Megalin (LRP2), prenatal betamethasone, and injury susceptibility in the developing kidney
Cimran Nakum, Brandi C Bull, Sunitha Yarlagadda, Shalini Indugula, Kaitlynn Stowers, Katherine A. Vandenheuvel, Jenna T. Ference-Salo, Jeffrey A. Beamish, Avery Volz, J. Elliott Robinson, Aisaku Nakamura, Lili Ding, Dilip Kumar Singh, Bhagwat Prasad, Meredith Posner Schuh
This study evaluates how prenatal betamethasone exposure and tubular maturation affect gentamicin-induced kidney injury and nephron number in rats.
bioRxiv · Sep 3, 2026 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology