2024
Shroom3-Rock Interaction and Profibrotic Function: Resolving the Mechanism of a CKD Genome-Wide Association Study Risk Allele
Reghuvaran A, Kumar A, Barsotti G, Pell J, Tanvir E, He J, Menon M. Shroom3-Rock Interaction and Profibrotic Function: Resolving the Mechanism of a CKD Genome-Wide Association Study Risk Allele. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2024, 35: 10.1681/asn.2024qmq3drgr. DOI: 10.1681/asn.2024qmq3drgr.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Recipient APOL1 risk alleles associate with death-censored renal allograft survival and rejection episodes
Zhang Z, Sun Z, Fu J, Lin Q, Banu K, Chauhan K, Planoutene M, Wei C, Salem F, Yi Z, Liu R, Cravedi P, Cheng H, Hao K, O’Connell P, Ishibe S, Zhang W, Coca SG, Gibson IW, Colvin RB, He J, Heeger PS, Murphy B, Menon MC. Recipient APOL1 risk alleles associate with death-censored renal allograft survival and rejection episodes. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2021, 131 PMID: 34499625, PMCID: PMC8592534, DOI: 10.1172/jci146643.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeath-censored allograft lossAPOL1 risk allelesRisk allelesTransplant outcomesDeath-censored renal allograft survivalRenal allograft survivalChronic allograft rejectionKidney transplant waitlistKidney transplant cohortRisk allele carriersAllograft lossAllograft survivalGraft lossRejection episodesTransplant cohortAllograft rejectionDonor kidneysNative kidneysNK cellsImmunomodulatory roleTransplant waitlistAPOL1 genotypeClinical trialsHealthy controlsHispanic recipients
2014
Intronic locus determines SHROOM3 expression and potentiates renal allograft fibrosis
Menon MC, Chuang PY, Li Z, Wei C, Zhang W, Luan Y, Yi Z, Xiong H, Woytovich C, Greene I, Overbey J, Rosales I, Bagiella E, Chen R, Ma M, Li L, Ding W, Djamali A, Saminego M, O’Connell P, Gallon L, Colvin R, Schroppel B, He JC, Murphy B. Intronic locus determines SHROOM3 expression and potentiates renal allograft fibrosis. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2014, 125: 208-221. PMID: 25437874, PMCID: PMC4382250, DOI: 10.1172/jci76902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllograftsAnimalsBeta CateninDisease SusceptibilityEnhancer Elements, GeneticFibrosisGene ExpressionGenetic Association StudiesGenetic LociHEK293 CellsHumansIntronsKidneyKidney DiseasesKidney TransplantationMaleMiceMicrofilament ProteinsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideQuantitative Trait LociRiskSmad3 ProteinTranscription Factor 7-Like 2 ProteinTranscriptional ActivationTransforming Growth Factor beta1ConceptsChronic allograft nephropathyChronic kidney diseaseAllograft fibrosisTGF-β1Development of CANRisk allelesKidney transplant recipientsRenal allograft recipientsGlomerular filtration rateRenal allograft fibrosisTGF-β1 administrationUnilateral ureteric obstructionRenal tubular cellsTranscription factor 7Canonical TGF-β1Cell-specific knockdownAllograft injuryAllograft nephropathyAllograft recipientsTransplant recipientsProspective cohortRenal functionInterstitial fibrosisUreteric obstructionKidney disease