Masanori Ishizaka, Tomohito Gohda, Miyuki Takagi, Keisuke Omote, Yuji Sonoda, Juan Alejandro Oliva Trejo, Rin Asao, Teruo Hidaka, Katsuhiko Asanuma, Satoshi Horikoshi, Yasuhiko Tomino
Rac1, a GTPase of the Rho subfamily, has a crucial role in cytoskeletal architecture, as well as the regulation of cell migration and growth. However, renal injury in mice with podocyte-specific deletion of Rac1 has yet to be elucidated fully due to conflicting findings. Herein, we identified a possible role for Rac1 in podocytes of streptozotocin- (STZ) induced diabetic mice. The urinary albumin/creatinine ratio (ACR) in the knockout (KO) group was significantly higher than that in the wild type (WT) group at any week of age...
November 20, 2015: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications