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Multiomics Analyses Identify AKR1A1 as a Biomarker for Diabetic Kidney Disease.

DengFeng Li, Fang-Chi Hsu, Nicholette D Palmer, Liang Liu, Young A Choi, Mariana Murea, John S Parks, Donald W Bowden, Barry I Freedman, Lijun Ma

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Article in Diabetes, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

DengFeng LiDepartment of Biostatistics and Data Science, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Fang-Chi HsuDepartment of Biostatistics and Data Science, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Nicholette D PalmerDepartment of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.ORCID 0000-0001-8883-2511
Liang LiuBioinformatics Shared Resource, Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Young A ChoiSection of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Mariana MureaSection of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
John S ParksDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.ORCID 0000-0002-5227-8915
Donald W BowdenDepartment of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Barry I FreedmanSection of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Lijun MaSection of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.ORCID 0000-0002-7763-7793
Wake Forest University · US

Funding

Central Hub for Kidney Precision MedicineU24DK114886 · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · 2025 to 2025
$4.2M
KPMP Kidney Mapping and Atlas Project (KMAP)U01DK133090 · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2025 to 2025
$2.3M
Metabolomics of Neurocognitive Risk for Dementia in DiabetesR01AG058921 · NIA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Nicholette D. Allred · 2022 to 2023
$1.4M
Integrated spatial interrogation of cellular and molecular signatures of human kidney diseaseU01DK114923 · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · 2025 to 2025
$1.1M
Single cell multiomic and spatial atlas of acute and chronic kidney injuryU01DK114933 · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · 2025 to 2025
$1.0M
Hepatocyte Abca1, cholesterol trafficking, and lipid mobilizationR01HL119962 · NHLBI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI JOHN Stephen PARKS · 2021 to 2022
$978k
Spatial Multi-Omics to Profile Metabolic Pathways for Kidney DiseaseU01DK114920 · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · 2025 to 2025
$824k
Boston Chronic Kidney Disease Research Biopsy CenterU01DK133092 · BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER · 2025 to 2025
$800k
Multimodal Imaging Mass Spectrometry and Spatial Omics for the Human KidneyU01DK133766 · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · 2025 to 2025
$729k
University of Illinois at Chicago KPMP CKD Recruitment SiteU01DK133081 · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · 2025 to 2025
$630k
PREcision Medicine through IntErrogation of Rna in the kidnEy (PREMIERE)U01DK114907 · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2025 to 2025
$627k
AKI Matched Phenotype Linked Evaluation with Tissue (AMPLE-Tissue)U01DK114866 · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2025 to 2025
$550k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease. Because many genes associate with DKD, multiomics approaches were used to narrow the list of functional genes, gene products, and related pathways providing insights into the pathophysiological mechanisms of DKD. The Kidney Precision Medicine Project human kidney single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) data set and Mendeley Data on human kidney cortex biopsy proteomics were used. The R package Seurat was used to analyze scRNA-seq data and data from a subset of proximal tubule cells. PathfindR was applied for pathway analysis in cell type-specific differentially expressed genes and the R limma package was used to analyze differential protein expression in kidney cortex. A total of 790 differentially expressed genes were identified in proximal tubule cells, including 530 upregulated and 260 downregulated transcripts. Compared with differentially expressed proteins, 24 genes or proteins were in common. An integrated analysis combining protein quantitative trait loci, genome-wide association study hits (namely, estimated glomerular filtration rate), and a plasma metabolomics analysis was performed using baseline metabolites predictive of DKD progression in our longitudinal Diabetes Heart Study samples. The aldo-keto reductase family 1 member A1 gene (AKR1A1) was revealed as a potential molecular hub for DKD cellular dysfunction in several cross-linked pathways featured by deficiency of this enzyme. ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS:

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Aldehyde ReductaseBiomarkersDiabetic NephropathiesFemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansKidney Tubules, ProximalMaleMiddle AgedMultiomicsProteomicsAldehyde ReductaseBiomarkers

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