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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2020

CD40/CD40L Signaling as a Promising Therapeutic Target for the Treatment of Renal Disease.

Shungang Zhang, Joshua D Breidenbach, Benjamin H Russell, Jerrin George, Steven T Haller

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shungang ZhangDepartment of Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
Joshua D BreidenbachDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5892-1879
Benjamin H RussellDepartment of Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
Jerrin GeorgeDepartment of Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
Steven T HallerDepartment of Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6919-6342
University of Toledo · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cluster of differentiation 40 (CD40) is activated by the CD40 ligand (CD40L) in a variety of diverse cells types and regulates important processes associated with kidney disease. The CD40/CD40L signaling cascade has been comprehensively studied for its roles in immune functions, whereas the signaling axis involved in local kidney injury has only drawn attention in recent years. Clinical studies have revealed that circulating levels of soluble CD40L (sCD40L) are associated with renal function in the setting of kidney disease. Levels of the circulating CD40 receptor (sCD40), sCD40L, and local CD40 expression are tightly related to renal injury in different types of kidney disease. Additionally, various kidney cell types have been identified as non-professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs) that express CD40 on the cell membrane, which contributes to the interactions between immune cells and local kidney cells during the development of kidney injury. Although the potential for adverse CD40 signaling in kidney cells has been reported in several studies, a summary of those studies focusing on the role of CD40 signaling in the development of kidney disease is lacking. In this review, we describe the outcomes of recent studies and summarize the potential therapeutic methods for kidney disease which target CD40.

Indexed as

CD40chronic kidney diseaserenal fibrosis

Identifiers

PMID33202988
PMCPMC7697100
OpenAlexW3102944374

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