Kidney fibrosis: from mechanisms to therapeutic medicines

R Huang, P Fu, L Ma - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is estimated to affect 10–14% of global population. Kidney
fibrosis, characterized by excessive extracellular matrix deposition leading to scarring, is a …

Covid‐19 and kidney injury: Pathophysiology and molecular mechanisms

E Ahmadian, SM Hosseiniyan Khatibi… - Reviews in medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) has turned into a life‐threatening pandemic disease
(Covid‐19). About 5% of patients with Covid‐19 have severe symptoms including septic …

Mapping the single-cell transcriptomic response of murine diabetic kidney disease to therapies

H Wu, RG Villalobos, X Yao, D Reilly, T Chen… - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) occurs in∼ 40% of patients with diabetes and causes kidney
failure, cardiovascular disease, and premature death. We analyzed the response of a …

Single-cell analysis highlights differences in druggable pathways underlying adaptive or fibrotic kidney regeneration

MS Balzer, T Doke, YW Yang, DL Aldridge… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The kidney has tremendous capacity to repair after acute injury, however, pathways guiding
adaptive and fibrotic repair are poorly understood. We developed a model of adaptive and …

Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in diabetic kidney disease—Mechanistic and therapeutic effects

J Barrera-Chimal, I Lima-Posada, GL Bakris… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the leading complication in type 2 diabetes (T2D) and
current therapies that limit CKD progression and the development of cardiovascular disease …

Acute kidney injury in COVID-19: emerging evidence of a distinct pathophysiology

D Batlle, MJ Soler, MA Sparks, S Hiremath… - Journal of the …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The most common reported reasons for intensive care unit admission for patients with
severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are either hypoxemic respiratory failure …

Systemic immune-inflammation index is associated with diabetic kidney disease in Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: Evidence from NHANES 2011-2018

W Guo, Y Song, Y Sun, H Du, Y Cai, Q You… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the most common chronic kidney disease (CKD)
and has the highest prevalence of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) globally, owing mostly …

Cell profiling of mouse acute kidney injury reveals conserved cellular responses to injury

Y Kirita, H Wu, K Uchimura… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
After acute kidney injury (AKI), patients either recover or alternatively develop fibrosis and
chronic kidney disease. Interactions between injured epithelia, stroma, and inflammatory …

Targeting inflammation to treat diabetic kidney disease: the road to 2030

S Rayego-Mateos, RR Rodrigues-Diez… - Kidney international, 2023 - Elsevier
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is one of the fastest growing causes of chronic kidney
disease and associated morbidity and mortality. Preclinical research has demonstrated the …

Multimodal single cell sequencing implicates chromatin accessibility and genetic background in diabetic kidney disease progression

PC Wilson, Y Muto, H Wu, A Karihaloo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The proximal tubule is a key regulator of kidney function and glucose metabolism. Diabetic
kidney disease leads to proximal tubule injury and changes in chromatin accessibility that …