As Alb-TGF-β transgenic mice [8] phenocopy the progressive glomerulosclerosis associated with podocyte apoptosis and depletion observed in Dicerfl/fl:NPSH2-Cre mice [16-18], we speculated that the putative expression of miR-30s in podocytes might be downregulated in these mice. Here, ALB is linked to glomerulosclerosis.