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ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2016

Podocytes: the Weakest Link in Diabetic Kidney Disease?

Jamie S Lin, Katalin Susztak

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Review in Current diabetes reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 114 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

114 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jamie S LinRenal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Katalin SusztakRenal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. ksusztak@mail.med.upenn.edu.

Funding

Training in Renal ResearchT32DK007006 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HOLZMAN, LAWRENCE B. · 1986 to 2023
$8.5M
Role of the Notch Pathway in Kidney InjuryR01DK076077 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KATALIN SUSZTAK · 2007 to 2026
$8.0M
Epigenetics of Chronic Kidney DiseaseR01DK087635 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KATALIN SUSZTAK · 2009 to 2026
$7.0M
Epigenetic drivers and biomarkers of diabetic kidney diseaseDP3DK108220 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SUSZTAK, KATALIN · 2015 to 2015
$2.4M
The role of ARF6 in cytoskeletal dynamics in podocyte injuryF32DK108566 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LIN, JAMIE · 2015 to 2015
$62k
NIDDK NIH HHS DP3 DK108220NIDDK NIH HHS F32 DK108566NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK076077NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK087635NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes is increasing in prevalence and is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease in the United States. Diabetic kidney disease is considered a proteinuric glomerular disease. Although the glomerulus is composed of various cell types, research suggests that podocytes are critical to overall glomerular health. Podocyte injury has been identified as a pivotal event resulting in proteinuric kidney disease, glomerulosclerosis, and loss of renal function. Thus, understanding the signaling mechanisms that trigger podocyte injury in diabetic kidney disease might allow for the development of targeted therapeutics to prevent or ameliorate progression to end-stage renal failure. This review focuses on the role of podocytes in diabetic kidney disease.

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsDiabetic NephropathiesDisease ProgressionHumansKidney Failure, ChronicPodocytesrho GTP-Binding Proteinsrho GTP-Binding ProteinsAlbuminuriaDiabetesGlomerulosclerosisNotchPodocytes

Identifiers

PMID27053072
PMCPMC5064850

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