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ArticleExperimental & molecular medicine2025

ETP-specific-knockout mice reveal endotrophin as a key regulator of kidney fibrosis in ischemia-reperfusion injury models.

Dae-Seok Kim, Jan-Bernd Funcke, Shiuhwei Chen, Kyounghee Min, Toshiharu Onodera, Min Kim, Qian Lin, Chanmin Joung, Joselin Velasco, Megan Virostek and 4 more

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Article in Experimental & molecular medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Authors and funding

14 authors.

Dae-Seok Kim *Touchstone Diabetes Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Jan-Bernd Funcke *Touchstone Diabetes Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Shiuhwei ChenTouchstone Diabetes Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Kyounghee MinTouchstone Diabetes Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Toshiharu OnoderaTouchstone Diabetes Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4439-0077
Min KimDepartment of Biological Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Republic of Korea.
Qian LinTouchstone Diabetes Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Chanmin JoungTouchstone Diabetes Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Joselin VelascoTouchstone Diabetes Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Megan VirostekTouchstone Diabetes Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-4968-2529
Katarzyna WalendzikTouchstone Diabetes Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Chitkale HiremathDepartment of Internal Medicine, Nephrology, and Department of Cell Biology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Denise K MarcianoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Nephrology, and Department of Cell Biology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Philipp E SchererTouchstone Diabetes Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. Philipp.Scherer@UTSouthwestern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0680-3392

Funding

UT Southwestern Medical Center Simmons Comprehensive Cancer CenterP30CA142543 · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · 2025 to 2025
$4.4M
The role of AgRP/Auga-ALK pathway in FGF21's brain action on agingP01AG051459 · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2025 to 2025
$2.4M
ACRP, A PROTEIN SECRETED FROM ADIPOSE TISSUER01DK055758 · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · 2000 to 2005
$2.0M
Physiological Role of Dedifferentiating Dermal Adipose TissueR01DK131537 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · 2023 to 2025
$1.5M
A New Perspective on Leptin in Health and DiseaseR01DK127274 · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · 2025 to 2025
$809k
White Adipose Tissue Physiology, Mitochondrial Function and AdiponectinR01DK099110 · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · 2025 to 2025
$624k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA142543NIA NIH HHS P01 AG051459NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK055758NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK099110NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK127274NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK131537NIDDK NIH HHS RC2 DK118620NIH HHS S10 OD021684U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) R01-DK055758U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) R01-DK099110U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) R01-DK127274U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) R01-DK131537U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) RC2-DK118620U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (U.S. National Institute on Aging) P01-AG051459
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endotrophin (ETP), a cleavage product of the C5 domain of collagen VI α3 (COL6A3), plays a crucial role in extracellular matrix remodeling. Previously established Col6a3-knockout mouse models primarily reflect the consequences of COL6A3 loss rather than the specific effects of ETP depletion, making it challenging to directly assess the functions of ETP. These models either disrupt COL6A3 along with ETP production or express functionally defective COL6A3 while maintaining ETP production. Here we developed and validated a novel ETP-knockout (ETP

Indexed as

Collagen Type VIKidneyKidney DiseasesPeptide FragmentsReperfusion InjuryAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalFibrosisMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutCollagen Type VIendotrophinPeptide Fragments

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PMID41203998
PMCPMC12686496

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