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Collagen Deposition in Diabetic Kidney Disease Boosts Intercellular Signaling: A Mathematical Model

  • Oklahoma State University
  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

Diabetic kidney disease is a growing health burden. The limited options for treating and preventing diabetic kidney disease are in part due to gaps in our understanding of the progression of diabetic kidney damage and its impacts on cellular function. An important cellular function in the kidney glomerulus is intercellular communication via the release and uptake of soluble cytokines and growth factors. In diabetic kidney disease, excess collagen deposition alters the mesangial matrix properties, which, we hypothesized diminishes the intercellular signaling between key glomerular cells. To test our hypothesis, we combined established theoretical models of transport to study the impact of pathological deposition on the ability of cells to communicate via intercellular signaling. Our analysis reveals that pathological collagen deposition can enhance rather than diminish the signaling range of the glomerular cells.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIFAC-PapersOnLine
EditorsMaria Klapa, Daniel P. Howsmon, Ioannis P. Androulakis
PublisherElsevier B.V.
Pages68-73
Number of pages6
Edition23
ISBN (Electronic)9781713867890
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2022
Event9th IFAC Conference on Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering, FOSBE 2022 - Cambridge, United States
Duration: Aug 28 2022Aug 31 2022

Publication series

NameIFAC-PapersOnLine
Number23
Volume55

Conference

Conference9th IFAC Conference on Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering, FOSBE 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCambridge
Period08/28/2208/31/22

Keywords

  • Cellular systems
  • biomedical system modeling
  • control of biological systems
  • kinetic modeling
  • physiological model
  • simulation and visualization

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