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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Deletion of Pyruvate Carboxylase in Tubular Epithelial Cell Promotes Renal Fibrosis by Regulating SQOR/cGAS/STING-Mediated Glycolysis.

Hao Huang, Yuanyuan Han, Yan Zhang, Jianhua Zeng, Xin He, Jiawei Cheng, Songkai Wang, Yiwei Xiong, Hongling Yin, Qiongjing Yuan and 5 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Renal gluconeogenesis: a key metabolic hub in health and kidney disease.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2026
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  7. Regulated cell death: a multidimensional regulatory network in the pathogenesis of renal fibrosis.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  20. SQOR as a metabolic rheostat of HFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Hao HuangDepartment of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9051-4483
Yuanyuan HanDepartment of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Yan ZhangDepartment of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Jianhua ZengDepartment of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Xin HeDepartment of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Jiawei ChengDepartment of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Songkai WangDepartment of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Yiwei XiongDepartment of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Hongling YinNational Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Qiongjing YuanDepartment of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Ling HuangDepartment of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Yanyun XieDepartment of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Jie MengHunan Key Laboratory of Organ Fibrosis, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, China.
Lijian TaoDepartment of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Zhangzhe PengDepartment of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4707-2776

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2020M682598China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2020TQ0363Frontier Cross Research Project of Central South University 2023QYJC031Key Research and Development Program of Hunan Province 2021SK2015National Natural Science Foundation of China 82073918National Natural Science Foundation of China 82090024National Natural Science Foundation of China 82173877National Natural Science Foundation of China 82300787Outstanding Youth Foundation of Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province 2022JJ10100Scientific Research Program of FuRong Laboratory 2024PT5107Youth Science Foundation of Xiangya Hospital 2021Q11
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Renal fibrosis is a common pathway involved in the progression of various chronic kidney diseases to end-stage renal disease. Recent studies show that mitochondrial injury of renal tubular epithelial cells (RTECs) is a crucial pathological foundation for renal fibrosis. However, the underlying regulatory mechanisms remain unclear. Pyruvate carboxylase (PC) is a catalytic enzyme located within the mitochondria that is intricately linked with mitochondrial damage and metabolism. In the present study, the downregulation of PC in various fibrotic animal and human kidney samples is demonstrated. Renal proximal tubule-specific Pcx gene knockout mice (Pcx

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Epithelial CellsGlycolysisNucleotidyltransferasesPyruvate CarboxylaseAnimalsFibrosisHumansKidney TubulesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMitochondriaNucleotidyltransferasesPyruvate CarboxylasecGAS‐STINGglycolysispyruvate carboxylaserenal fibrosisSQOR

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PMID39836535
PMCPMC11967762

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