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SHROOM3 Deficiency aggravates Adriamycin-induced nephropathy accompanied by Focal Adhesion disassembly and stress fiber disorganization

ABSTRACT: This RNA-sequencing study investigates the role of SHROOM3 in podocyte function and its contribution to renal pathophysiology. Podocytes are highly specialized epithelial cells critical for glomerular filtration barrier integrity. The study explores how SHROOM3 deficiency affects podocyte cytoskeletal architecture and focal adhesion dynamics in the context of Adriamycin-induced nephropathy, a widely used experimental model of podocyte injury and proteinuric kidney disease. We performed transcriptome analysis using RNA-sequencing on human podocyte cell lines, comparing Control (n=4) and SHROOM3 knockdown (KD) podocytes (n=4). Our objective was to identify the molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways through which SHROOM3 regulates podocyte cytoskeletal organization, with particular focus on stress fiber formation and focal adhesion assembly/disassembly. The dataset provides comprehensive gene expression profiles revealing how SHROOM3 deficiency exacerbates podocyte injury, disrupts actin cytoskeleton dynamics, and impairs focal adhesion stability during nephropathy progression.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE294734 | GEO | 2025/04/17

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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SHROOM3 Deficiency aggravates Adriamycin-induced nephropathy accompanied by Focal Adhesion disassembly and stress fiber disorganization

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