Upregulation of Vcam1 in UNx-Renin mice has been reported in other experimental mice models of DKD (KK-Ay, BTBR ob/ob) (Omote et al., 2014; Granqvist et al., 2020), and is known to recruit leukocytes to the site of inflammation. The gene discussed is VCAM1; the disease is diabetic kidney disease.