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ArticleStem cell reports2025

A novel rapalog shows improved safety vs. efficacy in a human organoid model of polycystic kidney disease.

Ramila E Gulieva, Parvaneh Ahmadvand, Benjamin S Freedman

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ramila E GulievaDepartment of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, and Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Parvaneh AhmadvandPlurexa LLC, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Benjamin S FreedmanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, and Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Plurexa LLC, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. Electronic address: benof@uw.edu.

Funding

Translational center for kidney microphysiological systems to improve drug safety and efficacyU2CTR004867 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Benjamin Solomon Freedman, Jonathan Himmelfarb · 2024 to 2026
$4.8M
Safety and Efficacy of Human Clinical Trials Using Kidney-on-a-Chip Microphysiological SystemsUH3TR003288 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI FREEDMAN, BENJAMIN SOLOMON, HIMMELFARB, JONATHAN · 2022 to 2024
$2.3M
A Human Organoid Model of Polycystic Kidney DiseaseR01DK117914 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI FREEDMAN, BENJAMIN SOLOMON · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
Safety and Efficacy of Human Clinical Trials Using Kidney-on-a-Chip Microphysiological SystemsUG3TR003288 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI HIMMELFARB, JONATHAN, KRETZLER, MATTHIAS · 2020 to 2021
$1.7M
NCATS NIH HHS U2C TR004867NCATS NIH HHS UG3 TR003288NCATS NIH HHS UH3 TR003288NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK117914
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway is a therapeutic target in polycystic kidney disease (PKD), but mTOR inhibitors such as everolimus have failed to show efficacy at tolerated doses in clinical trials. Here, we introduce AV457, a novel rapalog developed to reduce side effects, and assess its dose-dependent safety and efficacy versus everolimus in PKD1

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MTOR InhibitorsOrganoidsPolycystic Kidney DiseasesEverolimusHumansKidneySignal TransductionTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTRPP Cation ChannelsEverolimusMTOR InhibitorsTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTRPP Cation ChannelsAktciliopathydrug discoveryIC50immunoblotmTORC1mTORC2S6sirolimustherapeutic screening

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PMID39855202
PMCPMC11864154

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