Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27773427›Full record

ReviewKidney international2017

Progression of chronic kidney disease: too much cellular talk causes damage.

Leslie Gewin, Roy Zent, Ambra Pozzi

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Kidney international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
93citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

93 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 148 citations in OpenAlex.

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33 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Leslie GewinDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Roy ZentDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Electronic address: roy.zent@vanderbilt.edu.
Ambra PozziDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Veterans Health Administration · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

The Laminin Receptors in Kidney FibrosisR01DK069921 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI ROY ZENT · 2005 to 2026
$9.5M
Vanderbilt O'Brien Kidney Center - Core D - Clinical and Translational CoreP30DK114809 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI HARRIS, RAYMOND C. · 2017 to 2021
$5.9M
TGF-beta Pathways that Protect Epithelia in Chronic Renal InjuryR01DK108968 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GEWIN, LESLIE S · 2016 to 2025
$3.7M
Betal Integrin and Renal TubulogenesisR01DK075594 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI ZENT, ROY · 2008 to 2015
$2.6M
Integrin/TGF-beta Axis in Tubulointerstitial FibrosisR01DK095761 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI POZZI, AMBRA · 2013 to 2016
$1.4M
Structure Function Analysis of Integrins alpha1beta1 and alpha2beta2R01DK083187 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI SANDERS, CHARLES R, ZENT, ROY · 2010 to 2013
$1.3M
Role of Collagen Binding Receptors in GlomerulosclerosisI01BX002025 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI AMBRA POZZI · 2013 to 2026
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The ILK/PINCH/Parvin complex in renal tubulogenesisI01BX002196 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI ZENT, ROY · 2013 to 2025
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BLRD VA I01 BX002025BLRD VA I01 BX002196BLRD VA I01 BX003425NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK114809NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK069921NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK075594NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK083187NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK095761NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK108968
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tubulointerstitial fibrosis, tubular atrophy, and peritubular capillary rarefaction are major hallmarks of chronic kidney disease. The tubulointerstitium consists of multiple cell components including tubular epithelial, mesenchymal (fibroblasts and pericytes), endothelial, and inflammatory cells. Crosstalk among these cell components is a key component in the pathogenesis of this complex disease. After severe or recurrent injury, the renal tubular epithelial cells undergo changes in structure and cell cycle that are accompanied by altered expression and production of cytokines. These cytokines contribute to the initiation of the fibrotic response by favoring activation of fibroblasts, recruitment of inflammatory cells, and loss of endothelial cells. This review focuses on how augmented growth factor and cytokine production induces epithelial crosstalk with cells in the interstitium to promote progressive tubulointerstitial fibrosis after renal injury.

Indexed as

Cell CommunicationSignal TransductionAnimalsCytokinesFibrosisHumansKidneyRenal Insufficiency, ChronicCytokinesendothelial cellsepithelial cellsfibroblastsfibrosisinflammationinterstitium

Identifiers

PMID27773427
PMCPMC5313325
OpenAlexW2533093392

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