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ReviewNature reviews. Nephrology2023

Kidney lipid dysmetabolism and lipid droplet accumulation in chronic kidney disease.

Alla Mitrofanova, Sandra Merscher, Alessia Fornoni

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Review in Nature reviews. Nephrology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 213 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
213citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
53.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

213 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 292 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Alla MitrofanovaKatz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Sandra MerscherKatz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Alessia FornoniKatz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. afornoni@miami.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1313-7773
University of Miami · US

Funding

Crosstalk Between Lipid Droplets and Other Organelles in PodocytesR01DK104753 · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2025 to 2025
$2.3M
1/13 ApoL1 Genotypes in Kidney Donors and Long-Term Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients Clinical CenterU01DK116101 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2022 to 2025
$566k
APOM deficiency contributes to renal failure in glomerular diseasesR01DK136679 · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2025 to 2025
$469k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000460NCI NIH HHS R01 CA227493NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK104753NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK136679NIDDK NIH HHS R56 DK104753NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK116101NIDDK NIH HHS U54 DK083912NIDDK NIH HHS UM1 DK100846
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health problem with rising incidence and prevalence. Among several pathogenetic mechanisms responsible for disease progression, lipid accumulation in the kidney parenchyma might drive inflammation and fibrosis, as has been described in fatty liver diseases. Lipids and their metabolites have several important structural and functional roles, as they are constituents of cell and organelle membranes, serve as signalling molecules and are used for energy production. However, although lipids can be stored in lipid droplets to maintain lipid homeostasis, lipid accumulation can become pathogenic. Understanding the mechanisms linking kidney parenchymal lipid accumulation to CKD of metabolic or non-metabolic origin is challenging, owing to the tremendous variety of lipid species and their functional diversity across different parenchymal cells. Nonetheless, multiple research reports have begun to emphasize the effect of dysregulated kidney lipid metabolism in CKD progression. For example, altered cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism contribute to glomerular and tubular cell injury. Newly developed lipid-targeting agents are being tested in clinical trials in CKD, raising expectations for further therapeutic development in this field.

Indexed as

Lipid DropletsRenal Insufficiency, ChronicHumansInflammationKidneyLipid MetabolismLipidsLipids

Identifiers

PMID37500941
PMCPMC12926870
OpenAlexW4385331218

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