Direct evidence of proximal tubular proliferation in early diabetic nephropathy

Abstract Kidney hypertrophy is a common clinical feature in patients with diabetes and is associated with poor renal outcomes. Initial cell proliferation followed by cellular hypertrophy are considered the responsible mechanisms for diabetic kidney hypertrophy. However, whether similar responses aga...

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Main Authors: Noriko Uehara-Watanabe, Natsuko Okuno-Ozeki, Atsushi Minamida, Itaru Nakamura, Tomohiro Nakata, Kunihiro Nakai, Aya Yagi-Tomita, Tomoharu Ida, Kisho Ikeda, Takashi Kitani, Noriyuki Yamashita, Michitsugu Kamezaki, Yuhei Kirita, Satoaki Matoba, Keiichi Tamagaki, Tetsuro Kusaba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-04880-1