Open Medicine (Sep 2021)

Fer exacerbates renal fibrosis and can be targeted by miR-29c-3p

  • Sun Chen-Min,
  • Zhang Wen-Yi,
  • Wang Shu-Yan,
  • Qian Gang,
  • Pei Dong-Liang,
  • Zhang Guang-Ming

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2021-0319
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 1
pp. 1378 – 1385

Abstract

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Renal fibrosis (RF) is a common clinical condition leading to irreversible renal function loss. Tyrosine kinase proteins and microRNAs (miRs) are associated with pathogenesis and we aim to investigate the role of Fer and its partner miR(s) in RF.

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