TGF-β/Smad signaling pathway in tubulointerstitial fibrosis

XY Yu, Q Sun, YM Zhang, L Zou… - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) was a major public health problem worldwide. Renal fibrosis,
especially tubulointerstitial fibrosis, is final manifestation of CKD. Many studies have …

Effective dose/duration of natural flavonoid quercetin for treatment of diabetic nephropathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of rodent data

Z Li, H Deng, X Guo, S Yan, C Lu, Z Zhao, X Feng, Q Li… - Phytomedicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Given the challenges on diabetic nephropathy (DN) treatment, research has
been carried out progressively focusing on dietary nutrition and natural products as a novel …

Ubiquitin-specific protease 11 promotes partial epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition by deubiquitinating the epidermal growth factor receptor during kidney fibrosis

Y Shi, M Tao, H Chen, X Ma, Y Wang, Y Hu, X Zhou… - Kidney International, 2023 - Elsevier
The aberrant expression of ubiquitin-specific protease 11 (USP11) is believed to be related
to tumor progression. However, few studies have reported the biological function and clinical …

[HTML][HTML] The role of macrophages in fibrosis of chronic kidney disease

G Li, H Yang, D Zhang, Y Zhang, B Liu, Y Wang… - Biomedicine & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Macrophages are widely distributed throughout various tissues of the body, and mounting
evidence suggests their involvement in regulating the tissue microenvironment, thereby …

[HTML][HTML] Trigonelline inhibits tubular epithelial-mesenchymal transformation in diabetic kidney disease via targeting Smad7

M Gong, Y Guo, H Dong, W Wu, F Wu, F Lu - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a prevalent microvascular complication of
diabetes. Inhibiting the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of proximal tubule epithelial …

[HTML][HTML] Circulating extracellular vesicles in human cardiorenal syndrome promote renal injury in a kidney-on-chip system

E Chatterjee, RS Rodosthenous, V Kujala… - JCI insight, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Cardiorenal syndrome (CRS)—renal injury during heart failure (HF)—is
linked to high morbidity. Whether circulating extracellular vesicles (EVs) and their RNA …

Emerging role of tumor suppressor p53 in acute and chronic kidney diseases

JM Overstreet, CC Gifford, J Tang, PJ Higgins… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract p53 is a major regulator of cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and senescence. While
involvement of p53 in tumorigenesis is well established, recent studies implicate p53 in the …

The critical roles of histone deacetylase 3 in the pathogenesis of solid organ injury

L Ning, X Rui, W Bo, G Qing - Cell death & disease, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Histone deacetylase 3 (HDAC3) plays a crucial role in chromatin remodeling,
which, in turn, regulates gene transcription. Hence, HDAC3 has been implicated in various …

Novel roles of PIWI proteins and PIWI-interacting RNAs in human health and diseases

Z Wu, X Yu, S Zhang, Y He, W Guo - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2023 - Springer
Non-coding RNA has aroused great research interest recently, they play a wide range of
biological functions, such as regulating cell cycle, cell proliferation, and intracellular …

[HTML][HTML] MYCT1 attenuates renal fibrosis and tubular injury in diabetic kidney disease

X Li, QL Fan, TK Ma, C Liu, H Shi, YY Sun, Y Wang… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Tubulointerstitial abnormalities contribute to the progression of diabetic kidney disease
(DKD). However, the underlying mechanism of the pathobiology of tubulointerstitial disease …