Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25806370›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in medicine2015

Effect of benfotiamine in podocyte damage induced by peritoneal dialysis fluid.

Sandra Müller-Krebs, Katharina Nissle, Julia Tsobaneli, Martin Zeier, Lars Philipp Kihm, Zoltan Kender, Thomas Fleming, Peter Paul Nawroth, Jochen Reiser, Vedat Schwenger

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
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

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sandra Müller-KrebsDepartment of Nephrology, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.
Katharina NissleDepartment of Nephrology, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.
Julia TsobaneliDepartment of Nephrology, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.
Martin ZeierDepartment of Nephrology, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.
Lars Philipp KihmDepartment of Nephrology, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany ; Department of Endocrinology, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.
Zoltan Kender2nd Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University , Budapest , Hungary.
Thomas FlemingDepartment of Endocrinology, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.
Peter Paul NawrothDepartment of Endocrinology, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.
Jochen ReiserDepartment of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center , Chicago, IL , USA.
Vedat SchwengerDepartment of Nephrology, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.
Heidelberg University · DERush University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn peritoneal dialysis (PD), residual renal function (RRF) fundamentally contributes to improved quality of life and patient survival. High glucose and advanced glycation end-products (AGE) contribute locally to peritoneal and systemically to renal damage. Integrity of podocyte structure and function is of special importance to preserve RRF. Benfotiamine could counteract the glucose and AGE-mediated toxicity by blocking hyperglycemia-associated podocyte damage via the pentose-phosphate pathway.

methodsA human differentiated podocyte cell line was incubated with control solution (control), 2.5% glucose solution (glucose), and 2.5% peritoneal dialysis fluid (PDF) for 48 h either ±50 μM benfotiamine. Podocyte damage and potential benefit of benfotiamine were analyzed using immunofluorescence, western blot analysis, and a functional migration assay. For quantitation, a semiquantitative score was used.

resultsWhen incubating podocytes with benfotiamine, glucose, and PDF-mediated damage was reduced, resulting in lower expression of AGE and intact podocin and ZO-1 localization. The reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton was restored in the presence of benfotiamine as functional podocyte motility reached control level. Decreased level of inflammation could be shown as well as reduced podocyte apoptosis.

conclusionThese data suggest that benfotiamine protects podocytes from glucose and PDF-mediated dysfunction and damage, in particular, with regard to cytoskeletal reorganization, motility, inflammation, and podocyte survival.

Indexed as

benfotiamineglucose degradation productshigh glucoseperitoneal dialysisperitoneal dialysis fluidspodocytessystemic toxicity

Identifiers

PMID25806370
PMCPMC4354337
OpenAlexW1982405135

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.