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Apolipoprotein A-IV deficiency rewires renal fibroblast states and intercellular communication during early obesity-associated chronic kidney disease

Key takeaways

This lab study looks at what happens to the kidney's scar-forming cells (fibroblasts) when a blood protein called apolipoprotein A-IV is missing. It focuses on early kidney disease linked to obesity. We only have the title, so we cannot report the findings or numbers. Research that removes a protein like this is typically done in animals or cells, not people yet.

Who did this work

Yang Wei · Ting Zhang · Yingying Jin · Jing Xu

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-09-16
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41387-026-00468-0