Replenishment of a-Klotho by either recombinant protein injection or drugs that increase a patient's own a-Klotho will have
potential therapeutic implications for neurologic, metabolic, cardiovascular and kidney disease, and cancer.»
With potential therapeutic implications, Stainier and a colleague also recently discovered that endothelial cells, which line the blood vessels, play a critical role in inducing the development, or proper differentiation, of red blood cells, the transporters of oxygen.