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Elevated Prorenin Induces Podocyte Injury and Glomerular Fibrosis in cyp1a1-Prorenin Transgenic Rats.

Key takeaways

In rats, high levels of a protein called prorenin damaged the kidney’s filtering cells and caused scarring — findings that may help explain why some people with diabetes lose kidney function. Because this was done in animals, not people, it is still early research.

Who did this work

Gu C · Liu X · Wu J · Huang Y

Source

Article · PubMed, fibrosis reversal · 2026 Sep 3
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42737785/