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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Podocytes-The Most Vulnerable Renal Cells in Preeclampsia.

Ewa Kwiatkowska, Katarzyna Stefańska, Maciej Zieliński, Justyna Sakowska, Martyna Jankowiak, Piotr Trzonkowski, Natalia Marek-Trzonkowska, Sebastian Kwiatkowski

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Drug-related proteinuria: a vigilance analysis based on the FAERS database.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas · 2026
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  8. Clinical significance of severe proteinuria in preeclampsia: a multicenter study of maternal and neonatal outcomes.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025
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  18. Kidney Inflammation, Injury and Regeneration 2020.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ewa KwiatkowskaClinical Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9847-6589
Katarzyna StefańskaDepartment of Obstetrics, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8612-9344
Maciej ZielińskiDepartment of Medical Immunology, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8366-5846
Justyna SakowskaDepartment of Medical Immunology, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland.
Martyna JankowiakDepartment of Medical Immunology, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5702-1580
Piotr TrzonkowskiDepartment of Medical Immunology, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland.
Natalia Marek-TrzonkowskaInternational Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science Cancer Immunology Group, University of Gdansk, 80-822 Gdańsk, Poland.
Sebastian KwiatkowskiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
Gdańsk Medical University · PLPomeranian Medical University · PLUniversity of Gdańsk · PL

Funding

Polish National Science Center 2014/15/B/NZ5/03499
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Preeclampsia (PE) is a disorder that affects 3-5% of normal pregnancies. It was believed for a long time that the kidney, similarly to all vessels in the whole system, only sustained endothelial damage. The current knowledge gives rise to a presumption that the main role in the development of proteinuria is played by damage to the podocytes and their slit diaphragm. The podocyte damage mechanism in preeclampsia is connected to free VEGF and nitric oxide (NO) deficiency, and an increased concentration of endothelin-1 and oxidative stress. From national cohort studies, we know that women who had preeclampsia in at least one pregnancy carried five times the risk of developing end-stage renal disease (ESRD) when compared to women with physiological pregnancies. The focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is the dominant histopathological lesion in women with a history of PE. The kidney's podocytes are not subject to replacement or proliferation. Podocyte depletion exceeding 20% resulted in FSGS, which is a reason for the later development of ESRD. In this review, we present the mechanism of kidney (especially podocytes) injury in preeclampsia. We try to explain how this damage affects further changes in the morphology and function of the kidneys after pregnancy.

Indexed as

AnimalsFemaleGlomerulosclerosis, Focal SegmentalHumansKidneyKidney Failure, ChronicOxidative StressPodocytesPre-EclampsiaPregnancyProteinuriaVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AFSGSpodocytespreeclampsiaproteinuriaVEGF

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PMID32708979
PMCPMC7403979
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