Tubular expression of miR-214 was more abundant in kidney tissue from patients with CKD than from healthy controls, and was positively correlated with the degree of proteinuria and kidney fibrosis.
Overall, hypoxia-induced activation of Twist/miR-214/E-cadherin axis is involved in the EMT of TECs, and anti-miR-214 may be an attractive strategy to ameliorate the progression of renal fibrosis.
In the context of IgAN, we aimed to analyze the role of miR-21-5p, miR-214-3p and miR-199a-5p, three established "fibromiRs" involved in renal fibrosis.