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Folate Deficiency Drives Metabolic Dysfunction, Oxidative Stress, and Inflammation in HK-2 Renal Tubular Cells

Key takeaways

A lack of folate, a B vitamin, caused stress and inflammation in kidney cells in a lab. This suggests that low folate levels might hurt kidney function. This was done in cells, not people yet.

Who did this work

Te-I Chiu (National Taiwan University) · Hsiang-Yu Liu (National Taiwan University) · Bi‐Fong Lin (National Taiwan University)

Source

Article · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-10-03
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27198846