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ReviewKidney diseases (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum: An Interesting Model to Evaluate Chronic Kidney Disease-Like Vascular Damage without Renal Disease.

Luis D'Marco, Marcos Lima-Martínez, Cristina Karohl, Maricarmen Chacín, Valmore Bermúdez

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Review in Kidney diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum-associated angioid streaks near a scleral buckle.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2024
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  6. ABCC6, Pyrophosphate and Ectopic Calcification: Therapeutic Solutions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
    Review
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  8. Case report: Grönblad-Strandberg syndrome.Romanian journal of ophthalmology
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Luis D'MarcoNephrology Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain.
Marcos Lima-MartínezDepartment of Physiological Sciences, Universidad de Oriente, Bolívar, Venezuela.
Cristina KarohlUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Maricarmen ChacínUniversidad Simón Bolívar, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Valmore BermúdezUniversidad Simón Bolívar, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Universidad Simón Bolívar · COHospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia · ESUniversidad de Oriente · VEUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE; OMIM 264800) is an inherited multisystem disorder associated with accumulation of mineralized and fragmented elastic fibers in the skin, vascular walls, and brush membrane in the eye. Carriers exhibit characteristic lesions in the cardiovascular system, and peripheral and coronary arterial disease as well as mitral valvulopathy often present as a cardiovascular feature of this disease. PXE and chronic kidney disease (CKD) share some common patterns in the vascular damage and in therapeutic approaches as well. SUMMARY: To date, treating PXE has focused more on careful follow-up examinations with retinal specialists and cardiologist, avoiding long-term anticoagulation. Like CKD, maintaining a low-calcium diet, increasing dietary magnesium, and administering phosphate binders such as aluminum hydroxide or sevelamer may yield a modest benefit. Recently, 4-phenylbutyrate acid (4-PBA) has demonstrated a maturation of ABCC6 mutant effects into the plasma membrane. Moreover, in a humanized mouse model of PXE, 4-PBA administration restored the physiological function of ABCC6 mutants, resulting in enhanced calcification inhibition and thus a promising strategy for allele-specific therapy of ABCC6-associated calcification disorders. KEY MESSAGE: Vascular compromise in PXE patients share some components similar to CKD.

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Chronic kidney diseaseHydroxyapatitePseudoxanthoma elasticumVascular calcification

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PMID32309291
PMCPMC7154277
OpenAlexW2998989292

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