Nephrin Deficiency Activates NF-κB and Promotes Glomerular Injury

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Increasing evidence implicates activation of NF-kappaB in a variety of glomerular diseases, but the mechanisms involved are unknown. Here, upregulation of NF-kappaB in the podocytes of transgenic mice resulted in glomerulosclerosis and proteinuria. Absence of the podocyte protein nephrin resulted in NF-kappaB activation, suggesting that nephrin negatively regulates the NF-kappaB pathway. Signal transduction...

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