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SUBMITTER: Ohno S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4895143 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ohno Shoko S Yokoi Hideki H Mori Kiyoshi K Kasahara Masato M Kuwahara Koichiro K Fujikura Junji J Naito Masaki M Kuwabara Takashige T Imamaki Hirotaka H Ishii Akira A Saleem Moin A MA Numata Tomohiro T Mori Yasuo Y Nakao Kazuwa K Yanagita Motoko M Mukoyama Masashi M
Scientific reports 20160607
Pharmacological blockade of the N- and L-type calcium channel lessens renal injury in kidney disease patients. The significance of specific blockade of α1 subunit of N-type calcium channel, Cav2.2, in diabetic nephropathy, however, remains to be clarified. To examine functional roles, we mated Cav2.2(-/-) mice with db/db (diabetic) mice on the C57BLKS background. Cav2.2 was localized in glomeruli including podocytes and in distal tubular cells. Diabetic Cav2.2(-/-) mice significantly reduced uri ...[more]