Persistent diabetic complications despite controlled blood glucose levels, known as hyperglycemic memory, remain a poorly understood phenomenon in diabetic kidney disease. Here the authors identify senescence-associated gene p21 as a regulator of hyperglycemic memory, the suppression of which improves hyperglycemic memory and renal function.
- Moh’d Mohanad Al-Dabet
- Khurrum Shahzad
- Berend Isermann