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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2021

A generic crystallopathic model for chronic kidney disease progression.

Orson W Moe

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The effects of elevated phosphate on the kidney - damaging the gatekeeper.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Orson W Moe

Funding

UT Southwestern O'Brien Kidney Research Core CenterP30DK079328 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI MOE, ORSON W · 2007 to 2021
$16.9M
Pathogenesis of Uric Acid Nephrolithiasis: The Multifaceted Role of Renal LipidsR01DK081423 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI MAALOUF, NAIM M, MOE, ORSON W · 2009 to 2023
$6.1M
Klotho and Phosphate in Chronic Kidney Disease: Pathogenesis and TherapeuticsR01DK091392 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HU, MING-CHANG, MOE, ORSON W · 2011 to 2021
$3.2M
Structural Plasticity in Compensatory Lung Growth and RemodelingR01HL134373 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HSIA, CONNIE C. W. · 2017 to 2020
$2.8M
Origin of Excess Acid in Uric Acid UrolithiasisR01DK115703 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI BROWNING, JEFFREY D, MOE, ORSON W · 2019 to 2023
$2.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL134373NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK079328NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK081423NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK091392NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK115703
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has reached epidemic proportions globally. The natural course of chronic kidney disease is almost uniformly progressive, albeit at different rates in different individuals. The downhill course appears to pervade kidney diseases of all etiologies and seems to spiral down a self-perpetuating vortex, even if the original insult is ameliorated or controlled. In this issue of the JCI, Shiizaki, Tsubouchi, and colleagues proposed a model of renal tubule luminal calcium phosphate crystallopathy that accounts for renal function demise. Calcium phosphate crystals attached to TLR4 and underwent endocytosis at the brush border, triggering inflammation and fibrosis. This mechanism might operate in different kinds of kidney disease, with a theoretical phosphate concentration threshold in the proximal tubular lumen, beyond which is triggered undesirable downstream effects that eventuate in loss of renal function. If this model parallels human CKD, clinicians may focus efforts on determining phosphate exposure in the proximal tubular lumen.

Indexed as

Renal Insufficiency, ChronicFibrosisHumansInflammationKidney TubulesPhosphatesPhosphates

Identifiers

PMID34396990
PMCPMC8363275
OpenAlexW3196165440

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