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Loss of the podocyte-expressed transcription factor Tcf21/Pod1 results in podocyte differentiation defects and FSGS.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Nov 2014
Maezawa Yoshiro, Onay Tuncer, Scott Rizaldy P, Keir Lindsay S, Dimke Henrik, Li Chengjin, Eremina Vera, Maezawa Yuko, Jeansson Marie, Shan Jingdong, Binnie Matthew, Lewin Moshe, Ghosh Asish, Miner Jeffrey H, Vainio Seppo J, Quaggin Susan E
Abstract excerpt
Podocytes are terminally differentiated cells with an elaborate cytoskeleton and are critical components of the glomerular barrier. We identified a bHLH transcription factor, Tcf21, that is highly expressed in developing and mature podocytes. Because conventional Tcf21 knockout mice die in the perinatal period with major cardiopulmonary defects, we generated a conditional Tcf21 knockout mouse to explore the role...
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