Epigenomic and transcriptomic analyses define core cell types, genes and targetable mechanisms for kidney disease

H Liu, T Doke, D Guo, X Sheng, Z Ma, J Park, HMT Vy… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
More than 800 million people suffer from kidney disease, yet the mechanism of kidney
dysfunction is poorly understood. In the present study, we define the genetic association with …

[HTML][HTML] Single cell regulatory landscape of the mouse kidney highlights cellular differentiation programs and disease targets

Z Miao, MS Balzer, Z Ma, H Liu, J Wu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Determining the epigenetic program that generates unique cell types in the kidney is critical
for understanding cell-type heterogeneity during tissue homeostasis and injury response …

[HTML][HTML] A single genetic locus controls both expression of DPEP1/CHMP1A and kidney disease development via ferroptosis

Y Guan, X Liang, Z Ma, H Hu, H Liu, Z Miao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified loci for kidney disease, but the
causal variants, genes, and pathways remain unknown. Here we identify two kidney disease …

Epigenetic roles in clonal hematopoiesis and aging kidney-related chronic kidney disease

Y Ogura, I Mimura - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Accumulation of somatic hematopoietic stem cell mutations with aging has been revealed by
the recent genome-wide analysis. Clonal expansion, known as clonal hematopoiesis of …

Tet2-and Tet3-mediated cytosine hydroxymethylation in Six2 progenitor cells in mice is critical for nephron progenitor differentiation and nephron endowment

X Liang, T Aranyi, J Zhou, Y Guan, H Hu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background Nephron endowment is a key determinant of hypertension and renal disease in
later life. Epigenetic changes have been proposed to mediate fetal programming and …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of a novel 5-methylcytosine-related signature for prognostic prediction of kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma and a Putative target for drug …

Z Zhang, C Cao, CL Zhou, X Li, C Miao, L Shen… - Translational …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Many studies have demonstrated the crucial roles of 5-methylcytosine (m5C)
RNA methylation in cancer pathogenesis. Methods Two datasets, including TCGA-KIRP and …

Sex differences in fetal kidney reprogramming: the case in the renin-angiotensin system

M Pérez-Coria, GE Vázquez-Rivera… - Pediatric …, 2024 - Springer
During the early stages of the development of the living multiorgan systems, genome
modifications other than sequence variation occur that guide cell differentiation and …

Lysine-specific demethylase 1 as a corepressor of mineralocorticoid receptor

N Kohata, I Kurihara, K Yokota, S Kobayashi… - Hypertension …, 2022 - nature.com
Mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) and its ligand aldosterone play a central role in controlling
blood pressure by promoting sodium reabsorption in the kidney. Coregulators are recruited …

[HTML][HTML] Bayesian mixed model analysis uncovered 21 risk loci for chronic kidney disease in boxer dogs

F Lingaas, K Tengvall, JH Jansen, L Pelander… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 10% of the human population, with only a small
fraction genetically defined. CKD is also common in dogs and has been diagnosed in nearly …

[HTML][HTML] Hypermethylation suppresses microRNA-219a-2 to activate the ALDH1L2/GSH/PAI-1 pathway for fibronectin degradation in renal fibrosis

X Xiao, E Huo, C Guo, X Zhou, X Hu, C Dong… - Research …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epigenetic regulations, such as DNA methylation and microRNAs, play an important role in
renal fibrosis. Here, we report the regulation of microRNA-219a-2 (mir-219a-2) by DNA …