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ReviewNature reviews. Nephrology2010

The suffocating kidney: tubulointerstitial hypoxia in end-stage renal disease.

Imari Mimura, Masaomi Nangaku

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Review in Nature reviews. Nephrology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 144 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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144citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

144 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 299 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Feline comorbidities: cardiovascular and kidney diseases.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2026
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  10. Epigenetic memories induced by hypoxia in AKI-to-CKD transition.Clinical and experimental nephrology · 2025
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  15. Feline Renal Cortical Thickness-Aortic Diameter Ratio in Healthy Versus Diseased Kidneys: Comparative Ultrasonographic Evaluation.Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Imari MimuraDivision of Nephrology and Endocrinology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Masaomi Nangaku
The University of Tokyo · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by irreversible pathological processes that result in the development of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Accumulating evidence has emphasized the important role of chronic hypoxia in the tubulointerstitium in the final common pathway that leads to development of ESRD. The causes of chronic hypoxia in the tubulointerstitium are multifactorial and include mechanisms such as hemodynamic changes and disturbed oxygen metabolism of resident kidney cells. Epidemiological studies have revealed an association between CKD and systemically hypoxic conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and sleep apnea syndrome. In addition to tubulointerstitial hypoxia, glomerular hypoxia can occur and is a crucial factor in the development of glomerular disorders. Chemical compounds, polarographic sensors, and radiographical methods can be used to detect hypoxia. Therapeutic approaches that target chronic hypoxia in the kidney should be effective against a broad range of kidney diseases. Amelioration of hypoxia is one mechanism of inhibiting the renin-angiotensin system, the current gold standard of CKD therapy. Future therapeutic approaches include protection of the vascular endothelium and appropriate activation of hypoxia-inducible factor, a key transcription factor involved in adaptive responses against hypoxia.

Indexed as

Disease ProgressionHumansHypoxiaKidney Failure, ChronicNephritis, Interstitial

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PMID20877304
OpenAlexW2001544028

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