Research advances of microRNA regulating macrophages in chronic kidney disease

It has been recently discovered that microRNA regulates one third of human genes and plays vital roles in the occurrence and development of various diseases.Chronic kidney disease(CKD)is a kind of clinical syndrome of persistent renal structure,function or both caused by various reasons.Macrophage infiltration within kidney is a common feature of CKD.More and more microRNAs assume a regulatory role in macrophage function and affect the occurrence and development of CKD.