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MDM2 prevents spontaneous tubular epithelial cell death and acute kidney injury.
Cell death & disease - 24 Nov 2016
Thomasova Dana, Ebrahim Martrez, Fleckinger Kristina, Li Moying, Molnar Jakob, Popper Bastian, Liapis Helen, Kotb Ahmed M, Siegerist Florian, Endlich Nicole, Anders Hans-Joachim
Abstract excerpt
Murine double minute-2 (MDM2) is an E3-ubiquitin ligase and the main negative regulator of tumor suppressor gene p53. MDM2 has also a non-redundant function as a modulator of NF-kB signaling. As such it promotes proliferation and inflammation. MDM2 is highly expressed in the unchallenged tubular epithelial cells and we hypothesized that MDM2 is necessary for their survival and homeostasis. MDM2 knockdown by siRNA...
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