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Observational studyRenal failure2021

miR-34b-5p promotes renal cell inflammation and apoptosis by inhibiting aquaporin-2 in sepsis-induced acute kidney injury.

Caifa Zheng, Dansen Wu, Songjing Shi, Liming Wang

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Observational study in Renal failure, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Trauma-induced alterations in bone marrow exosome microRNA profiles.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2026
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  5. LncRNA SNHG4 Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Inflammation in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Targeting miR-34b-5p/XIAP Axis.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2025
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  8. New approaches to acute kidney injury.Clinical kidney journal · 2024
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  12. Aquaporins in sepsis- an update.Frontiers in immunology · 2024
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  14. Aquaporin Expression and Regulation in Clinical and Experimental Sepsis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  19. Annexin A1 (Ac2-26)-dependent Fpr2 receptor alleviates sepsis-induced acute kidney injury by inhibiting inflammation and apoptosis in vivo and in vitro.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Caifa ZhengDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou, P.R. China.
Dansen WuDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou, P.R. China.
Songjing ShiDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou, P.R. China.
Liming WangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou, P.R. China.
Fujian Provincial Hospital · CNFujian Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study was designed to uncover the mechanism of miR-34b-5p-mediated aquaporin-2 (AQP2) in sepsis-induced injury using human renal tubular epithelial cells (HK-2).

methodsSerum levels of miR-34b-5p, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, serum creatinine (SCr), and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) in septic patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) and healthy controls were detected. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was used to induce sepsis in HK-2 cells. LPS-induced HK-2 cells were transfected with miR-34b-5p inhibitor, miR-34b-5p mimic, pcDNA3.1-AQP2, si-AQP2, miR-34b-5p inhibitor + si-NC, or miR-34b-5p inhibitor + si-AQP2. The expressions of miR-34b-5p, AQP2, Bax, Bcl-2, cleaved caspase-3, TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 in HK-2 cells were detected. TUNEL staining revealed the apoptosis of HK-2 cells. Dual-luciferase reporter assay verified the binding between miR-34b-5p and AQP2.

resultsThe expression of miR-34b-5p and the inflammatory responses were augmented in septic AKI patients. miR-34b-5p was up-regulated and AQP2 was down-regulated in LPS-induced HK-2 cells. miR-34b-5p inhibition or AQP2 overexpression ameliorated apoptosis and inflammation in LPS-induced HK-2 cells. In contrast, overexpressing miR-34b-5p deteriorated LPS-induced injury in HK-2 cells. AQP2 was a downstream target of miR-34b-5p. AQP2 silencing abolished the suppressive effects of miR-34b-5p inhibition on LPS-induced apoptosis and inflammatory response in HK-2 cells.

conclusionmiR-34b-5p inhibits AQP2 to promote LPS-induced injury in HK-2 cells.

Indexed as

Acute Kidney InjuryAdultApoptosisAquaporin 2Case-Control StudiesCell LineEpithelial CellsFemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansInflammationKidney TubulesLipopolysaccharidesMaleMicroRNAsMiddle AgedAQP2 protein, humanAquaporin 2LipopolysaccharidesMicroRNAsMIRN34 microRNA, humanacute kidney injuryapoptosisaquaporin-2inflammationmiR-34b-5psepsis

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PMID33494641
PMCPMC7850462
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