Govers, LP;
Toka, HR;
Hariri, A;
Walsh, SB;
Bockenhauer, D;
(2020)
Mitochondrial DNA mutations in renal disease: an overview.
Pediatric Nephrology
10.1007/s00467-019-04404-6.
(In press).
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Abstract
Kidneys have a high energy demand to facilitate the reabsorption of the glomerular filtrate. For this reason, renal cells have a high density of mitochondria. Mitochondrial cytopathies can be the result of a mutation in both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Mitochondrial dysfunction can lead to a variety of renal manifestations. Examples of tubular manifestations are renal Fanconi Syndrome, which is often found in patients diagnosed with Kearns-Sayre and Pearson’s marrow-pancreas syndrome, and distal tubulopathies, which result in electrolyte disturbances such as hypomagnesemia. Nephrotic syndrome can be a glomerular manifestation of mitochondrial dysfunction and is typically associated with focal segmental glomerular sclerosis on histology. Tubulointerstitial nephritis can also be seen in mitochondrial cytopathies and may lead to end-stage renal disease. The underlying mechanisms of these cytopathies remain incompletely understood; therefore, current therapies focus mainly on symptom relief. A better understanding of the molecular disease mechanisms is critical in order to improve treatments.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Mitochondrial DNA mutations in renal disease: an overview |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00467-019-04404-6 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-019-04404-6 |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | Mitochondrial DNA . Renal disease . Renal Fanconi syndrome . Distal tubulopathies . Nephrotic syndrome . Tubulointerstitial nephritis |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Renal Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10089994 |
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