Another DAM marker up-regulated in the microglia near the Aβ plaque in the PGRN-deficient mice is GPNMB, a type I transmembrane protein that contains an N-terminal signal peptide, an integrin-binding (RGD) motif and a polycystic kidney disease domain in its extracellular domain (ECD), a single pass transmembrane domain and a short cytoplasmic tail harboring a lysosomal/endosomal sorting signal (Maric et al, 2013). This evidence concerns the gene GPNMB and polycystic kidney disease.