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CCAAT-enhancer binding protein delta (C/EBPδ) attenuates tubular injury and tubulointerstitial fibrogenesis during chronic obstructive nephropathy

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Title
CCAAT-enhancer binding protein delta (C/EBPδ) attenuates tubular injury and tubulointerstitial fibrogenesis during chronic obstructive nephropathy
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Laboratory Investigation, November 2013
DOI 10.1038/labinvest.2013.127
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JanWillem Duitman, Keren S Borensztajn, Willem P C Pulskens, Jaklien C Leemans, Sandrine Florquin, C Arnold Spek

Abstract

CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein delta (C/EBPδ) is a transcription factor mainly known for its role in inflammation and apoptosis/proliferation. Considering that these are key processes in renal fibrosis, we hypothesized that C/EBPδ would potentiate renal fibrosis. In line with this hypothesis, C/EBPδ has recently been suggested to regulate the fibrotic response during glomerulonephritis. Here we determined the importance of C/EBPδ in the development of renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis by subjecting 8- to 12-week-old C/EBPδ-deficient mice and age- and sex-matched wild-type controls to the unilateral ureteral obstruction model. Mice were killed at 1, 3, or 7 days post surgery, and renal tissues were obtained for RNA, protein, and immunohistochemical analysis. We show that C/EBPδ deficiency resulted in a more profound fibrotic response as evident from enhanced tubular injury, collagen deposition in the interstitial area, and higher expression of transforming growth factor-β. Moreover, we show that the increase in renal fibrosis in C/EBPδ-deficient mice does not depend on an altered proliferation/apoptosis balance or on a differential inflammatory response in the obstructed kidney. In conclusion, our study provides direct evidence that C/EBPδ is a novel mediator of renal fibrosis. Modulating C/EBPδ expression could consequently be a potential antifibrotic strategy in patients with chronic kidney disease.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Russia 1 7%
Unknown 14 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 27%
Student > Master 2 13%
Professor 1 7%
Student > Bachelor 1 7%
Researcher 1 7%
Other 1 7%
Unknown 5 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 27%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 20%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 13%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 7%
Unknown 5 33%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 October 2022.
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#8,535,684
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Outputs from Laboratory Investigation
#808
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#95,589
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Outputs of similar age from Laboratory Investigation
#8
of 19 outputs
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