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ReviewBiomedicines2024

Nephrotic Syndrome: From Pathophysiology to Novel Therapeutic Approaches.

Valentina-Georgiana Frățilă, Gabriela Lupușoru, Bogdan Marian Sorohan, Bogdan Obrișcă, Valentin Mocanu, Mircea Lupușoru, Gener Ismail

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Review in Biomedicines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Valentina-Georgiana FrățilăDepartment of Nephrology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Gabriela LupușoruDepartment of Nephrology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-5274-6862
Bogdan Marian SorohanDepartment of Nephrology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Bogdan ObrișcăDepartment of Nephrology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Valentin MocanuDepartment of Nephrology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Mircea LupușoruDepartment of Physiology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-7344-9947
Gener IsmailDepartment of Nephrology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · RO

Funding

University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila through the institutional program Publish not Perish
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nephrotic edema stands out as one of the most common complications of nephrotic syndrome. The effective management of hypervolemia is paramount in addressing this condition. Initially, "the underfill hypothesis" suggested that proteinuria and hypoalbuminemia led to fluid extravasation into the interstitial space, causing the intravascular hypovolemia and activation of neurohormonal compensatory mechanisms, which increased the retention of salt and water. Consequently, the recommended management involved diuretics and human-albumin infusion. However, recent findings from human and animal studies have unveiled a kidney-limited sodium-reabsorption mechanism, attributed to the presence of various serine proteases in the tubular lumen-activating ENaC channels, thereby causing sodium reabsorption. There is currently no standardized guideline for diuretic therapy. In clinical practice, loop diuretics continue to be the preferred initial choice. It is noteworthy that patients often exhibit diuretic resistance due to various factors such as high-sodium diets, poor drug compliance, changes in pharmacokinetics or pharmacodynamics, kidney dysfunction, decreased renal flow, nephron remodeling and proteasuria. Considering these challenges, combining diuretics may be a rational approach to overcoming diuretic resistance. Despite the limited data available on diuretic treatment in nephrotic syndrome complicated by hypervolemia, ENaC blockers emerge as a potential add-on treatment for nephrotic edema.

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diuretic resistanceENaC-blockersnephrotic syndromeserin proteaseunderfill and overfill hypothesis

Identifiers

PMID38540182
PMCPMC10968602
OpenAlexW4392376056

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