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ArticleInternational journal of nephrology2012

Is the antiproteinuric effect of cyclosporine a independent of its immunosuppressive function in T cells?

Bin Zhang, Wei Shi

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Article in International journal of nephrology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Podocytes from the diagnostic and therapeutic point of view.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bin ZhangDepartment of Nephrology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, 106 Zhongshan No. 2 Road, Guangzhou 510080, China.
Wei Shi
Guangdong General Hospital · CNSouthern Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The antiproteinuric effect of cyclosporine A(CsA) has been believed to result from its immunosuppressive effect on the transcription factor NFAT in T cells. However, current evidences supporting this hypothesis are missing. A recent study showed that CsA has a direct antiproteinuric effect on podocytes, suggesting a novel non-immunosuppressive mechanism for CsA's antiproteinuric effect. Conditional NFATc1 activation in podoyctes per se is sufficient to induce proteinuria in mice, indicating that NFAT activation in podocytes is a critical pathogenic molecular event leading to podocyte injury and proteinuria. Meanwhile, evidence showed that TRPC6-mediated Ca(2+) influx stimulates NFAT-dependent TRPC6 expression. Altogether, these advances in podocyte research indicate that calcineurin-NFAT signal or calcineurin-synaptopodin axis has a direct proteinuric effect on podocytes which raises the possibility of developing specific antiproteinuric drugs that lack the unwanted effects of calcineurin or NFAT inhibition.

Identifiers

PMID22778954
PMCPMC3384901
OpenAlexW2165362911

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