In the study of Ju CKD tubules, CKD (eGFR less than 60 ml/min, n = 73) was associated with significantly reduced mRNA value of slc27a2 compared with biopsy samples from healthy control (eGFR more than 90 ml/min, n = 63) (Fig. 1d). Here, SLC27A2 is linked to chronic kidney disease.