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Circulating Ephrin-Eph Signaling Reflects Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy in Diabetic Kidney Disease.

Article C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

Scientists found certain blood proteins were linked to kidney scarring and damage in 129 people with diabetic kidney disease. This shows a connection, but it does not prove the proteins cause the damage — only that they tend to appear together.

Who did this work

Han SS · Surapaneni AL · Schmidt IM · Yun D · Ma X · Moon KC · Srivastava A · Palsson R · Stillman IE · Waikar SS · Grams ME · Rhee EP

Source

Article · PubMed, fibrosis reversal · 2026 Aug 21
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42627699/