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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2018

Anti-Transforming Growth Factor β IgG Elicits a Dual Effect on Calcium Oxalate Crystallization and Progressive Nephrocalcinosis-Related Chronic Kidney Disease.

Stefanie Steiger, Julia Felicitas Grill, Qiuyue Ma, Tobias Bäuerle, Jutta Jordan, Michaela Smolle, Claudia Böhland, Maciej Lech, Hans-Joachim Anders

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Stefanie SteigerDivision of Nephrology, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Julia Felicitas GrillDivision of Nephrology, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Qiuyue MaDivision of Nephrology, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Tobias BäuerlePreclinical Imaging Platform Erlangen, Institute of Radiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Jutta JordanPreclinical Imaging Platform Erlangen, Institute of Radiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Michaela SmolleLudwig-Maximilians Universität München, Biomedizinisches Centrum, Munich, Germany.
Claudia BöhlandDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Maciej LechDivision of Nephrology, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Hans-Joachim AndersDivision of Nephrology, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany.
LMU Klinikum · DEFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DELudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Crystallopathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases caused by intrinsic or environmental microparticles or crystals, promoting tissue inflammation and scarring. Certain proteins interfere with crystal formation and growth, e.g., with intrarenal calcium oxalate (CaOx) crystal formation, a common cause of kidney stone disease or nephrocalcinosis-related chronic kidney disease (CKD). We hypothesized that immunoglobulins can modulate CaOx microcrystal formation and crystal growth and that therefore, biological IgG-based drugs designed to specifically target disease modifying proteins would elicit a dual effect on the outcome of CaOx-related crystallopathies. Indeed, both the anti-transforming growth factor (TGF)β IgG and control IgG1 antibody impaired CaOx crystallization

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AnimalsCalcium OxalateCrystallizationDietDisease Models, AnimalFibrosisGlomerular Filtration RateHumansImmunoglobulin GKidneyMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNephrocalcinosisOxalatesRenal Insufficiency, ChronicCalcium OxalateImmunoglobulin GOxalatesTransforming Growth Factor betacalcium oxalatechronic kidney diseasecrystallizationfibrosisnephrocalcinosistransforming growth factor β

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PMID29651290
PMCPMC5884871
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