Investigating the renal microvasculature in polycystic kidney disease

研究多囊肾病的肾脏微血管系统

• 批准号: MR/P018629/1
• 负责人: David Long
• 金额: $ 51.59万
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FP018629%2F1
• 关键词: Investigating; renal; microvasculature; polycystic; kidney

60,000 people in the UK have long term severe kidney disease. There is currently no cure and patients require dialysis or transplantation. One of the leading causes of long term kidney disease is polycystic kidneys. Our previous work has shown that one of the earliest events in the progressive decline of polycystic kidneys is changes in the small blood vessels of the kidney. Furthermore, we have shown that treatments using proteins which restore and stabilise these blood vessels improve disease progression. However, we do not yet fully understand how these treatments work. This will be investigated in this proposal by a team of scientists and clinicians based at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and the University of Manchester using high resolution imaging, high-throughput sequencing technology and models which replicate polycystic kidney disease. These investigations will enhance our knowledge of how blood vessels are involved in kidney health and disease. Furthermore, if these studies are successful, it could be a new exciting therapeutic avenue for kidney patients in the future.

英国有6万人患有长期严重的肾脏疾病。目前没有治愈方法，患者需要透析或移植。多囊肾是肾脏疾病的主要病因之一。我们以前的工作表明，多囊肾进行性衰退的最早事件之一是肾脏小血管的变化。此外，我们已经证明，使用恢复和稳定这些血管的蛋白质的治疗可以改善疾病的进展。然而，我们还不完全了解这些治疗方法是如何工作的。这将由UCL Great奥蒙德街儿童健康研究所和曼彻斯特大学的一组科学家和临床医生使用高分辨率成像，高通量测序技术和复制多囊肾疾病的模型进行研究。这些研究将增强我们对血管如何参与肾脏健康和疾病的认识。此外，如果这些研究成功，它可能是未来肾脏患者的一种新的令人兴奋的治疗途径。

项目成果

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• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Jafree D

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• DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.148586
• 发表时间: 2022-02-08
• 期刊: JCI insight
• 影响因子: 8
• 作者: Bryant D;Pauzuolyte V;Ingham NJ;Patel A;Pagarkar W;Anderson LA;Smith KE;Moulding DA;Leong YC;Jafree DJ;Long DA;Al-Yassin A;Steel KP;Jagger DJ;Forge A;Berger W;Sowden JC;Bitner-Glindzicz M
• 通讯作者: Bitner-Glindzicz M

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• DOI: 10.1007/s10456-021-09784-8
• 发表时间: 2021-05
• 期刊: Angiogenesis
• 影响因子: 9.8
• 作者: Jafree DJ;Long DA;Scambler PJ;Ruhrberg C
• 通讯作者: Ruhrberg C