[HTML][HTML] Keratin intermediate filaments in the colon: guardians of epithelial homeostasis

L Polari, CM Alam, JH Nyström, T Heikkilä… - The international journal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Keratin intermediate filament proteins are major cytoskeletal components of the mammalian
simple layered columnar epithelium in the gastrointestinal tract. Human colon crypt epithelial …

Single-cell profiling of AKI in a murine model reveals novel transcriptional signatures, profibrotic phenotype, and epithelial-to-stromal crosstalk

V Rudman-Melnick, M Adam, A Potter… - Journal of the …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background Current management of AKI, a potentially fatal disorder that can also initiate or
exacerbate CKD, is merely supportive. Therefore, deeper understanding of the molecular …

L-carnitine mitigates oxidative stress and disorganization of cytoskeleton intermediate filaments in cisplatin-induced hepato-renal toxicity in rats

A Elkomy, EY Abdelhiee, SE Fadl, MA Emam… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cisplatin (CP) is one of the most active medications in cancer treatment and has some
adverse effects such as hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity. The present research was …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic bioprinting towards a renal in vitro model

G Addario, S Djudjaj, S Fare, P Boor, L Moroni, C Mota - Bioprinting, 2020 - Elsevier
It is estimated that 10% of the worldwide population suffers from chronic kidney disease
(CKD) with a rising tendency. Patients with CKD have limited treatment options and novel …

Sex diversity in proximal tubule and endothelial gene expression in mice with ischemic acute kidney injury

JL Viñas, CJ Porter, A Douvris, M Spence… - Clinical …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Female sex protects against development of acute kidney injury (AKI). While sex hormones
may be involved in protection, the role of differential gene expression is unknown. We …

Kidney transplant monitoring by urinary flow cytometry: Biomarker combination of T cells, renal tubular epithelial cells, and podocalyxin-positive cells detects rejection

N Goerlich, HA Brand, V Langhans, S Tesch… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Creatinine and proteinuria are used to monitor kidney transplant patients. However, renal
biopsies are needed to diagnose renal graft rejection. Here, we assessed whether the …

Identification and classification of epithelial cells in nephron segments by actin cytoskeleton patterns

GK Kumaran, I Hanukoglu - The FEBS journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The basic functional unit in a kidney is the nephron, which is a long and morphologically
segmented tubule. The nephron begins with a cluster of capillaries called glomerulus …

Cellular state transformations using deep learning for precision medicine applications

C Targonski, MR Bender, BT Shealy, B Husain… - Patterns, 2020 - cell.com
Summary We introduce the Transcriptome State Perturbation Generator (TSPG) as a novel
deep-learning method to identify changes in genomic expression that occur between tissue …

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging to uncover protein alterations associated with the progression of IgA nephropathy

M Ivanova, O Dyadyk, D Ivanov, F Clerici, A Smith… - Virchows Archiv, 2020 - Springer
IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is one of the most diffuse glomerulonephrites worldwide, and many
issues still remain regarding our understanding of its pathogenesis. The disease is …

Retracted: Silencing of keratin 1 inactivates the Notch signaling pathway to inhibit renal interstitial fibrosis and glomerular sclerosis in uremia

W Chen, ZK Wang, YQ Ren, L Zhang… - Journal of Cellular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Renal interstitial fibrosis is a key factor in the development of chronic renal diseases,
possibly leading to uremia. The present study conducted aimed to assess the hypothesis …