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ReviewInternational journal of nephrology and renovascular disease2015

Inhibition of RAS in diabetic nephropathy.

Rabi Yacoub, Kirk N Campbell

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Review in International journal of nephrology and renovascular disease, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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50citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Protective Role of Serum β-Hydroxybutyrate in Early Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Longitudinal Study.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2025
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  7. Effect of Pituitary-Target Gland Axis on RAAS in the Context of COVID-19.International journal of medical sciences · 2025
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  14. The role of monocytes in thrombotic diseases: a review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023
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  15. Up-Date on Diabetic Nephropathy.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rabi YacoubDepartment 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.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a progressive proteinuric renal disorder in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is a common cause of end-stage kidney disease worldwide, particularly in developed countries. Therapeutic targeting of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is the most validated clinical strategy for slowing disease progression. DKD is paradoxically a low systematic renin state with an increased intrarenal RAS activity implicated in its pathogenesis. Angiotensin II (AngII), the main peptide of RAS, is not only a vasoactive peptide but functions as a growth factor, activating interstitial fibroblasts and mesangial and tubular cells, while promoting the synthesis of extracellular matrix proteins. AngII also promotes podocyte injury through increased calcium influx and the generation of reactive oxygen species. Blockade of the RAS using either angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, or angiotensin receptor blockers can attenuate progressive glomerulosclerosis in animal models, and slows disease progression in humans with DKD. In this review, we summarize the role of intrarenal RAS activation in the pathogenesis and progression of DKD and the rationale for RAS inhibition in this population.

Indexed as

angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitorsangiotensin IIangiotensin receptor blockersdiabetic kidney diseaserenin-angiotensin system

Identifiers

PMID25926752
PMCPMC4403683
OpenAlexW1968020934

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