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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Targeting lipid metabolic reprogramming to alleviate diabetic kidney disease: molecular insights and therapeutic strategies.

Wei Yu, Yang Haoyu, Zhou Ling, Hang Xing, Xie Pengfei, Wang Anzhu, Zhang Lili, Zhao Linhua

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Wei Yu *Institute of Metabolic Diseases, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yang Haoyu *Institute of Metabolic Diseases, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhou Ling *Institute of Metabolic Diseases, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Hang XingInstitute of Metabolic Diseases, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xie PengfeiInstitute of Metabolic Diseases, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Wang AnzhuChinese-Japanese Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zhang LiliInstitute of Metabolic Diseases, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhao LinhuaDepartment of Endocrinology, The Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is one of the major complications of diabetes, and its pathological progression is closely associated with lipid metabolic reprogramming. Under diabetic conditions, renal cells undergo significant lipid metabolic abnormalities, including increased lipid uptake, impaired fatty acid oxidation, disrupted cholesterol efflux, and enhanced lipid catabolism, as adaptive responses to metabolic stress. These changes result in the accumulation of lipids such as free fatty acids, diacylglycerol, and ceramides, leading to lipotoxicity that triggers inflammation and fibrosis. Hypoxia in the DKD microenvironment suppresses fatty acid oxidation and promotes lipid synthesis through the HIF-1α pathway, while chronic inflammation exacerbates lipid metabolic disturbances via inflammatory cytokines, inflammasomes, and macrophage polarization. Targeting lipid metabolism represents a promising therapeutic strategy for alleviating DKD; however, further clinical translational studies are warranted to validate the efficacy and safety of these approaches.

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Diabetic NephropathiesLipid MetabolismAnimalsHumansKidneyMetabolic Reprogrammingdiabetic kidney diseasehypoxia-inducible factor-1αinflammationlipid metabolic reprogramminglipotoxicity

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PMID40352935
PMCPMC12061959

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