2022
Urine Uromodulin as a Biomarker of Kidney Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis
Melchinger H, Calderon-Gutierrez F, Obeid W, Xu L, Shaw MM, Luciano RL, Kuperman M, Moeckel GW, Kashgarian M, Wilson FP, Parikh CR, Moledina DG. Urine Uromodulin as a Biomarker of Kidney Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis. Clinical Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2022, 17: 1284-1292. PMID: 35948365, PMCID: PMC9625093, DOI: 10.2215/cjn.04360422.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophyUrine uromodulinTubular atrophyThick ascending limbUrine albuminSerum creatinineKidney biopsyTubulointerstitial fibrosisMultivariable linear regression modelsTime of biopsyKidney's thick ascending limbAcademic medical centerHuman kidney biopsiesKidney tubulointerstitial fibrosisTubular healthMultivariable analysisHistologic featuresHistologic findingsHistologic changesKidney fibrosisIndependent associationFibrotic modelMultivariable modelMedical CenterMurine model
1993
Transport defects of rabbit medullary thick ascending limb cells in obstructive nephropathy.
Hwang S, Haas M, Harris H, Silva P, Yalla S, Sullivan M, Otuechere G, Kashgarian M, Zeidel M. Transport defects of rabbit medullary thick ascending limb cells in obstructive nephropathy. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1993, 91: 21-28. PMID: 8380811, PMCID: PMC329990, DOI: 10.1172/jci116173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedullary thick ascending limbNa-K-ATPase activityNa-K-ATPaseBasolateral Na-K-ATPaseObstructed kidneysObstructive nephropathyUreteral obstructionLuminal NaRelease of obstructionThick ascending limbMajor sodium transportersUntreated kidneysTransport defectSpecific monoclonal antibodiesSodium transport defectsControl animalsAscending limbOuter medullaKidneyApical NaMarked reductionMonoclonal antibodiesMTAL cellsInhibitory effectObstruction
1985
Monoclonal antibody to Na,K-ATPase: Immunocytochemical localization along nephron segments
Kashgarian M, Biemesderfer D, Caplan M, Forbush B. Monoclonal antibody to Na,K-ATPase: Immunocytochemical localization along nephron segments. Kidney International 1985, 28: 899-913. PMID: 3003443, DOI: 10.1038/ki.1985.216.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonoclonal antibodiesNephron segmentsEvidence of labellingRenal tubular epithelial cellsTubular epithelial cellsK-ATPaseThick ascending limbOnly principal cellsDifferent nephron segmentsDog antigensBasal-lateral membranesSignificant antibodiesAscending limbMesangial regionHenle's loopOccasional cellsRenal medullaOuter renal medullaAbundant antibodyAntibodiesApical labelingTubule segmentsPrincipal cellsEpithelial cellsImmunocytochemical localization