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ReviewAmerican journal of nephrology2024

Sickle Cell Disease and CKD: An Update.

Rima S Zahr, Santosh L Saraf

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In one paragraph

Review in American journal of nephrology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Cytochrome bBiomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2026
    Article
  7. CKD in Migrants: From Epidemiology to Challenges.Kidney international reports · 2026
    Review
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  12. Management of Kidney Disease with Sickle Cell Disease.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2025
    Review
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  16. Exploring the Relationship Between Angiogenesis Inhibition of sFLT-1 and Sickle Cell Nephropathy.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical Association
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rima S ZahrDivision of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Santosh L SarafDivision of Hematology & Oncology, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

Funding

Pathways of Cell-Free Hemoglobin in Sickle Cell NephropathyR01HL153161 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI SARAF, SANTOSH · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
Genetic modifiers of Sickle Cell Kidney DiseaseK23HL157554 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI Rima Zahr · 2022 to 2026
$849k
NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL157554NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL153161
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSickle cell disease is an inherited red blood cell disorder that affects approximately 100,000 people in the USA and 25 million people worldwide. Vaso-occlusion and chronic hemolysis lead to dysfunction of vital organ systems, with the kidneys being among the most commonly affected organs. SUMMARY: Early renal manifestations include medullary ischemia with the loss of urine-concentrating ability and hyperfiltration. This can be followed by progressive damage characterized by persistent albuminuria and a decline in the estimated glomerular filtration rate. The risk of sickle nephropathy is greater in those with the APOL1 G1 and G2 kidney risk variants and variants in HMOX1 and lower in those that coinherit α-thalassemia. Therapies to treat sickle cell disease-related kidney damage focus on sickle cell disease-modifying therapies (e.g., hydroxyurea) or those adopted from the nonsickle cell disease kidney literature (e.g., renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors), although data on their clinical efficacy are limited to small studies with short follow-up periods. Kidney transplantation for end-stage kidney disease improves survival compared to hemodialysis but is underutilized in this patient population. KEY MESSAGES: Kidney disease is a major contributor to early mortality, and more research is needed to understand the pathophysiology and develop targeted therapies to improve kidney health in sickle cell disease.

Indexed as

Anemia, Sickle CellKidney DiseasesKidney Failure, ChronicKidney TransplantationAlbuminuriaApolipoprotein L1Glomerular Filtration RateHumansKidneyAPOL1 protein, humanApolipoprotein L1AlbuminuriaGlomerular filtration rateKidney diseaseNephropathySickle cell disease

Identifiers

PMID37899028
PMCPMC10872505
OpenAlexW4388014838

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