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Podocyte-specific chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 2 overexpression mediates diabetic renal injury in mice.
Kidney international - 1 Mar 2017
You Hanning, Gao Ting, Raup-Konsavage Wesley M, Cooper Timothy K, Bronson Sarah K, Reeves W Brian, Awad Alaa S
Abstract excerpt
Inflammation is a central pathophysiologic mechanism that contributes to diabetes mellitus and diabetic nephropathy. Recently, we showed that macrophages directly contribute to diabetic renal injury and that pharmacological blockade or genetic deficiency of chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 2 (CCR2) confers kidney protection in diabetic nephropathy. However, the direct role of CCR2 in kidney-derived cells such as...
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