MANF stimulates autophagy and restores mitochondrial homeostasis to treat autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease in mice

Abstract Misfolded protein aggregates may cause toxic proteinopathy, including autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease due to uromodulin mutations (ADTKD-UMOD), a leading hereditary kidney disease. There are no targeted therapies. In our generated mouse model recapitulating human ADTKD-...

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Main Authors: Yeawon Kim, Chuang Li, Chenjian Gu, Yili Fang, Eric Tycksen, Anuradhika Puri, Terri A. Pietka, Jothilingam Sivapackiam, Kendrah Kidd, Sun-Ji Park, Bryce G. Johnson, Stanislav Kmoch, Jeremy S. Duffield, Anthony J. Bleyer, Meredith E. Jackrel, Fumihiko Urano, Vijay Sharma, Maria Lindahl, Ying Maggie Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42154-0