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ArticleCell reports. Medicine2023

Treatment effects of soluble guanylate cyclase modulation on diabetic kidney disease at single-cell resolution.

Michael S Balzer, Mira Pavkovic, Julia Frederick, Amin Abedini, Alexius Freyberger, Julia Vienenkötter, Ilka Mathar, Krystyna Siudak, Frank Eitner, Peter Sandner and 2 more

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Article in Cell reports. Medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 32 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

12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Michael S BalzerRenal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany; Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy, BIH Charité Clinician Scientist Program, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Mira PavkovicBayer AG, Research and Early Development, Pharma Research Center, 42096 Wuppertal, Germany.
Julia FrederickRenal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Amin AbediniRenal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Alexius FreybergerBayer AG, Research and Early Development, Pharma Research Center, 42096 Wuppertal, Germany.
Julia VienenkötterBayer AG, Research and Early Development, Pharma Research Center, 42096 Wuppertal, Germany.
Ilka MatharBayer AG, Research and Early Development, Pharma Research Center, 42096 Wuppertal, Germany.
Krystyna SiudakBayer AG, Research and Early Development, Pharma Research Center, 42096 Wuppertal, Germany.
Frank EitnerBayer AG, Research and Early Development, Pharma Research Center, 42096 Wuppertal, Germany; Division of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany.
Peter SandnerBayer AG, Research and Early Development, Pharma Research Center, 42096 Wuppertal, Germany; Department of Pharmacology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Manuel GrundmannBayer AG, Research and Early Development, Pharma Research Center, 42096 Wuppertal, Germany.
Katalin SusztakRenal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: ksusztak@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Bayer (Germany) · DEUniversity of Pennsylvania · USBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DE

Funding

VIRAL VECTOR COREP30DK019525 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Patrick Seale · 1986 to 2026
$48.3M
Role of the Notch Pathway in Kidney InjuryR01DK076077 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KATALIN SUSZTAK · 2007 to 2026
$8.0M
Epigenetics of Chronic Kidney DiseaseR01DK087635 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KATALIN SUSZTAK · 2009 to 2026
$7.0M
APOL1 associated kidney diseaseR01DK105821 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SUSZTAK, KATALIN · 2016 to 2024
$4.6M
The role of cytosolic nucleotide sensors in inflammatory fibrosisR01DK132630 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SUSZTAK, KATALIN · 2022 to 2025
$2.0M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK019525NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK076077NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK087635NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK105821NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK132630
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the most common cause of renal failure. Therapeutics development is hampered by our incomplete understanding of animal models on a cellular level. We show that ZSF1 rats recapitulate human DKD on a phenotypic and transcriptomic level. Tensor decomposition prioritizes proximal tubule (PT) and stroma as phenotype-relevant cell types exhibiting a continuous lineage relationship. As DKD features endothelial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and nitric oxide depletion, soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) is a promising DKD drug target. sGC expression is specifically enriched in PT and stroma. In ZSF1 rats, pharmacological sGC activation confers considerable benefits over stimulation and is mechanistically related to improved oxidative stress regulation, resulting in enhanced downstream cGMP effects. Finally, we define sGC gene co-expression modules, which allow stratification of human kidney samples by DKD prevalence and disease-relevant measures such as kidney function, proteinuria, and fibrosis, underscoring the relevance of the sGC pathway to patients.

Indexed as

Diabetes MellitusDiabetic NephropathiesAnimalsFibrosisGuanylate CyclaseHumansKidneyRatsSoluble Guanylyl CyclaseGuanylate CyclaseSoluble Guanylyl CyclaseCDKchronic kidney diseasediabetic kidney diseaseDKDgene-regulatory networknitric oxideNOoxidative stresssGCsingle-cell RNA-seqsoluble guanylate cyclasetensor decompositionweighted gene correlation network analysisZSF1 rat

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PMID37023747
PMCPMC10140477
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