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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2021

Hypoxia Induces Renal Epithelial Injury and Activates Fibrotic Signaling Through Up-Regulation of Arginase-II.

Xiujie Liang, Duilio Michele Potenza, Andrea Brenna, Yiqiong Ma, Zhilong Ren, Xin Cheng, Xiu-Fen Ming, Zhihong Yang

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiujie LiangLaboratory of Cardiovascular and Aging Research, Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular System, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Duilio Michele PotenzaLaboratory of Cardiovascular and Aging Research, Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular System, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Andrea BrennaLaboratory of Cardiovascular and Aging Research, Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular System, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Yiqiong MaLaboratory of Cardiovascular and Aging Research, Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular System, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Zhilong RenLaboratory of Cardiovascular and Aging Research, Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular System, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Xin ChengLaboratory of Cardiovascular and Aging Research, Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular System, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Xiu-Fen MingLaboratory of Cardiovascular and Aging Research, Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular System, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Zhihong YangLaboratory of Cardiovascular and Aging Research, Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular System, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
University of Fribourg · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ureohydrolase, type-II arginase (Arg-II), is a mitochondrial enzyme metabolizing L-arginine into urea and L-ornithine and is highly expressed in renal proximal tubular cells (PTC) and upregulated by renal ischemia. Recent studies reported contradictory results on the role of Arg-II in renal injury. The aim of our study is to investigate the function of Arg-II in renal epithelial cell damage under hypoxic conditions. Human renal epithelial cell line HK2 was cultured under hypoxic conditions for 12-48 h. Moreover,

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arginasecollagenhypoxiakidneyTGFβ1

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PMID34867480
PMCPMC8640467
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