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ReviewSeminars in nephrology2018

A Systems-Level View of Renal Metabolomics.

Eugene P Rhee

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Review in Seminars in nephrology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Association of Dietary Micronutrient Intake and the Metabolome in Children with CKD.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2025
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  14. Metabolomics Profiling of Nephrotic Syndrome towards Biomarker Discovery.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Eugene P RheeNephrology and Endocrinology Divisions, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Electronic address: eprhee@partners.org.

Funding

Scientific and Data Coordinating Center(SDCC) for the P*U01DK060990 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI FELDMAN, HAROLD I · 2001 to 2017
$50.1M
Metabolomics of CKD and CKD ProgressionU01DK106981 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RHEE, EUGENE P. · 2015 to 2019
$2.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK060990NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK106981
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The measurement of select circulating metabolites such as creatinine, glucose, and cholesterol are integral to clinical medicine, with implications for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. Metabolomics studies in nephrology research seek to build on this paradigm, with the goal to identify novel markers and causal participants in the pathogenesis of kidney disease and its complications. This article reviews three themes pertinent to this goal. Each is rooted in long-established principles of human physiology, with recent updates enabled by metabolomics and other tools. First, the kidney has a broad and heterogeneous impact on circulating metabolites, with progressive loss of kidney function resulting in a multitude of small molecule alterations. Second, an increasing number of circulating metabolites have been shown to possess functional roles, in some cases acting as ligands for specific G-protein-coupled receptors. Third, circulating metabolites traffic through varied, and sometimes complex, interorgan circuits. Taken together, these themes emphasize the importance of viewing renal metabolomics at the systems level, recognizing the diverse origins and physiologic effects of blood metabolites. However, how to synthesize these themes and how to establish clinical relevance remain uncertain and will require further investigation.

Indexed as

MetabolomicsAnimalsBiomarkersHumansKidneyKidney DiseasesMethylaminesReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledSystems BiologyBiomarkersMethylaminesReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledtrimethyloxaminemetabolismMetabolomicssystems biology

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PMID29602397
PMCPMC5880322

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