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ReviewNature reviews. Nephrology2020

Autophagy in kidney homeostasis and disease.

Chengyuan Tang, Man J Livingston, Zhiwen Liu, Zheng Dong

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Nephrology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 304 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
304citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
34.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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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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

304 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 457 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Selective autophagy in kidney health and disease.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2026
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  15. Endothelial cell-specific knockout of ATG5 ameliorates inflammation and renal fibrosis by regulating pyroptosis.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  19. The Role of Mitochondria in Polycystic Kidney Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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244 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Chengyuan TangDepartment of Nephrology, Hunan Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease and Blood Purification, Second Xiangya Hospital at Central South University, Changsha, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9522-4469
Man J LivingstonDepartment of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA.
Zhiwen LiuDepartment of Nephrology, Hunan Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease and Blood Purification, Second Xiangya Hospital at Central South University, Changsha, China.
Zheng DongDepartment of Nephrology, Hunan Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease and Blood Purification, Second Xiangya Hospital at Central South University, Changsha, China. zdong@augusta.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3538-8095
Central South University · CNAugusta University · US

Funding

DNA methylation in kidney repair after ischemic AKIR01DK058831 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR SAN ANT · PI DONG, ZHENG · 2001 to 2025
$7.5M
Kidney Injury by Cisplatin and Renoprotective Strategies.R01DK087843 · NIDDK · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI DONG, ZHENG · 2010 to 2025
$5.8M
Molecular Regulation of Ischemic Renal FailureI01BX000319 · VA · CHARLIE NORWOOD VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Zheng Dong · 2009 to 2026
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BLR&D Research Career Scientist Award ApplicationIK6BX005236 · VA · CHARLIE NORWOOD VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI DONG, ZHENG · 2020 to 2025
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BLRD VA I01 BX000319BLRD VA IK6 BX005236NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK058831NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK087843
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy is a conserved lysosomal pathway for the degradation of cytoplasmic components. Basal autophagy in kidney cells is essential for the maintenance of kidney homeostasis, structure and function. Under stress conditions, autophagy is altered as part of the adaptive response of kidney cells, in a process that is tightly regulated by signalling pathways that can modulate the cellular autophagic flux - mammalian target of rapamycin, AMP-activated protein kinase and sirtuins are key regulators of autophagy. Dysregulated autophagy contributes to the pathogenesis of acute kidney injury, to incomplete kidney repair after acute kidney injury and to chronic kidney disease of varied aetiologies, including diabetic kidney disease, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and polycystic kidney disease. Autophagy also has a role in kidney ageing. However, questions remain about whether autophagy has a protective or a pathological role in kidney fibrosis, and about the precise mechanisms and signalling pathways underlying the autophagy response in different types of kidney cells and across the spectrum of kidney diseases. Further research is needed to gain insights into the regulation of autophagy in the kidneys and to enable the discovery of pathway-specific and kidney-selective therapies for kidney diseases and anti-ageing strategies.

Indexed as

Acute Kidney InjuryAgingAMP-Activated Protein KinasesAutophagyDiabetic NephropathiesFibrosisGlomerulosclerosis, Focal SegmentalHomeostasisHumansKidney GlomerulusKidney Tubules, ProximalMitophagyPolycystic Kidney DiseasesRenal Insufficiency, ChronicSignal TransductionSirtuinsAMP-Activated Protein KinasesSirtuinsTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

Identifiers

PMID32704047
PMCPMC7868042
OpenAlexW3044253363

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