This third edition provides updated and new chapters on recent innovations in basic renal research. Chapters are divided into three sections coveringin vitro,in vivo, andex vivomodels of kidney disease, recent advances in imaging techniques and protocols for performing analytical and functional measurements in the kidney; techniques that are both topical and of widespread relevance to the study of kidney biology and disease. Written in the format of the highly successfulMethods in Molecular Biologyseries, each chapter includes an introduction to the topic, lists necessary materials and...