Notch signaling pathway: architecture, disease, and therapeutics

B Zhou, W Lin, Y Long, Y Yang, H Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The NOTCH gene was identified approximately 110 years ago. Classical studies have
revealed that NOTCH signaling is an evolutionarily conserved pathway. NOTCH receptors …

Autophagy in kidney homeostasis and disease

C Tang, MJ Livingston, Z Liu, Z Dong - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2020 - nature.com
Autophagy is a conserved lysosomal pathway for the degradation of cytoplasmic
components. Basal autophagy in kidney cells is essential for the maintenance of kidney …

Signaling pathways of chronic kidney diseases, implications for therapeutics

Q Yuan, B Tang, C Zhang - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a chronic renal dysfunction syndrome that is characterized
by nephron loss, inflammation, myofibroblasts activation, and extracellular matrix (ECM) …

From NAFLD to MAFLD: implications of a premature change in terminology

ZM Younossi, ME Rinella, AJ Sanyal, SA Harrison… - Hepatology, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Despite the substantial gains in our understanding of NAFLD/NASH over the past 2
decades, there has been some dissatisfaction with the terminology “non‐alcoholic” which …

Mechanistic pathogenesis of endothelial dysfunction in diabetic nephropathy and retinopathy

J Yang, Z Liu - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) and diabetic retinopathy (DR) are microvascular complications of
diabetes. Microvascular endothelial cells are thought to be the major targets of …

METTL3-mediated m6A modification of TIMP2 mRNA promotes podocyte injury in diabetic nephropathy

L Jiang, X Liu, X Hu, L Gao, H Zeng, X Wang, Y Huang… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
Epigenetic changes are present in many physiological and pathological processes. The N 6-
methyladenosine (m6A) modification is the most common modification in eukaryotic mRNA …

Caspase-11/4 and gasdermin D-mediated pyroptosis contributes to podocyte injury in mouse diabetic nephropathy

Q Cheng, J Pan, Z Zhou, F Yin, H Xie, P Chen… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2021 - nature.com
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is characterized by sterile inflammation with continuous injury
and loss of renal inherent parenchyma cells. Podocyte is an essential early injury target in …

Wogonin protects glomerular podocytes by targeting Bcl-2-mediated autophagy and apoptosis in diabetic kidney disease

X Liu, L Jiang, Y Li, Y Huang, X Hu, W Zhu… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2022 - nature.com
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is one of the microvascular complications of diabetes
mellitus and a major cause of end-stage renal disease with limited treatment options …

[HTML][HTML] Elevation of JAML promotes diabetic kidney disease by modulating podocyte lipid metabolism

Y Fu, Y Sun, M Wang, Y Hou, W Huang, D Zhou… - Cell Metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Lipid accumulation in podocytes is a major determinant of diabetic kidney disease (DKD)
and identification of potential therapeutic targets by mediating podocyte lipid metabolism …

Recent advances in diabetic kidney diseases: from kidney injury to kidney fibrosis

PH Hung, YC Hsu, TH Chen, CL Lin - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease and end-
stage renal disease. The natural history of DKD includes glomerular hyperfiltration …