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ReviewPhysiological reports2025

Lithium-induced kidney injury and fibrosis: A versatile model to explore cellular pathways of injury and repair.

Paulomi Mehta, Tania Slatter, Robert Walker

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Review in Physiological 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.

Paulomi MehtaKidney Injury and Transplant Immunology Group, Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.
Tania SlatterDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0003-4031-0604
Robert WalkerDepartment of Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0003-3366-0956

Funding

Otago Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) LA 390
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lithium-induced kidney injury is commonly associated with the development of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Longer term lithium exposure is associated with the development of chronic interstitial fibrosis. The mechanisms of lithium-induced kidney injury are multifaceted, affecting many intracellular cell signaling pathways associated with cell cycle regulation, cell proliferation, and subsequent increased extracellular matrix formation and interstitial fibrosis. Amiloride has been demonstrated to have multiple pleiotropic actions, independent of its competitive antagonism of ENaC, in reducing the progressive lithium-induced interstitial fibrosis. Further exploration of these interactions has the potential to expand our knowledge of pathways of tubular cell injury and repair, which in turn will lead to potential new therapeutic targets and drugs.

Indexed as

KidneyKidney DiseasesLithiumAnimalsFibrosisHumansSignal TransductionLithiumamiloridecell cycle arrestcell proliferationglycogen synthase kinase 3βinterstitial fibrosislithium

Identifiers

PMID40930769
PMCPMC12422807

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