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The Ferroptosis-Immunity Axis in Diabetic Kidney Disease: Emerging Therapeutic Targets.

Key takeaways

This is a review paper, not a new study. It argues that a type of cell death driven by iron, called ferroptosis, works with the immune system to damage the kidneys in people with diabetes. The authors say this could become a target for future drugs, because controlling blood sugar and blood pressure alone does not stop the damage. No patients were treated and there are no results yet.

Who did this work

Zhang W (The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, China.) · Xu S (The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, China.) · Cao Z (The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, China.) · Zhou W (Department of Nephrology, The First People's Hospital of Hangzhou Lin'an District, Hangzhou, China.) · Huang Z (Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tianchang People's Hospital, Chuzhou, Anhui, China.) · Deng S (Jiangshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang, China.) · Zhou Q (Jiangshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang, China.) · Wang X (Department of Nephrology, The First People's Hospital of Hangzhou Lin'an District, Hangzhou, China.)

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-09-02
https://doi.org/10.1177/15230864261483982