Center for Polycystic Kidney Disease Research at Yale

耶鲁大学多囊肾病研究中心的主要目标是促进翻译研究，促进对多囊肾病的理解和治疗。该中心将为耶鲁大学和全国各地的研究人员提供高度专业化的服务和研究工具，这些服务和工具通常无法支持他们的研究。将建立三个中心，其具体目标是1)建立、维护和提供多囊肾病的小动物模型，2)提供来自这些小鼠模型的尿样在疾病进展过程和实验治疗过程中的详细蛋白质组特征，3)为多囊肾病研究人员提供先进的生理工具，包括离子通道活动的表征和最先进的成像设备，以探索多囊肾病的细胞和分子基础。我们已经确定了一个由31名研究人员组成的研究用户基础，其中包括11名外部机构的研究人员，他们对使用耶鲁多囊肾病中心的核心服务表示了特别的兴趣。将建立一个试点和可行性方案，为年轻研究人员提供初始项目资金，吸引新的研究人员进入多囊肾病研究领域，并促进与多囊肾病直接相关的基础和翻译研究。此外，还将建立一个丰富计划，以促进参与中心的研究人员之间的跨学科互动和合作；促进新技术在多囊肾病研究中的应用；并提供中心开发的资源(例如，小鼠和斑马鱼模型和尿蛋白组)的在线索引，以便耶鲁大学和其他机构的多囊肾病研究人员可以使用这些资源。该中心还将包括一个研究培训计划，以加强对研究生、医学生和博士后研究员在一般多囊肾病研究，特别是中心核心提供的专门模型和方法方面的培训。

The principal goal of the Center for Polycystic Kidney Disease Research at Yale is to facilitate translational research that will advance the understanding and treatment of polycystic kidney diseases. The Center will provide investigators both at Yale and across the country with access to highly specialized services and research tools not otherwise routinely available to support their research. Three Center Cores will be established whose specific objectives are to 1) generate, maintain and provide small animal models of polycystic kidney disease, 2) provide detailed characterizations of the proteomic profiles of urine specimens derived from these mouse models during the course both of disease progression and of experimental therapies, and 3) offer polycystic kidney disease researchers access to advanced physiological tools, including characterization of ion channel activities and state of the art imaging facilities, with which to explore the cellular and molecular basis of polycystic kidney disease. We have identified a research user base of 31 investigators, including 11 at outside institutions, who have expressed specific interest in using core services of the Polycystic Kidney Disease Center at Yale. A Pilot and Feasibility Program will be established to provide initial project funding for young investigators, to attract new investigators into the field of polycystic kidney disease research, and to foster basic and translational studies directly related to polycystic kidney diseases. In addition, an Enrichment Program will be established to promote interdisciplinary interactions and collaborations among investigators participating in the Center; facilitate the application of new technologies to polycystic kidney disease research; and provide an online index of resources developed in the Center (e.g. mouse and zebrafish models and urine proteomes) so that they can be made available to polycystic kidney disease investigators both at Yale and at other institutions. The Center will also include a Research Training Program to enhance the training of graduate students, medical students, and postdoctoral fellows in polycystic kidney disease research in general, and in the specialized models and methodologies provided by the Center Cores in particular.