2012
Role of RhoA-Specific Guanine Exchange Factors in Regulation of Endomitosis in Megakaryocytes
Gao Y, Smith E, Ker E, Campbell P, Cheng EC, Zou S, Lin S, Wang L, Halene S, Krause DS. Role of RhoA-Specific Guanine Exchange Factors in Regulation of Endomitosis in Megakaryocytes. Developmental Cell 2012, 22: 573-584. PMID: 22387001, PMCID: PMC3306542, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.12.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGEF-H1Efficient platelet productionExchange factor GEF-H1Guanine exchange factorGEF-H1 knockdownDevelopment of aneuploidyGEF-H1 expressionMK polyploidizationExchange factorPloidy defectsAberrant mitosisDevelopmental processesExogenous expressionPolyploidizationRhoA activationEndomitotic cyclePrimary cellsUnknown mechanismMechanistic insightsECT2EndomitosisAneuploid cancersPlatelet productionMegakaryocytesDownregulation
2011
Increased Tubular Proliferation as an Adaptive Response to Glomerular Albuminuria
Guo JK, Marlier A, Shi H, Shan A, Ardito TA, Du ZP, Kashgarian M, Krause DS, Biemesderfer D, Cantley LG. Increased Tubular Proliferation as an Adaptive Response to Glomerular Albuminuria. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2011, 23: 429-437. PMID: 22193389, PMCID: PMC3294312, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2011040396.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlbuminuriaAnimalsAxl Receptor Tyrosine KinaseCell ProliferationDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHeparin-binding EGF-like Growth FactorIntegrasesIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsKidney GlomerulusKidney Tubules, ProximalMaleMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, TransgenicPodocytesProteinuriaProto-Oncogene ProteinsReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesConceptsGlomerular proteinuriaTubular injuryTubular proliferationStructural glomerular injuryProteinuric renal diseaseOnset of albuminuriaRenal tubular atrophyDiphtheria toxin receptorRenal tubular cellsProximal tubule cellsGlomerular albuminuriaRenal failureSystemic inflammationTubular damageProgressive glomerulosclerosisRenal diseaseTubular atrophyGlomerular injuryRenal responsePodocyte lossProliferative responseTubular cellsAnimal modelsProteinuriaReceptor Axl