A dual role of AcSDKP in chronic kidney disease: Targeting pericyte-driven fibrosis and vascular repair via VEGF/FGFR1 while eliciting a compensatory FGFR1 upregulation in apoptotic tubular cells
Background Renal interstitial fibrosis and peritubular capillary (PTC) rarefaction drive the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). While N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline (AcSDKP) is an endogenous anti-fibrotic peptide, its specific effects on pericyte-endothelial crosstalk and tubular epithelial survival re...