Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis, or renal scarring, is a debilitating disease. The identification of the molecular mechanisms of its initiation and progression has been limited, thus hampering the development of proper animal models. Dontscho Kerjaschki and his colleagues now report that microRNA-193a is elevated in human cases of the disease and that transgenic expression in mice is sufficient to cause the condition.
- Christoph A Gebeshuber
- Christoph Kornauth
- Dontscho Kerjaschki
