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Harnessing Genomic Analysis to Explore the Role of Telomeres in the Pathogenesis and Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease.

Claire Hill, Seamus Duffy, Tiernan Coulter, Alexander Peter Maxwell, Amy Jayne McKnight

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Review in Genes, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Integrated multiomic analyses: An approach to improve understanding of diabetic kidney disease.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2025
    Review
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  4. Exploring the impact of diabetes on aging: insights from TERT and COL1A1 methylation.Turkish journal of biology = Turk biyoloji dergisi · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Claire HillCentre for Public Health, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2481-5162
Seamus DuffyCentre for Public Health, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK.
Tiernan CoulterCentre for Public Health, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3249-3554
Alexander Peter MaxwellCentre for Public Health, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6110-7253
Amy Jayne McKnightCentre for Public Health, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK.
Queen's University Belfast · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_15025Medical Research Council MC_PC_20026
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of diabetes is increasing globally, and this trend is predicted to continue for future decades. Research is needed to uncover new ways to manage diabetes and its co-morbidities. A significant secondary complication of diabetes is kidney disease, which can ultimately result in the need for renal replacement therapy, via dialysis or transplantation. Diabetic kidney disease presents a substantial burden to patients, their families and global healthcare services. This review highlights studies that have harnessed genomic, epigenomic and functional prediction tools to uncover novel genes and pathways associated with DKD that are useful for the identification of therapeutic targets or novel biomarkers for risk stratification. Telomere length regulation is a specific pathway gaining attention recently because of its association with DKD. Researchers are employing both observational and genetics-based studies to identify telomere-related genes associated with kidney function decline in diabetes. Studies have also uncovered novel functions for telomere-related genes beyond the immediate regulation of telomere length, such as transcriptional regulation and inflammation. This review summarises studies that have revealed the potential to harness therapeutics that modulate telomere length, or the associated epigenetic modifications, for the treatment of DKD, to potentially slow renal function decline and reduce the global burden of this disease.

Indexed as

Diabetes MellitusDiabetic NephropathiesEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsGene Expression RegulationHumansTelomerebiological ageingdiabetic kidney diseaseepigeneticgeneticmethylationSNPtelomere

Identifiers

PMID36980881
PMCPMC10048490
OpenAlexW4322628708

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