2017
Intraperitoneal pyrophosphate treatment reduces renal calcifications in Npt2a null mice
Caballero D, Li Y, Fetene J, Ponsetto J, Chen A, Zhu C, Braddock DT, Bergwitz C. Intraperitoneal pyrophosphate treatment reduces renal calcifications in Npt2a null mice. PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0180098. PMID: 28704395, PMCID: PMC5509111, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal calcificationCompared to WT miceElevated urinary excretionRenal stone diseaseNucleotide pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase 1WT miceDietary calciumUrinary excretionIntraperitoneal administrationStone diseaseNull miceMouse mutationMiceCalcificationNephrocalcinosisNpt2aDisordersUnrecognized factorsContribution of genotypePresent studyPhosphodiesterase 1PPINpt2cPatientsNephrolithiasis
2014
Metformin suppresses gluconeogenesis by inhibiting mitochondrial glycerophosphate dehydrogenase
Madiraju AK, Erion DM, Rahimi Y, Zhang XM, Braddock DT, Albright RA, Prigaro BJ, Wood JL, Bhanot S, MacDonald MJ, Jurczak MJ, Camporez JP, Lee HY, Cline GW, Samuel VT, Kibbey RG, Shulman GI. Metformin suppresses gluconeogenesis by inhibiting mitochondrial glycerophosphate dehydrogenase. Nature 2014, 510: 542-546. PMID: 24847880, PMCID: PMC4074244, DOI: 10.1038/nature13270.Peer-Reviewed Original Research