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- Title
Antiangiogenic Therapy for Diabetic Nephropathy.
- Authors
Tanabe, Katsuyuki; Maeshima, Yohei; Sato, Yasufumi; Wada, Jun
- Abstract
Angiogenesis has been shown to be a potential therapeutic target for early stages of diabetic nephropathy in a number of animal experiments. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is the main mediator for abnormal angiogenesis in diabetic glomeruli. Although beneficial effects of anti-VEGF antibodies have previously been demonstrated in diabetic animal experiments, recent basic and clinical evidence has revealed that the blockade of VEGF signaling resulted in proteinuria and renal thrombotic microangiopathy, suggesting the importance of maintaining normal levels of VEGF in the kidneys. Therefore, antiangiogenic therapy for diabetic nephropathy should eliminate excessive glomerular angiogenic response without accelerating endothelial injury. Some endogenous antiangiogenic factors such as endostatin and tumstatin inhibit overactivation of endothelial cells but do not specifically block VEGF signaling. In addition, the novel endothelium-derived antiangiogenic factor vasohibin-1 enhances stress tolerance and survival of the endothelial cells, while inhibiting excess angiogenesis. These factors have been demonstrated to suppress albuminuria and glomerular alterations in a diabetic mouse model. Thus, antiangiogenic therapy with promising candidates will possibly improve renal prognosis in patients with early stages of diabetic nephropathy.
- Subjects
DIABETIC nephropathies; PROTEINURIA diagnosis; NEOVASCULARIZATION inhibitors; COLLAGEN; ALBUMINURIA; ANIMAL experimentation; ENDOTHELIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; KIDNEY glomerulus; NEOVASCULARIZATION; VASCULAR endothelial growth factors; SIGNAL peptides; PHYSIOLOGY; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
BioMed Research International, 2017, Vol 2017, p1
- ISSN
2314-6133
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2017/5724069