Expression of heterologous oxalate decarboxylase in HEK293 cells confers protection against oxalate induced oxidative stress as a therapeutic approach for calcium oxalate stone disease

• Main Authors: Abhishek Albert (Author), Vidhi Tiwari (Author), Eldho Paul (Author), Divya Ganesan (Author), Mahesh Ayyavu (Author), Ritu Kujur (Author), Sasikumar Ponnusamy (Author), Kathiresan Shanmugam (Author), Luciano Saso (Author), Selvam Govindan Sadasivam (Author)
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• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Oxalates stimulate alterations in renal epithelial cells and thereby induce calcium oxalate (CaOx) stone formation. Bacillus subtilis YvrK gene encodes for oxalate decarboxylase (OxdC) which degrades oxalate to formate and CO2. The present work is aimed to clone the oxdC gene in a mammalian expressi...