Epigenetic changes of pericytes after ischemia-reperfusion renal injury

Analysis of epigenetic changes of pericytes after ischemia-reperfusion renal injury. The hypothesis tested in the present study was that epigenetic change develope in pericytes after acute kidney injury. This phenotype change would cause pericyte to be more proliferative and profibrotic. Results provide important information of the epigenetic change of pericytes, such as specific mechano-responsive genes, up-regulated specific proliferative and profibrotic functions. Whole genome analysis of isolated pericytes from kidney before and after acute kidney injury