Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22407378›Full record

ReviewCurrent hypertension reports2012

Dopamine, the kidney, and hypertension.

Raymond C Harris, Ming-Zhi Zhang

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Review in Current hypertension reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
60citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  6. How to treat cardiovascular autonomic failure in Parkinson's disease.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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  8. Microstructural damage and lower myelin content in the Brainstem associated with hypertension.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025
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  9. Ciliary G-Protein Coupled Receptor Signaling in Polycystic Kidney Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  14. The Intricacies of Renal Phosphate Reabsorption-An Overview.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  15. Effect of DCardiology discovery · 2023
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  16. Persistent binding at dopamine transporters determines sustained psychostimulant effects.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  18. Dopamine, Immunity, and Disease.Pharmacological reviews · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raymond C HarrisDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. ray.harris@vanderbilt.edu
Ming-Zhi Zhang
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

TRANSPORT EFFECTS OF ARACHIDONATE METABOLITES IN PERFUSED TUBULEP01DK038226 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BROWN, NANCY J. · 1986 to 2015
$22.1M
The Role of the EGF Receptor in Acute and Chronic Renal InjuryR01DK051265 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI RAYMOND C. HARRIS, Mingzhi Zhang · 1997 to 2026
$10.1M
The role of the innate immune cell cyclooxygenase/prostaglandin system in blood pressureregulationR01DK062794 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI RAYMOND C. HARRIS, Mingzhi Zhang · 2003 to 2026
$9.4M
The Role of renal macrophages in recovery from renal injuryR01DK095785 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI RAYMOND C. HARRIS, Mingzhi Zhang · 2013 to 2026
$6.7M
Vanderbilt O'Brien Mouse Kidney Physiology and Disease CenterP30DK079341 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI HARRIS, RAYMOND C. · 2008 to 2013
$4.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS DK51265NIDDK NIH HHS DK62794NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK038226NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK079341NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK051265NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK062794NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK095785
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is increasing evidence that the intrarenal dopaminergic system plays an important role in the regulation of blood pressure, and defects in dopamine signaling appear to be involved in the development of hypertension. Recent experimental models have definitively demonstrated that abnormalities in intrarenal dopamine production or receptor signaling can predispose to salt-sensitive hypertension and a dysregulated renin-angiotensin system. In addition, studies in both experimental animal models and in humans with salt-sensitive hypertension implicate abnormalities in dopamine receptor regulation due to receptor desensitization resulting from increased G-protein receptor kinase 4 (GRK4) activity. Functional polymorphisms that predispose to increased basal GRK4 activity both decrease dopamine receptor activity and increase angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor activity and are associated with essential hypertension in a number of different human cohorts.

Indexed as

Blood PressureDopamineDopaminergic NeuronsG-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 4HumansHypertensionKidneyRenin-Angiotensin SystemSignal TransductionDopamineG-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 4GRK4 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID22407378
PMCPMC3742329
OpenAlexW2091624488

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