Frontiers in Endocrinology

FN3K deficiency drives tubular injury in diabetic kidney disease through impaired mitochondrial respiratory chain function

By Dehan Cai, Jing Wu, Xionghui Yang, Mingjie He

Study in peopleMechanisms

The paper

Dehan Cai, Jing Wu, Xionghui Yang, Mingjie He

Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 24 Aug 2026

doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2026.1901830 PubMed 42707184

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