{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Barutta F"],"funding":["Ferrero Foundation","University of Turin","Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Australia"],"pagination":["1114-1130"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8259684"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["32(5)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Background
Podocyte dysfunction and loss are major determinants in the development of proteinuria. FSGS is one of the most common causes of proteinuria, but the mechanisms leading to podocyte injury or conferring protection against FSGS remain poorly understood. The cytosolic protein M-Sec has been involved in the formation of tunneling nanotubes (TNTs), membrane channels that transiently connect cells and allow intercellular organelle transfer. Whether podocytes express M-Sec is unknown and the potential relevance of the M-Sec-TNT system in FSGS has not been explored.Methods
We studied the role of the M-Sec-TNT system in cultured podocytes exposed to Adriamycin and in BALB/c M-Sec knockout mice. We also assessed M-Sec expression in both kidney biopsies from patients with F"],"journal":["Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN"],"pubmed_title":["Protective Role of the M-Sec-Tunneling Nanotube System in Podocytes."],"pmcid":["PMC8259684"],"funding_grant_id":["3-PDF-2014-109-A-N"],"pubmed_authors":["Martini M","Hirsch E","Kimura S","Corbetta B","Barreca A","Audrito V","Gambino R","Corbelli A","Fiordaliso F","Roccatello D","Durazzo M","Bruno S","Ghiggeri GM","Bellini S","Barutta F","Deaglio S","Camussi G","Salvidio G","Gruden G","Papotti MG","Ohno H","Hase K"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Protective Role of the M-Sec-Tunneling Nanotube System in Podocytes.","description":"Background
Podocyte dysfunction and loss are major determinants in the development of proteinuria. FSGS is one of the most common causes of proteinuria, but the mechanisms leading to podocyte injury or conferring protection against FSGS remain poorly understood. The cytosolic protein M-Sec has been involved in the formation of tunneling nanotubes (TNTs), membrane channels that transiently connect cells and allow intercellular organelle transfer. Whether podocytes express M-Sec is unknown and the potential relevance of the M-Sec-TNT system in FSGS has not been explored.Methods
We studied the role of the M-Sec-TNT system in cultured podocytes exposed to Adriamycin and in BALB/c M-Sec knockout mice. We also assessed M-Sec expression in both kidney biopsies from patients with F","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 May","modification":"2025-04-19T20:43:42.164Z","creation":"2025-04-19T20:43:42.164Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8259684","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33722931"],"doi":["10.1681/ASN.2020071076","10.1681/asn.2020071076"]}}