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ReviewNature reviews. Nephrology2014

Lipid biology of the podocyte--new perspectives offer new opportunities.

Alessia Fornoni, Sandra Merscher, Jeffrey B Kopp

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Review in Nature reviews. Nephrology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
84citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

84 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Lipid homeostasis in diabetic kidney disease.International journal of biological sciences · 2024
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  3. Examination of Potential Modifiers of the Association of APOL1 Alleles with CKD Progression.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2015
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  6. Hyperlipidemia in membranous nephropathy.Clinical kidney journal · 2026
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  10. The Life of a Kidney Podocyte.Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) · 2025
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24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alessia FornoniPeggy and Harold Katz Family Drug Discovery Center, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1580 North West 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Sandra MerscherPeggy and Harold Katz Family Drug Discovery Center, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1580 North West 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Jeffrey B KoppKidney Disease Section, Kidney Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, 10 Center Drive, 3N116 Bethesda, MD 20892-1268, USA.
University of Miami · US

Funding

Miami Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000460 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI SACCO, RALPH L. · 2012 to 2016
$16.9M
Novel Targets of Rituximab in FSGSR01DK090316 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI FORNONI, ALESSIA · 2011 to 2015
$1.7M
Intramural NIH HHSNCATS NIH HHS 1UL1TR000460NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000460NIDDK NIH HHS DK090316NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK090316PHS HHS 5U24DX076169
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the past 15 years, major advances have been made in understanding the role of lipids in podocyte biology. First, susceptibility to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and glomerular disease is associated with an APOL1 sequence variant, is expressed in podocytes and encodes apolipoprotein L1, an important component of HDL. Second, acid sphingomyelinase-like phosphodiesterase 3b encoded by SMPDL3b has a role in the conversion of sphingomyelin to ceramide and its levels are reduced in renal biopsy samples from patients with recurrent FSGS. Furthermore, decreased SMPDL3b expression is associated with increased susceptibility of podocytes to injury after exposure to sera from these patients. Third, in many individuals with membranous nephropathy, autoantibodies against the phospholipase A2 (PLA2) receptor, which is expressed in podocytes, have been identified. Whether these autoantibodies affect the activity of PLA2, which liberates arachidonic acid from glycerophospholipids and modulates podocyte function, is unknown. Fourth, clinical and experimental evidence support a role for ATP-binding cassette sub-family A member 1-dependent cholesterol efflux, free fatty acids and glycerophospolipids in the pathogenesis of diabetic kidney disease. An improved understanding of lipid biology in podocytes might provide insights to develop therapeutic targets for primary and secondary glomerulopathies.

Indexed as

AnimalsApolipoprotein L1ApolipoproteinsATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1AutoantibodiesCholesterolDiabetic NephropathiesGangliosidesGlomerulosclerosis, Focal SegmentalHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsLipid MetabolismLipoproteins, HDLMembrane MicrodomainsPhosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-AcyltransferasePhospholipases A2ABCA1 protein, humanAPOL1 protein, humanApolipoprotein L1ApolipoproteinsATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1AutoantibodiesCholesterolGangliosidesHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsLipoproteins, HDLPhosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-AcyltransferasePhospholipases A2SMPDL3B protein, humanSphingolipidsSphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase

Identifiers

PMID24861084
PMCPMC4386893
OpenAlexW2065094580

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