2021
Perianeurysmal retroperitoneal fibrosis presenting as acute kidney injury: A case report.
Hodson DZ, Cantley LG, Perincheri S, Singh N. Perianeurysmal retroperitoneal fibrosis presenting as acute kidney injury: A case report. Clinical Nephrology 2021, 96: 112-119. PMID: 34142944, DOI: 10.5414/cn110331.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsAcute kidney injuryKidney injuryChronic periaortitisRenal functionRetroperitoneal fibrosisLong-term renal functionRetroperitoneal soft tissue massPerianeurysmal retroperitoneal fibrosisAcute tubular injuryLong-term sequelaeBilateral nephrostomy tubesInfrarenal abdominal aortaSoft tissue massBilateral uretersRenal ultrasoundCommon complicationOlder patientsRenal failureTubular injuryUltrasonographic evidenceUncommon causeRenal biopsyRenal sonographyFirst admissionObstructive nephropathy
2019
Development of a 2-dimensional atlas of the human kidney with imaging mass cytometry
Singh N, Avigan ZM, Kliegel JA, Shuch BM, Montgomery RR, Moeckel GW, Cantley LG. Development of a 2-dimensional atlas of the human kidney with imaging mass cytometry. JCI Insight 2019, 4: e129477. PMID: 31217358, PMCID: PMC6629112, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.129477.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell typesIndividual cell typesCritical baseline dataRenal cell typesMass cytometryQuantitative atlasNormal human samplesHuman kidneyRelative abundanceDevelopment of therapiesHuman kidney diseaseKidney diseaseMetal-conjugated antibodiesQuantitative interrogationScarce samplesMachine-learning pipelineDiscovery purposesFuture quantitative analysisNovel abnormalityNormal human kidneySingle tissue sectionHuman samplesRenal biopsyImmune cellsCellsUrine TNF-α and IL-9 for clinical diagnosis of acute interstitial nephritis
Moledina DG, Wilson FP, Pober JS, Perazella MA, Singh N, Luciano RL, Obeid W, Lin H, Kuperman M, Moeckel GW, Kashgarian M, Cantley LG, Parikh CR. Urine TNF-α and IL-9 for clinical diagnosis of acute interstitial nephritis. JCI Insight 2019, 4: e127456. PMID: 31092735, PMCID: PMC6542610, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.127456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute interstitial nephritisAcute kidney diseasePrebiopsy diagnosisKidney biopsyKidney diseaseIL-9AIN diagnosisUrine TNFInterstitial nephritisSpecific T cell subsetsAcute tubular injuryDiabetic kidney diseaseIL-9 levelsTNF-α levelsT cell subsetsAddition of biomarkersPlasma cytokinesCytokine levelsTubular injuryHighest quartileMultivariable analysisCell subsetsUrinary TNFBlood eosinophilsGlomerular disease
2011
Diet-induced Lethality Due to Deletion of the Hdac3 Gene in Heart and Skeletal Muscle
Sun Z, Singh N, Mullican SE, Everett LJ, Li L, Yuan L, Liu X, Epstein JA, Lazar MA. Diet-induced Lethality Due to Deletion of the Hdac3 Gene in Heart and Skeletal Muscle. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2011, 286: 33301-33309. PMID: 21808063, PMCID: PMC3190900, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.277707.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNutritional environmentProper mitochondrial functionHistone deacetylase 3Bioenergetic genesSkeletal muscleNucleosomal histonesHDAC3 geneGene expressionCovalent modificationHuman diseasesHDAC3Mitochondrial functionEmbryonic deletionCardiac mitochondriaGenesLipid metabolismDeletionMilder phenotypePhenotypeMajor cardiomyopathiesLethalityEpigenomeGenomeHistonesMouse model
2007
The effect of genetic background on the function of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mlh1 alleles that correspond to HNPCC missense mutations
Wanat JJ, Singh N, Alani E. The effect of genetic background on the function of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mlh1 alleles that correspond to HNPCC missense mutations. Human Molecular Genetics 2007, 16: 445-452. PMID: 17210669, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl479.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancerNon-polyposis colorectal cancerMMR defectsMismatch repair genes MLH1Functional assaysDNA mismatch repair genes MLH1Genetic backgroundColorectal cancerClinical dataMMR proficiencyMLH1 alleleGermline mutationsGenes MLH1Previous functional assaysMissense variantsMLH1Potential pathogenicityYeast Mlh1One-thirdMissense mutationsHuman mutationsCertain allelesLarge percentageAllelesPathogenicity