2014
Podocyte-associated talin1 is critical for glomerular filtration barrier maintenance
Tian X, Kim JJ, Monkley SM, Gotoh N, Nandez R, Soda K, Inoue K, Balkin DM, Hassan H, Son SH, Lee Y, Moeckel G, Calderwood DA, Holzman LB, Critchley DR, Zent R, Reiser J, Ishibe S. Podocyte-associated talin1 is critical for glomerular filtration barrier maintenance. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2014, 124: 1098-1113. PMID: 24531545, PMCID: PMC3934159, DOI: 10.1172/jci69778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNephrotic syndromeFoot process effacementLoss of talin1Glomerular filtration barrierGlomerular injuryMurine modelProcess effacementKidney's glomerular filtration barrierFiltration barrierGlomerular basement membraneSevere proteinuriaKidney failurePharmacologic inhibitionSyndromeBarrier maintenanceCalpain activityIntegrin activationEpithelial cellsPodocytesModest reductionΒ1 integrin activationBasement membranePathogenesisInjuryCytoskeletal protein talin1
2013
Recessive mutations in DGKE cause atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome
Lemaire M, Frémeaux-Bacchi V, Schaefer F, Choi M, Tang WH, Le Quintrec M, Fakhouri F, Taque S, Nobili F, Martinez F, Ji W, Overton JD, Mane SM, Nürnberg G, Altmüller J, Thiele H, Morin D, Deschenes G, Baudouin V, Llanas B, Collard L, Majid MA, Simkova E, Nürnberg P, Rioux-Leclerc N, Moeckel GW, Gubler MC, Hwa J, Loirat C, Lifton RP. Recessive mutations in DGKE cause atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome. Nature Genetics 2013, 45: 531-536. PMID: 23542698, PMCID: PMC3719402, DOI: 10.1038/ng.2590.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryAtypical Hemolytic Uremic SyndromeChildChild, PreschoolDiacylglycerol KinaseExomeFemaleGenes, RecessiveHemolytic-Uremic SyndromeHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesInfantMaleMolecular Sequence DataMutationRenal Insufficiency, ChronicThrombocytopeniaThrombotic Microangiopathies