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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2020

Rotten to the Cortex: Ceramide-Mediated Lipotoxicity in Diabetic Kidney Disease.

Rebekah J Nicholson, Marcus G Pezzolesi, Scott A Summers

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Features of Lipid Disorders in Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  7. The Role of Ceramides in Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026
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  16. Sphingolipids and Chronic Kidney Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rebekah J NicholsonDepartment of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Marcus G PezzolesiDiabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Scott A SummersDepartment of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
University of Utah · US

Funding

Interdisciplinary Training Program in MetabolismT32DK091317 · NIDDK · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI SCOTT A SUMMERS · 2011 to 2026
$4.8M
The Role of Ceramides in Skeletal MuscleR01DK115824 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI SUMMERS, SCOTT A · 2018 to 2021
$2.6M
The Role of Ceramides in the Pancreatic Beta CellR01DK130296 · NIDDK · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI HOLLAND, WILLIAM L, SUMMERS, SCOTT A · 2022 to 2025
$2.2M
Ceramides in Diastolic Heart FailureR01HL170575 · NHLBI · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI WILLIAM L HOLLAND, SCOTT A SUMMERS · 2024 to 2026
$2.1M
Targeting a Ceramide Double Bond to Treat Cardiometabolic DisordersR01DK122001 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI SUMMERS, SCOTT A · 2019 to 2022
$1.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL170575NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK115824NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK122001NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK130296NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK091317
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a prevalent and progressive comorbidity of diabetes mellitus that increases one's risk of developing renal failure. Progress toward development of better DKD therapeutics is limited by an incomplete understanding of forces driving and connecting the various features of DKD, which include renal steatosis, fibrosis, and microvascular dysfunction. Herein we review the literature supporting roles for bioactive ceramides as inducers of local and systemic DKD pathology. In rodent models of DKD, renal ceramides are elevated, and genetic and pharmacological ceramide-lowering interventions improve kidney function and ameliorate DKD histopathology. In humans, circulating sphingolipid profiles distinguish human DKD patients from diabetic controls. These studies highlight the potential for ceramide to serve as a central and therapeutically tractable lipid mediator of DKD.

Indexed as

AnimalsCeramidesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diabetic NephropathiesHumansInsulin ResistanceKidney CortexSphingolipidsCeramidesSphingolipidsceramidediabetic kidney diseasediabetic nephropathylipid metabolismlipotoxicitysphingolipids

Identifiers

PMID33584550
PMCPMC7876379
OpenAlexW3128480436

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