Cellular and molecular mechanisms of kidney fibrosis

S Djudjaj, P Boor - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Renal fibrosis is the final pathological process common to any ongoing, chronic kidney
injury or maladaptive repair. It is considered as the underlying pathological process of …

Klotho, aging, and the failing kidney

S Buchanan, E Combet, P Stenvinkel… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Klotho has been recognized as a gene involved in the aging process in mammals for over
30 years, where it regulates phosphate homeostasis and the activity of members of the …

Myofibroblast in kidney fibrosis: origin, activation, and regulation

Q Yuan, RJ Tan, Y Liu - Renal Fibrosis: Mechanisms and Therapies, 2019 - Springer
Renal fibrosis is characterized by excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM),
leading to destruction of normal kidney architecture and loss of renal function. The activation …

[PDF][PDF] Single-cell transcriptomics reveal immune mechanisms of the onset and progression of IgA nephropathy

Y Zheng, P Lu, Y Deng, L Wen, Y Wang, X Ma, Z Wang… - Cell Reports, 2020 - cell.com
IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the leading cause of kidney failure due to an incomplete
understanding of its pathogenesis. We perform single-cell RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) on …

Single-cell transcriptomic profiles in the pathophysiology within the microenvironment of early diabetic kidney disease

YC Tsai, MC Kuo, JC Huang, WA Chang, LY Wu… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease, resulting
in a huge socio-economic impact. Kidney is a highly complex organ and the pathogenesis …

Comparison of kidney transcriptomic profiles of early and advanced diabetic nephropathy reveals potential new mechanisms for disease progression

Y Fan, Z Yi, VD D'Agati, Z Sun, F Zhong, W Zhang… - Diabetes, 2019 - Am Diabetes Assoc
To identify the factors mediating the progression of diabetic nephropathy (DN), we
performed RNA sequencing of kidney biopsy samples from patients with early DN …

[HTML][HTML] Representation and relative abundance of cell-type selective markers in whole-kidney RNA-Seq data

JZ Clark, L Chen, CL Chou, HJ Jung, JW Lee… - Kidney international, 2019 - Elsevier
Bulk-tissue RNA-Seq is increasingly being used in the study of physiological and
pathophysiological processes in the kidney; however, the presence of multiple cell types in …

[HTML][HTML] Big science and big data in nephrology

J Saez-Rodriguez, MM Rinschen, J Floege… - Kidney international, 2019 - Elsevier
There have been tremendous advances during the last decade in methods for large-scale,
high-throughput data generation and in novel computational approaches to analyze these …

[HTML][HTML] Urine single-cell RNA sequencing in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis reveals inflammatory signatures

KZ Latt, J Heymann, JH Jessee, AZ Rosenberg… - Kidney international …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Individuals with focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (FSGS) typically undergo
kidney biopsy only once, which limits the ability to characterize kidney cell gene expression …

Single-cell RNA and transcriptome sequencing profiles identify immune-associated key genes in the development of diabetic kidney disease

X Zhang, P Chao, L Zhang, L Xu, X Cui… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background There is a growing public concern about diabetic kidney disease (DKD), which
poses a severe threat to human health and life. It is important to discover noninvasive and …