Publications by authors named "Katherin Silva"
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play a crucial role in mediating communication between cells across species and kingdoms. The intercellular communication facilitated by EVs through autocrine and paracrine signalling mechanisms is essential for cell survival, maintaining normal metabolic functions and ensuring overall bodily homeostasis and health. Extracellular vesicles are present in various bodily fluids, such as pleural effusions, plasma, breast milk, amniotic fluid, semen and saliva.
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- * The (pro)renin receptor (PRR), important for sodium reabsorption and blood pressure control, is upregulated in intercalated cells of the collecting duct in 2K1C mice, indicating a connection between reduced blood flow and increased blood pressure.
- * Experiments reveal that blocking OXGR1 or using OXGR1 knockout mice hampers PRR upregulation in response
Increased Renal Medullary NOX-4 in Female but Not Male Mice during the Early Phase of Type 1 Diabetes: Potential Role of ROS in Upregulation of TGF-β1 and Fibronectin in Collecting Duct Cells.
Antioxidants (Basel)
March 2023
Chronic diabetes mellitus (DM) can lead to kidney damage associated with increased reactive oxygen species (ROS), proteinuria, and tubular damage. Altered protein expression levels of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1), fibronectin, and renal NADPH oxidase (NOX-4) are associated with the profibrotic phenotype in renal tubular cells. NOX-4 is one of the primary sources of ROS in the diabetic kidney and responsible for the induction of profibrotic factors in collecting duct (CD) cells.
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