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SUBMITTER: Chen HY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3982502 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Hai-Yong HY Zhong Xiang X Huang Xiao R XR Meng Xiao-Ming XM You Yongke Y Chung Arthur Ck AC Lan Hui Y HY
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 20131206 4
Inflammation and its consequent fibrosis are two main features of diabetic nephropathy (DN), but target therapy on these processes for DN remains yet ineffective. We report here that miR-29b is a novel therapeutic agent capable of inhibiting progressive renal inflammation and fibrosis in type 2 diabetes in db/db mice. Under diabetic conditions, miR-29b was largely downregulated in response to advanced glycation end (AGE) product, which was associated with upregulation of collagen matrix in mesan ...[more]