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ArticlePharmacological research2022

Toll-like receptor 4 mutation protects the kidney from Ang-II-induced hypertensive injury.

Suravi Majumder, Sathnur Pushpakumar, Subir K Juin, Venkatakrishna R Jala, Utpal Sen

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Article in Pharmacological research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Epigenetic regulation of Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 in kidney disease.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Suravi MajumderDepartment of Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Sathnur PushpakumarDepartment of Physiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
Subir K JuinDepartment of Physiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
Venkatakrishna R JalaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
Utpal SenDepartment of Physiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. Electronic address: u0sen001@louisville.edu.
University of Louisville · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

Funding

Hydrogen sulfide mechanism of renal hypertensionR01DK104653 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI SEN, UTPAL, TYAGI, SURESH C. · 2015 to 2018
$2.5M
miRNA Mechanism of Acute Kidney Injury in AgingR01DK116591 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI SEN, UTPAL, TYAGI, SURESH C. · 2018 to 2022
$2.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK104653NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK116591
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular autophagy is a protective mechanism where cells degrade damaged organelles to maintain intracellular homeostasis. Apoptosis, on the other hand, is considered as programmed cell death. Interestingly, autophagy inhibits apoptosis by degrading apoptosis regulators. In hypertension, an imbalance of autophagy and apoptosis regulators can lead to renal injury and dysfunction. Previously, we have reported that toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) mutant mice are protective against renal damage, in part, due to reduced oxidative stress and inflammation. However, the detailed mechanism remained elusive. In this study, we tested the hypothesis of whether TLR4 mutation reduces Ang-II-induced renal injury by inciting autophagy and suppressing apoptosis in the hypertensive kidney. Male mice with normal TLR4 expression (TLR4N, C3H/HeOuJ) and mutant TLR4 (TLR4M, C3H/HeJ

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Angiotensin IIAnimalsApoptosisApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsAutophagyHypertensionKidneyKidney DiseasesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C3HMice, Mutant StrainsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMutationNF-kappa BSignal TransductionAngiotensin IIApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNF-kappa BTlr4 protein, mouseToll-Like Receptor 4ApoptosisAutophagyHypertensionInjuryKidneyTLR4

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PMID34896544
PMCPMC8755630
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