Genetic and pharmacological inhibition of microRNA-92a maintains podocyte cell cycle quiescence and limits crescentic glomerulonephritis

oleh: Carole Henique, Guillaume Bollée, Xavier Loyer, Florian Grahammer, Neeraj Dhaun, Marine Camus, Julien Vernerey, Léa Guyonnet, François Gaillard, Hélène Lazareth, Charlotte Meyer, Imane Bensaada, Luc Legrès, Takashi Satoh, Shizuo Akira, Patrick Bruneval, Stefanie Dimmeler, Alain Tedgui, Alexandre Karras, Eric Thervet, Dominique Nochy, Tobias B. Huber, Laurent Mesnard, Olivia Lenoir, Pierre-Louis Tharaux

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-11-01

Deskripsi

Crescentic rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis is a severe form of glomerula disease characterized by podocyte proliferation and migration. Here Henique et al. demonstrate that inhibition of miRNA-92a prevents kidney failure by promoting the expression of CDK inhibitor p57Kip2 that regulates podocyte cell cycle.