Exposure to Sri Lanka's local groundwater in a CKDu prevalent area causes kidney damage in zebrafish

YF Yang, WG Li, PP Wen, PP Jia, YZ Li, TY Li, DS Pei - Aquatic Toxicology, 2022 - Elsevier
How local groundwater induces chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) in Sri
Lanka is still elusive. This study aims to elucidate the impacts of Sri Lanka's local …

Modelling human lower urinary tract malformations in zebrafish

CM Kolvenbach, GC Dworschak, JM Rieke… - Molecular and cellular …, 2023 - Springer
Advances in molecular biology are improving our understanding of the genetic causes
underlying human congenital lower urinary tract (ie, bladder and urethral) malformations …

The genomic architecture of bladder exstrophy epispadias complex

GM Beaman, RM Cervellione, D Keene, H Reutter… - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The bladder exstrophy–epispadias complex (BEEC) is an abdominal midline malformation
comprising a spectrum of congenital genitourinary abnormalities of the abdominal wall …

Bi-allelic variants in CELSR3 are implicated in central nervous system and urinary tract anomalies

JD Stegmann, JC Kalanithy, GC Dworschak… - NPJ Genomic …, 2024 - nature.com
CELSR3 codes for a planar cell polarity protein. We describe twelve affected individuals
from eleven independent families with bi-allelic variants in CELSR3. Affected individuals …

Development and validation of preeclampsia predictive models using key genes from bioinformatics and machine learning approaches

Q Li, X Wei, F Wu, C Qin, J Dong, C Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Preeclampsia (PE) poses significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
This study aims to identify novel genes for potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets …

gldc Is Essential for Renal Progenitor Patterning during Kidney Development

NE Weaver, A Healy, RA Wingert - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The glycine cleavage system (GCS) is a complex located on the mitochondrial membrane
that is responsible for regulating glycine levels and contributing one-carbon units to folate …

Computational analysis of sodium-dependent phosphate transporter SLC20A1/PiT1 gene identifies missense variations C573F, and T58A as high-risk deleterious …

G Siva Sankari, R James, F Payva… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract SLC20A1/PiT1 is a sodium-dependent inorganic phosphate transporter, initially
recognized as the retroviral receptor for Gibbon Ape Leukemia Virus in humans. SNPs in …

A genome-wide association study with tissue transcriptomics identifies genetic drivers for classic bladder exstrophy

E Mingardo, G Beaman, P Grote… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Classic bladder exstrophy represents the most severe end of all human congenital
anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract and is associated with bladder cancer …

CircRNA-miRNA-mRNA interactome analysis in endometrial cancer

TC Dakal, A Kumar, PK Maurya - Journal of Biomolecular Structure …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, exploring the potential of miRNAs as novel diagnostic, prognostic and
diagnostic markers have gained much attention. In current study, we conducted an in-depth …

Kidney injury contributes to edema of zebrafish larvae caused by quantum dots

L Wang, C Liang, N Zheng, C Yang, S Yan… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Edema represents a notable outcome in fishes exposed to aquatic pollutants, yet the
underlying etiology remains inadequately understood. This investigation delves into the …