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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2023

Visceral fat and attribute-based medicine in chronic kidney disease.

Hiroshi Kataoka, Kosaku Nitta, Junichi Hoshino

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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Hiroshi KataokaDepartment of Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Kosaku NittaDepartment of Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Junichi HoshinoDepartment of Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Visceral adipose tissue plays a central role in obesity and metabolic syndrome and is an independent risk factor for both cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. Increased visceral adipose tissue promotes adipokine dysregulation and insulin resistance, leading to several health issues, including systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, and activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Moreover, an increase in adipose tissue directly and indirectly affects the kidneys by increasing renal sodium reabsorption, causing glomerular hyperfiltration and hypertrophy, which leads to increased proteinuria and kidney fibrosis/dysfunction. Although the interest in the adverse effects of obesity on renal diseases has grown exponentially in recent years, the relationship between obesity and renal prognosis remains controversial. This may be attributed to the long clinical course of obesity, numerous obesity-related metabolic complications, and patients' attributes. Multiple individual attributes influencing the pathophysiology of fat accumulation make it difficult to understand obesity. In such cases, it may be effective to elucidate the pathophysiology by conducting research tailored to individual attributes from the perspective of attribute-based medicine/personalized medicine. We consider the appropriate use of clinical indicators necessary, according to attributes such as chronic kidney disease stage, level of visceral adipose tissue accumulation, age, and sex. Selecting treatments and clinical indicators based on individual attributes will allow for advancements in the clinical management of patients with obesity and chronic kidney disease. In the clinical setting of obesity-related nephropathy, it is first necessary to accumulate attribute-based studies resulting from the accurate evaluation of visceral fat accumulation to establish evidence for promoting personalized medicine.

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Metabolic SyndromeRenal Insufficiency, ChronicHumansIntra-Abdominal FatKidneyObesityattribute-based medicinechronic kidney diseaseobesitypatient-centered medicinepersonalized medicineprecision medicinesex differencevisceral fat

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PMID36843595
PMCPMC9947142

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