Metabolic pathways and immunometabolism in rare kidney diseases.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To characterise renal tissue metabolic pathway gene expression in different forms of glomerulonephritis. METHODS:Patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS), antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and healthy living donors (LD) were studied. Clinically indicated renal biopsies were obtained at time of diagnosis and microdissected into glomerular and tubulointerstitial compartments. Microarray-derived differential gene expression of 88 genes representing critical enzymes of metabolic pathways and 25 genes related to immune cell markers was compared between disease groups. Correlation analyses measured relationships between metabolic pathways, kidney function and cytokine production. RESULTS:Reduced steady state levels of mRNA

SUBMITTER: Grayson PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6045442 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature