HCK induces macrophage activation to promote renal inflammation and fibrosis via suppression of autophagy
Chen M, Menon M, Wang W, Fu J, Yi Z, Sun Z, Liu J, Li Z, Mou L, Banu K, Lee S, Dai Y, Anandakrishnan N, Azeloglu E, Lee K, Zhang W, Das B, He J, Wei C. HCK induces macrophage activation to promote renal inflammation and fibrosis via suppression of autophagy. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 4297. PMID: 37463911, PMCID: PMC10354075, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40086-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic kidney diseasePro-inflammatory polarizationBone marrow-derived macrophagesRenal inflammationKidney fibrosisMacrophage activationHematopoietic cell kinaseMacrophage pro-inflammatory activityProgressive chronic kidney diseaseIschemia-reperfusion injury modelUnilateral ureteral obstruction kidneysChronic allograft injuryReperfusion injury modelPro-inflammatory activityPro-inflammatory macrophagesHck inhibitorsMarrow-derived macrophagesSuppression of autophagyAllograft injuryUUO miceRenal fibrosisKidney diseaseDiseased kidneysMacrophage numbersInjury model