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Podocyte histone deacetylase activity regulates murine and human glomerular diseases
Inoue K, Gan G, Ciarleglio M, Zhang Y, Tian X, Pedigo CE, Cavanaugh C, Tate J, Wang Y, Cross E, Groener M, Chai N, Wang Z, Justice A, Zhang Z, Parikh CR, Wilson FP, Ishibe S. Podocyte histone deacetylase activity regulates murine and human glomerular diseases. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2019, 129: 1295-1313. PMID: 30776024, PMCID: PMC6391095, DOI: 10.1172/jci124030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly growth response 1Histone deacetylase 1Proteinuric patientsKidney diseaseHDAC2 activityValproic acidVeterans Aging Cohort StudyEnd-stage kidney diseaseDegree of proteinuriaGlomerular filtration rateAging Cohort StudyInhibition of HDAC1Proteinuric kidney diseaseHuman glomerular diseasesGlomerular disease modelsConnectivity Map databaseCohort studyFiltration rateGlomerular diseaseHistone deacetylase activityProteinuric kidneysHDAC inhibitorsProteinuriaMRNA expressionGenetic ablation
2024
Rationale and Design of a Phase 2, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Trial Evaluating AMP Kinase-Activation by Metformin in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
Barsotti G, Luciano R, Kumar A, Meliambro K, Kakade V, Tokita J, Naik A, Fu J, Peck E, Pell J, Reghuvaran A, Tanvir E, Patel P, Zhang W, Li F, Moeckel G, Perincheri S, Cantley L, Moledina D, Wilson F, He J, Menon M. Rationale and Design of a Phase 2, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Trial Evaluating AMP Kinase-Activation by Metformin in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. Kidney International Reports 2024, 9: 1354-1368. PMID: 38707807, PMCID: PMC11068976, DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2024.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMinimal change diseaseRandomized controlled trialsSafety of metforminDouble-blindPodocyte injuryAdjunctive therapyPlacebo-controlled randomized controlled trialsPhase III studyPhase II trialPrimary glomerular diseaseFocal segmental glomerulosclerosisEffect of metforminPhase IIPlacebo-controlledPreclinical dataNovel urineChange diseaseTissue markersRandomized trialsSegmental glomerulosclerosisGlomerular diseaseMechanistic biomarkersObservational studyFSGSInexpensive agent
2022
Nocturnal Dipping and Kidney Function Decline: Findings From the CKD in Children Study
Bakhoum C, Phadke M, Deng Y, Samuels J, Garimella P, Furth S, Wilson F, Ix J. Nocturnal Dipping and Kidney Function Decline: Findings From the CKD in Children Study. Kidney International Reports 2022, 7: 2446-2453. PMID: 36531891, PMCID: PMC9751682, DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic kidney diseaseGlomerular filtration rateIohexol glomerular filtration rateNocturnal dippingDipping statusKidney diseaseKidney failureEnd-stage kidney diseaseCox proportional hazards modelKidney failure eventsKidney function declineBlood pressure declineProportional hazards modelMore rapid declineCKiD cohortGFR declineCreatinine ratioKidney functionFunction declineMean ageUrine proteinFiltration rateGlomerular diseaseNondippingChild CohortUrine testing to differentiate glomerular from tubulointerstitial diseases on kidney biopsy
Tran AC, Melchinger H, Weinstein J, Shaw M, Kent C, Perazella MA, Wilson FP, Parikh CR, Moledina DG. Urine testing to differentiate glomerular from tubulointerstitial diseases on kidney biopsy. Practical Laboratory Medicine 2022, 30: e00271. PMID: 35465621, PMCID: PMC9018443, DOI: 10.1016/j.plabm.2022.e00271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTubulointerstitial diseaseKidney biopsyGlomerular diseaseUrine albuminHistological diagnosisUrine uromodulinUrine testsHigher urine albuminUrine sediment microscopyCohort of participantsDipstick hematuriaTubular injuryAppropriate patientsUrine testingMultivariable modelHigher oddsBiopsyClinical decisionSediment microscopyDiseasePatientsHealth biomarkersUrine samplesDiagnosisCohort
2019
Urine 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