Silvia Armelloni, Masami Ikehata, Deborah Mattinzoli, Min Li, Carlo Maria Alfieri, Mariapia Rastaldi, Piergiorgio Messa
Background/Aims The research of genes implicated in kidney glomerular function, eliciting cell fate program, is always at the forefront in nephrological studies. Several neurological molecules have been recently the object of study not only for their involvement in the central nervous system differentiation but also for their importance in the functionality of other organs and for mature phenotype, as in kidney. NeuroD, in CNS, is related to two functional roles, the early survival and the differentiation. The aim of our study was to ascertain the presence of NeuroD transcription factor in glomeruli and to understand which targets and mechanisms NeuroD controls...
April 13, 2018: Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry