Uromodulin: roles in health and disease

C Schaeffer, O Devuyst… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Uromodulin, a protein exclusively produced by the kidney, is the most abundant urinary
protein in physiological conditions. Already described several decades ago, uromodulin has …

Ferroptotic stress promotes the accumulation of pro-inflammatory proximal tubular cells in maladaptive renal repair

S Ide, Y Kobayashi, K Ide, SA Strausser, K Abe… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Overwhelming lipid peroxidation induces ferroptotic stress and ferroptosis, a nonapoptotic
form of regulated cell death that has been implicated in maladaptive renal repair in mice and …

[HTML][HTML] Procollagen C-proteinase enhancer-1 (PCPE-1), a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for fibrosis

P Lagoutte, E Bettler, S Vadon-Le Goff, C Moali - Matrix Biology Plus, 2021 - Elsevier
The correct balance between collagen synthesis and degradation is essential for almost
every aspect of life, from development to healthy aging, reproduction and wound healing …

Proteins associated with risk of kidney function decline in the general population

ME Grams, A Surapaneni, J Chen, L Zhou… - Journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background Proteomic profiling may allow identification of plasma proteins that associate
with subsequent changesin kidney function, elucidating biologic processes underlying the …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic variants in transcription factor binding sites in humans: triggered by natural selection and triggers of diseases

CC Tseng, MC Wong, WT Liao, CJ Chen… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Variants of transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs) constitute an important part of the
human genome. Current evidence demonstrates close links between nucleotides within …

The uncharacterized protein FAM47E interacts with PRMT5 and regulates its functions

B Chakrapani, MIK Khan, RV Kadumuri… - Life Science …, 2021 - life-science-alliance.org
Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) symmetrically dimethylates arginine residues
in various proteins affecting diverse cellular processes such as transcriptional regulation …