Functions of VEGF-A in Podocytes:implications for Renal Disease
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $2.9M · Yale University
- 2003–2009
Kidney Vascularization: Semaphorin-Mediated Mechanisms.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $1.2M · Albert Einstein College of Medicine