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Gene Information

Gene symbol: COL4A4

Gene name: collagen, type IV, alpha 4

HGNC ID: 2206

Synonyms: CA44

Related Genes

# Gene Symbol Number of hits
1 AGRN 1 hits
2 AMMECR1 1 hits
3 COL1A1 1 hits
4 TIMP1 1 hits

Related Sentences

# PMID Sentence
1 16196291 It is concluded that calcium dobesilate can improve diabetic nephropathy by inhibiting the over- accumulation of collagen IV and calcium dobesilate may also contribute to diabetes by inhibiting the expression of TIMP1.
2 17768702 Agrin expression was significantly altered in diabetic versus non-diabetic MHS animals, whereas collagen I was expressed only in diabetic MHS rats and collagen IV content did not change significantly between the two groups.
3 21152865 Furthermore, both treatments failed to influence TGF-ß1 and MCP-1 secretion and to modulate RAGE and collagen IV expression.
4 21519194 However, collagen IV mutation, which causes Alport syndrome and ESRD in humans, leads to gradual damage to the GBM that eventually leads to albuminuria and renal failure.