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ReviewNutrients2019

Lipid Accumulation and Chronic Kidney Disease.

Zhibo Gai, Tianqi Wang, Michele Visentin, Gerd A Kullak-Ublick, Xianjun Fu, Zhenguo Wang

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Review in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 227 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
227citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
23.8field-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

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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

227 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 403 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhibo GaiKey Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Classical Theory, Ministry of Education, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China. zhibo.gai@usz.ch.ORCID 0000-0003-1673-6541
Tianqi WangInstitute for Literature and Culture of Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China. wangtianqi9292@gmail.com.
Michele VisentinDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Zurich, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland. michele.visentin@usz.ch.
Gerd A Kullak-UblickDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Zurich, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland. gerd.kullak@usz.ch.
Xianjun FuKey Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Classical Theory, Ministry of Education, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China. xianxiu@hotmail.com.
Zhenguo WangInstitute for Literature and Culture of Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China. zhenguow@vip.126.com.
Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNNovartis (Switzerland) · CHUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CH

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2017YFC1702703National Science Foundation of China 81473369the Key R & D programs in Shandong 2016CYJS08A01-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity and hyperlipidemia are the most prevalent independent risk factors of chronic kidney disease (CKD), suggesting that lipid accumulation in the renal parenchyma is detrimental to renal function. Non-esterified fatty acids (also known as free fatty acids, FFA) are especially harmful to the kidneys. A concerted, increased FFA uptake due to high fat diets, overexpression of fatty acid uptake systems such as the CD36 scavenger receptor and the fatty acid transport proteins, and a reduced β-oxidation rate underlie the intracellular lipid accumulation in non-adipose tissues. FFAs in excess can damage podocytes, proximal tubular epithelial cells and the tubulointerstitial tissue through various mechanisms, in particular by boosting the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid peroxidation, promoting mitochondrial damage and tissue inflammation, which result in glomerular and tubular lesions. Not all lipids are bad for the kidneys: polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) seem to help lag the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Lifestyle interventions, especially dietary adjustments, and lipid-lowering drugs can contribute to improve the clinical outcome of patients with CKD.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiological TransportCarrier ProteinsHumansKidneyLipid MetabolismRenal Insufficiency, ChronicCarrier Proteinsblood lipidschronic kidney diseaselipid accumulationmetabolic diseasepotential therapeutic strategy

Identifiers

PMID30925738
PMCPMC6520701
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