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Histone deacetylases in kidney development: implications for disease and therapy

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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are an evolutionarily conserved group of enzymes that regulate a broad range of biological processes through removal of acetyl groups from histones as well as non-histone proteins. Recent studies using a variety of pharmacological inhibitors and genetic models of HDACs have revealed a central role of HDACs in control of kidney development. These findings provide new insights into the epigenetic mechanisms underlying congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) and implicate the potential of HDACs as therapeutic targets in kidney diseases, such as cystic kidney diseases and renal cell cancers. Determining the specific functions of individual HDAC members would be an important task of future research.

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Chen, S., El-Dahr, S.S. Histone deacetylases in kidney development: implications for disease and therapy. Pediatr Nephrol 28, 689–698 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-012-2223-8

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