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ReviewKidney medicine

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Kidney Toxicity: Advances in Diagnosis and Management.

Harish Seethapathy, Sandra M Herrmann, Meghan E Sise

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Review in Kidney medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Harish SeethapathyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Sandra M HerrmannDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Meghan E SiseDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Massachusetts General Hospital · USMayo Clinic · US

Funding

Effect of Hepatitis C Virus Eradication on Chronic Kidney Disease ProgressionK23DK117014 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SISE, MEGHAN E. · 2018 to 2022
$865k
NIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK117014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors are now approved for more than 50 indications, and increasing numbers of patients with advanced cancer are receiving immunotherapy. Immune-related adverse events that result from checkpoint inhibitors can affect any organ system. The most common kidney side effect is acute kidney injury, typically caused by acute interstitial nephritis. This review covers the most recent advances in immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced acute kidney injury. The review focuses on the differences between checkpoint inhibitor classes in causing acute kidney injury and differentiating immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced kidney damage from other causes of acute kidney injury. We describe the appropriate use of a kidney biopsy in the diagnosis of acute kidney injury and highlight the need for identification of noninvasive diagnostic and predictive biomarkers of immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced acute kidney injury. In the treatment section, approaches to corticosteroid use and the risks and benefits of rechallenging patients who experience acute kidney injury are debated. We also clarify the long-term adverse effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors on kidney function and the risk of chronic kidney disease in cancer survivors.

Indexed as

acute interstitial nephritisacute kidney injurychronic kidney diseaseImmune checkpoint inhibitornephrotoxicityrenal failure

Identifiers

PMID34939017
PMCPMC8664750
OpenAlexW3203926536

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