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ReviewJournal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN2017

Does Renal Repair Recapitulate Kidney Development?

Melissa Helen Little, Pamela Kairath

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Review in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Melissa Helen LittleMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; and melissa.little@mcri.edu.au.
Pamela KairathMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; and.
Murdoch Children's Research Institute · AU

Funding

Generating kidney organoids and mature renal cell types via directed iPSC differentiationUH3DK107344 · NIDDK · MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI LITTLE, MELISSA HELEN · 2017 to 2019
$1.0M
Generating kidney organoids and mature renal cell types via directed iPSC differentiationUH2DK107344 · NIDDK · MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI LITTLE, MELISSA HELEN · 2015 to 2016
$691k
NIDDK NIH HHS UH2 DK107344NIDDK NIH HHS UH3 DK107344
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over a decade ago, it was proposed that the regulation of tubular repair in the kidney might involve the recapitulation of developmental pathways. Although the kidney cannot generate new nephrons after birth, suggesting a low level of regenerative competence, the tubular epithelial cells of the nephrons can proliferate to repair the damage after AKI. However, the debate continues over whether this repair involves a persistent progenitor population or any mature epithelial cell remaining after injury. Recent reports have highlighted the expression of Sox9, a transcription factor critical for normal kidney development, during postnatal epithelial repair in the kidney. Indeed, the proliferative response of the epithelium involves expression of several pathways previously described as being involved in kidney development. In some instances, these pathways are also apparently involved in the maladaptive responses observed after repeated injury. Whether development and repair in the kidney are the same processes or we are misinterpreting the similar expression of genes under different circumstances remains unknown. Here, we review the evidence for this link, concluding that such parallels in expression may more correctly represent the use of the same pathways in a distinct context, likely triggered by similar stressors.

Indexed as

OrganogenesisRegenerationAcute Kidney InjuryAnimalsGene Expression RegulationHumansKidneyKidney TubulesSignal Transductionacute tubular injuryischemia-reperfusionkidney developmentMaladaptive repairtranscriptional profilingtubular repair

Identifiers

PMID27798243
PMCPMC5198297
OpenAlexW2543390157

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