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ArticleFASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology2026

WNK1 Kinase Activity Is Required for the Functional Maintenance of Podocyte Structure.

Zhenan Liu, Eunyoung Lee, Shumeng Jiang, Joonho Yoon, Fouzia Ahmed, Mohammad A Rahman, Philip Bleicher, Hani Y Suleiman, Leslie A Bruggeman, R Tyler Miller and 1 more

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Article in FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. WNK1 Kinase Activity Is Required for the Functional Maintenance of Podocyte Structure.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Zhenan LiuDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Eunyoung LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Shumeng JiangDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Joonho YoonDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Fouzia AhmedDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Mohammad A RahmanNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Philip BleicherNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Hani Y SuleimanDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Leslie A BruggemanDepartment of Inflammation & Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
R Tyler MillerDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Audrey N ChangDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0641-2685

Funding

Revealing New Therapeutic Opportunities for Kidney Glomerular Diseases by Elucidating the Mechanobiological Functions of Novel Cytoskeletal Structures in PodocytesR01DK141178 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Guy M Genin, JEFFREY H MINER · 2024 to 2026
$2.4M
Biophysical Properties of Renal Glomeruli and PodocytesR01DK083592 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI JANMEY, PAUL A, MILLER, RICHARD TYLER · 2010 to 2013
$2.2M
Modulation of Cardiac Function by Myosin Light Chain Kinases and PhosphatasesR01HL146757 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI CHANG, AUDREY N · 2019 to 2023
$2.0M
Molecular Determinants of Kidney Podocyte Architecture in Health, Injury, and RecoveryR01DK131177 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SULEIMAN, HANI · 2022 to 2025
$1.4M
Early podocyte injury in collagen IV nephropathyR56DK139111 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI CHANG, AUDREY N, MILLER, RICHARD TYLER · 2024 to 2024
$200k
HHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) HL146757HHS | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) DK083592HHS | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) DK131177HHS | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) DK139111HHS | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) DK141178NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL146757NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK083592NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK131177NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK141178NIDDK NIH HHS R56 DK139111NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The filtration function of glomeruli requires slit diaphragms formed by interdigitating podocyte foot processes, which are actin-based membrane protrusions. Failure in the maintenance of these cytoskeletal structures leads to foot process effacement, proteinuria, and progression to chronic kidney disease. We report WNK1 kinase activity is required for normal glomerular function in vivo and test the hypothesis that WNK1 kinase activity affects the structure of podocyte foot processes through modulation of actomyosin activity and focal adhesion complexes. Perturbation of cytoskeletal structure and focal adhesion signalosomes with WNK1 kinase inhibition supports a role for WNK1 in the maintenance of podocyte foot processes and sarcomere-like structures (SLSs) that are induced in models of podocyte injury. Applicability of WNK1 kinase activity modulation toward treatment of podocyte injury was assessed using primary and immortalized podocyte cell lines developed from control and Col4a3

Indexed as

PodocytesWNK Lysine-Deficient Protein Kinase 1AnimalsCollagen Type IVCytoskeletonFocal AdhesionsHumansMiceMice, KnockoutNephritis, HereditaryCollagen Type IVWnk1 protein, mouseWNK Lysine-Deficient Protein Kinase 1actomyosinAlport syndromecytoskeletonNMIIpodocytesvinculinWNK1

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PMID41669953
PMCPMC12892244

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