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ReviewNature reviews. Nephrology2024

Podocyte-targeted therapies - progress and future directions.

Kristin Meliambro, John C He, Kirk N Campbell

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Review in Nature reviews. Nephrology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  10. New therapeutic hope for rare podocytopathies.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026
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  17. Podocyte Metabolic Reprogramming and Targeted Therapy.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2026
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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

3 authors.

Kristin MeliambroDepartment of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
John C HeDepartment of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Kirk N CampbellDepartment of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. kirk.campbell@mssm.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3855-8651

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Podocytes are the key target cells for injury across the spectrum of primary and secondary proteinuric kidney disorders, which account for up to 90% of cases of kidney failure worldwide. Seminal experimental and clinical studies have established a causative link between podocyte depletion and the magnitude of proteinuria in progressive glomerular disease. However, no substantial advances have been made in glomerular disease therapies, and the standard of care for podocytopathies relies on repurposed immunosuppressive drugs. The past two decades have seen a remarkable expansion in understanding of the mechanistic basis of podocyte injury, with prospects increasing for precision-based treatment approaches. Dozens of disease-causing genes with roles in the pathogenesis of clinical podocytopathies have been identified, as well as a number of putative glomerular permeability factors. These achievements, together with the identification of novel targets of podocyte injury, the development of potential approaches to harness the endogenous podocyte regenerative potential of progenitor cell populations, ongoing clinical trials of podocyte-specific pharmacological agents and the development of podocyte-directed drug delivery systems, contribute to an optimistic outlook for the future of glomerular disease therapy.

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PodocytesAnimalsHumansKidney DiseasesMolecular Targeted Therapy

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