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NNMT overexpression promotes tubular senescence and fibrosis in human chronic kidney disease (NNMT inhibition in TEC cells) [Series_1]

ABSTRACT: Renal tubular epithelial cells (TECs) are increasingly recognized as the central locus of chronic kidney disease and renal fibrosis. Here, we used conditionally immortalized TECs (expressing SV40 large T antigen at permissive conditions, 33°C with IFNγ, and behaving like normal primary cultures after 7 days in restrictive conditions, 37°C without IFNγ), stimulated with TGFβ to mimic the senescent and pro-fibrotic phenotypic shift of TECs during kidney disease. Co-treating the cells with the selective and membrane-permeable small molecule 5-amino-1-methylquinolinium iodide (NNMTi) significantly protected against senescence and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in TGFβ-stimulated TECs.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE280542 | GEO | 2025/11/20

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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