Involvement of impaired carnitine-induced fatty acid oxidation in experimental and human diabetic kidney disease.
Ito S, Taguchi K, Kodama G, Kubo S, Moriyama T, Yamashita Y, Yokota Y, Nakayama Y, Kaida Y, Shinohara M, Tashiro K, Ohta K, Yamagishi SI, Fukami K.
Ito S, et al.
JCI Insight. 2025 May 22;10(13):e179362. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.179362. eCollection 2025 Jul 8.
JCI Insight. 2025.
PMID: 40402578
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Kidney tubular cells have a high energy demand, dependent on fatty acid oxidation (FAO). Although carnitine is indispensable for FAO, the pathological role of carnitine deficiency in DKD is not fully understood. We showed here that ectopic lipid accumulation …
Kidney tubular cells have a high energy demand, dependent on fatty acid oxidation (FAO). Although carnitine is indispensable for FAO, …