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ArticleClinical kidney journal2024

Early growth response 1 as a podocyte injury marker in human glomerular diseases.

Masahiro Okabe, Kentaro Koike, Izumi Yamamoto, Nobuo Tsuboi, Taiji Matsusaka, Takashi Yokoo

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Article in Clinical kidney journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Masahiro OkabeDivision of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0059-3542
Kentaro KoikeDivision of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Izumi YamamotoDivision of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9856-0852
Nobuo TsuboiDivision of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5407-5265
Taiji MatsusakaDepartments of Basic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.
Takashi YokooDivision of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Jikei University School of Medicine · JPTokai University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: In human glomerular diseases, visualizing podocyte injury is desirable since podocytes do not regenerate and podocyte injury leads to podocyte loss. Herein, we investigated the utility of immunostaining for early growth response 1 (EGR1), which is expressed in injured podocytes from the early stages of injury in animal experiments, as a podocyte injury marker in human glomerular diseases. Methods: This study included 102 patients with biopsy-proven glomerular diseases between 2018 and 2021. The proportion of EGR1 expression in podocytes (%EGR1pod) was analyzed in relation to clinical and histopathological features, including glomerular and urinary podocyte-specific markers. Results: %EGR1pod correlated significantly with the urinary protein:creatinine ratio, urinary nephrin and podocin mRNA levels, and glomerular podocin staining (rho = 0.361, 0.514, 0.487 and -0.417, respectively; adjusted Conclusions: Our findings indicate that EGR1 is a promising potential marker for identifying active early podocyte injury in human glomerular diseases.

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EGR1glomerular diseaseskidney biopsypodocytepodocyte injury

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