Genetic deficiency or pharmacological inhibition of miR-33 protects from kidney fibrosis
Price NL, Miguel V, Ding W, Singh AK, Malik S, Rotllan N, Moshnikova A, Toczek J, Zeiss C, Sadeghi MM, Arias N, Baldán Á, Andreev OA, Rodríguez-Puyol D, Bahal R, Reshetnyak YK, Suárez Y, Fernández-Hernando C, Lamas S. Genetic deficiency or pharmacological inhibition of miR-33 protects from kidney fibrosis. JCI Insight 2019, 4 PMID: 31613798, PMCID: PMC6948871, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.131102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFatty acid oxidationChronic kidney diseaseKidney diseaseDisease progressionMiR-33Bone marrow transplantExtent of fibrosisDevelopment of fibrosisAttractive therapeutic targetExpression of factorsNucleic acid inhibitorsMarrow transplantKidney fibrosisFibrotic kidneysMouse modelTherapeutic targetLipid metabolismPharmacological inhibitionFibrosisLipid accumulationDiseaseGenetic deficiencyProgressionKidneyAcid oxidation