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ReviewWorld journal of nephrology2015

Complement activation in progressive renal disease.

Amy Fearn, Neil Stephen Sheerin

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In one paragraph

Review in World journal of nephrology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  9. Screening candidate diagnostic biomarkers for diabetic kidney disease.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2024
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  20. Experimental Study on Danggui Shaoyao San Improving Renal Fibrosis by Promoting Autophagy.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022
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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.

Amy FearnAmy Fearn, Neil Stephen Sheerin, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, NE2 4HH Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom.
Neil Stephen SheerinAmy Fearn, Neil Stephen Sheerin, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, NE2 4HH Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom.
Newcastle University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common and the cause of significant morbidity and mortality. The replacement of functioning nephrons by fibrosis is characteristic of progressive disease. The pathways that lead to fibrosis are not fully understood, although chronic non-resolving inflammation in the kidney is likely to drive the fibrotic response that occurs. In patients with progressive CKD there is histological evidence of inflammation in the interstitium and strategies that reduce inflammation reduce renal injury in pre-clinical models of CKD. The complement system is an integral part of the innate immune system but also augments adaptive immune responses. Complement activation is known to occur in many diverse renal diseases, including glomerulonephritis, thrombotic microangiopathies and transplant rejection. In this review we discuss current evidence that complement activation contributes to progression of CKD, how complement could cause renal inflammation and whether complement inhibition would slow progression of renal disease.

Indexed as

Chronic kidney diseaseComplementFibrosisInnate immune systemProteinuriaTransplantation

Identifiers

PMID25664245
PMCPMC4317626
OpenAlexW2002240598

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