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. 2021 Nov;32(11):2697–2713. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2021050614

Table 1.

Differences in podocyte gene expression between young and old mice35

Biologic Process Genes Increased Gene Decreased
Extracellular matrix proteins Mmp13, Fn1 Sema5a, Col4a1, Col4a5, Col4a4, Col18a1, Lamb2, Lamc1, Npnt, Dag1, Myh11
Apoptosis p53 pathway, TNF pathway, Faslg, Bim, Prf1erforin, Apaf1, Casp, Casp4. Pou3f3, Fgfr2, Wt1, Erbb3, c-Met, Smad6
Survival factors Tgfb1, Tgfb3 Pou3f3, Fgfr2, Wt1, Erbb3, c-Met, Egfr, Smo
Pyroptosis Casp1, Nlrc4, Aim2, Gsdmd. None
Cell cycle regulation Tgfb1, Myc, Ccnd3, p21, Notch2, Schlafen-1Slfn1 Fgfr2, Edn3, c-Met, Tbx3, Pkd2, Sox4, Meis2
Hypertrophy Akap13, Rgs2, P2rx4 Lmcd1, Igfbp5
Inflammasome and inflammation Nlrp3LRP3, Casp1, Casp4, Nlrc4, Naip2, Naip5, and Naip6, Tnfa, multiple interferon genes, Il6, Il2, multiple complement component genes, Nfkb1, Nfkb2 Nlrp6
Senescence and SASPs Irf5, Cebpb, and Jdp2, Ccl2, Ccl3, Ccl5, Cc8, Mmp12 Mmp13 Igfbp5, Igfbp7
Podocyte canonical and slit diaphragm genes Nhsp1, Nhsp2, Lmx1B, Cdkn1c, Wt1, Podxl, Synpo,Vegfa, Cd2ap, Actn4, Ptpro, Trpc6
Tight junction genes Vasp, Amica1 Tjp1, Pard3, Pard6, Nedd4l, Pkci, multiple occludins, multiple claudins (including Cldn4, Cldn8), Cgn, Magi1, Magi2
Transcription factors Cebpa, Cebpb, Prdm1, Nr4a3, Tbx21, Bach1, Tcf7, Myc, Irf4, Runx3, Stat4, Nfkb2, Fosl2, Bcl6, Nfkb Hnf1b, Grhl2, Ssim1, Lrx1, Creb3l1, Zbtbl6, Osr2, Foxo4, Pax8 and Tref1, Hsp27, Foxc2, Arf2, Itga3, Yap, Coro2b, Trpc6, Ptk2
Actin and regulators, motility Was, Wipf1, Flna, Evl, Myo9b, Myo5a Kank1-Kank4, Dsp, Parva, Syne2, Myh10, Tpm1, Emp2, Myh14, Gja5, Vil1
Crosstalk with other cells Il1a/bIl1a, Il1b, C1qa, C1qb, Tgfb1, Mmp13, Cxcl16, Ccl4, Ccl5, Tnf, Vim, Ifng, Il18, Vcam1, Sema4d Receptor ligand pairs: Vegf, Fgf, Wnt, Bmp, Egf, Erbb4, Slit2, Robo2
Mitochondrial OXPHOS Ncf1, Ncf2, Tlr2, Aif1, Nox2, P2rx7, Tnf, Prkcd Syk, Nrros Complex I (Ndufa5, Ndufs2, Ndufs4 and Ndufb8), Complex II (Sdha, Sdhd, and Sdhc), Complex III (e.g., Uqcrb, Uqcrh, Uqcr11), Complex IV Cytochrome C oxidase components (e.g., Cox5b, Cox6c, Cox7b)
Glycolysis Hk2, Hk3, Eno3 Pfkm, Fbp1, Gpd1, Aldob
Lipids Cd36, Apoe, Apobr, Soat1, Ptgs2, Fabp5, Ldlr, Cerk, Dgat1 Elovl7, Elovl6, Scd2, Acadsb, Asah2, Ppargc1a, Mgll, Hadh, Acadm, Acad11, Acat1, Acsm, Acox1, Eci3, Ehhadh
Cell-cell junction Cdh1, Chd2, Cdh3, Chd4, Rab25 along with Grhl2
Integrin-collagen interactions Collagen chains (Col4a3, Col4a4, Col4a5) and Integrins (Itga3, Itgb6 Itbg8)
DNA damage Samhd1, Bach1, Eepd1, Hmga1, Uhrf1, Dna2, Dclre1c, Taok3, Topbp1, Uvrag, Rad9a Spire2, Xpc, Tnks1bp1

SASP, senescence-associated secreted phenotype; OXPHOS, oxidative phosphorylation.