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ReviewOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2020

Oxidative Storm Induced by Tryptophan Metabolites: Missing Link between Atherosclerosis and Chronic Kidney Disease.

Iwona Kwiatkowska, Justyna M Hermanowicz, Michal Mysliwiec, Dariusz Pawlak

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Review in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Iwona KwiatkowskaDepartment of Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Bialystok, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1984-9912
Justyna M HermanowiczDepartment of Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Bialystok, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3985-4244
Michal MysliwiecIst Department Nephrology and Transplantation, Medical University, Bialystok, Zurawia 14, 15-540 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8336-8649
Dariusz PawlakDepartment of Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Bialystok, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3751-0608
Medical University of Białystok · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) occurrence is rising all over the world. Its presence is associated with an increased risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease (CVD). Several explanations of this link have been put forward. It is known that in renal failure, an array of metabolites cannot be excreted, and they accumulate in the organism. Among them, some are metabolites of tryptophan (TRP), such as indoxyl sulfate and kynurenine. Scientists have become interested in them in the context of inducing vascular damage in the course of chronic kidney impairment. Experimental evidence suggests the involvement of TRP metabolites in the progression of chronic kidney disease and atherosclerosis separately and point to oxidative stress generation as one of the main mechanisms that is responsible for worsening those states. Since it is known that blood levels of those metabolites increase significantly in renal failure and that they generate reactive oxygen species (ROS), which lead to endothelial injury, it is reasonable to suspect that products of TRP metabolism are the missing link in frequently occurring atherosclerosis in CKD patients. This review focuses on reports that shed a light on TRP metabolites as contributing factors to vascular damage in the progression of impaired kidney function.

Indexed as

MetabolomeOxidative StressAtherosclerosisHumansModels, BiologicalRenal Insufficiency, ChronicTryptophanTryptophan

Identifiers

PMID33456671
PMCPMC7787774
OpenAlexW3114857164

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