American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology

Papers
(The median citation count of American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Role of the CDKL1-SOX11 signaling axis in acute kidney injury54
Accuracy and processing time of kidney volume measurement methods in rodents polycystic kidney disease models: superiority of semiautomated kidney segmentation39
“Idiopathic” minimal change nephrotic syndrome: a podocyte mystery nears the end37
Expression of leptin receptor in renal tubules is sparse but implicated in leptin-dependent kidney gene expression and function37
Corrigendum for Jang et al., volume 326, 2024, p. F6935
First Author Highlights35
Distinct developmental reprogramming footprint of macrophages during acute kidney injury across species33
Perinatal asphyxia leads to acute kidney damage and increased renal susceptibility in adulthood33
First Author Highlights33
C-terminal fragment of fibroblast growth factor 23 improves heart function in murine models of high intact fibroblast growth factor 2330
Transcriptomics of SGLT2-positive early proximal tubule segments in mice: response to type 1 diabetes, SGLT1/2 inhibition, or GLP1 receptor agonism30
Chronic infusion of the tryptophan metabolite kynurenine increases mean arterial pressure in male Sprague-Dawley rats28
Interleukin-6 blockade reduces salt-induced cardiac inflammation and fibrosis in subtotal nephrectomized mice27
Lack of renoprotective effects by long-term PCSK9 and SGLT2 inhibition using alirocumab and empagliflozin in obese ZSF1 rats27
First Author Highlights26
Small hairpin inhibitory RNA delivery in the metanephric organ culture identifies long noncoding RNA Pvt1 as a modulator of cyst growth26
First Author Highlights26
A mathematical model of the rat kidney. IV. Whole kidney response to hyperkalemia26
Redox regulation in diabetic kidney disease25
Pax inhibition: stressing proximal tubule for successful repair24
Methylseq, single-nuclei RNAseq, and discovery proteomics identify pathways associated with nephron-deficit CKD in the HSRA rat model23
Ultrabright plasmonic fluor nanolabel-enabled detection of a urinary ER stress biomarker in autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease22
A combination of β-hydroxybutyrate and citrate ameliorates disease progression in a rat model of polycystic kidney disease22
Tubular dysfunction impairs renal excretion of pseudouridine in diabetic kidney disease22
A brief history of the cortical thick ascending limb: a systems-biology perspective21
β2-Adrenergic receptor agonists: a new treatment for diabetic kidney disease?21
Activation of branched chain amino acid catabolism protects against nephrotoxic acute kidney injury21
Polygenic genetic variation affecting antibody formation underlies hypertensive renal injury in the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat21
Loss of sphingosine kinase 2 protects against cisplatin-induced kidney injury21
Perspective on G protein-coupled receptors in renal physiology20
Defining protein expression in the kidney at large scale: from antibody validation to cytometry analysis20
Splenocyte transfer from hypertensive donors eliminates premenopausal female protection from ANG II-induced hypertension20
Optogenetic urothelial cell stimulation induces bladder contractions and pelvic nerve afferent firing20
The nephronophthisis protein GLIS2/NPHP7 is required for the DNA damage response in kidney tubular epithelial cells20
Characterization of a functional V1B vasopressin receptor in the male rat kidney: evidence for cross talk between V1B and V2 receptor signaling pathways20
Renal cell markers: lighthouses for managing renal diseases20
Circulating extracellular vesicles of patients with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome have higher RAC1 and induce recapitulation of nephrotic syndrome phenotype in podocytes20
Prolonged unilateral renal ischemia-reperfusion as a model for acute to chronic kidney injury in female mice18
SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin protects the kidney in a murine model of Balkan nephropathy18
Hyperphosphatemia and zinc deficiency in chronic kidney disease: unpacking their interconnected roles and nutritional implications18
First Author Highlights18
Long-term follow-up of TREK-1 KO mice reveals the development of bladder hypertrophy and impaired bladder smooth muscle contractility with age17
Overview of acute kidney manifestations and management of patients with COVID-1917
Valosin-containing protein in ciliary morphology: a novel target in ADPKD17
Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid administration or soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibition attenuates renal fibrogenesis in obstructive nephropathy17
Ubiquitination of NKCC2 by the cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase family in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle16
Angiotensin in the acute and chronic responses to unilateral nephrectomy16
Angiotensin II acts through Rac1 to upregulate pendrin: role of NADPH oxidase16
Novel insight on physiological regulation of the Cl/HCO3− exchanger pendrin16
Dysregulation of the sensory and regulatory pathways controlling cellular iron metabolism in unilateral obstructive nephropathy16
Kir7.1 knockdown and inhibition alter renal electrolyte handling but not the development of hypertension in Dahl salt-sensitive rats16
Inhibition of hypoxia-inducible factor-prolyl hydroxylation protects from cyclophosphamide-induced bladder injury and urinary dysfunction16
A naturally occurring FXR agonist, alisol B 23-acetate, protects against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury15
Investigating FSGS-like injury in zebrafish larvae by nifurpirinol: efficacy and molecular insight15
First Author Spotlight15
15-Lipoxygenase worsens renal fibrosis, inflammation, and metabolism in a murine model of ureteral obstruction15
Delayed graft function post renal transplantation: a review on animal models and therapeutics15
Corrigendum for Fu et al., volume 317, 2019, p. F1582–F159215
Cilia-deficient renal tubule cells are primed for injury with mitochondrial defects and aberrant tryptophan metabolism15
Race and sex differences in pressor response to laboratory stressors in patients with chronic kidney disease15
Commensal microbiota regulate aldosterone15
Macrophage angiotensin AT2 receptor activation is protective against early phases of LPS-induced acute kidney injury14
Predicting oxygen tension along the ureter14
Recent advances in understanding the kidney circadian clock mechanism14
High dietary K+ intake inhibits proximal tubule transport14
Impaired nitric oxide mechanisms underlying lower urinary tract dysfunction in aging rats14
Metabolomic profiling reveals muscle metabolic changes following iliac arteriovenous fistula creation in mice14
Metformin reduces insulin resistance and attenuates progressive renal injury in prepubertal obese Dahl salt-sensitive rats14
High baseline ROMK activity in the mouse late distal convoluted and early connecting tubule probably contributes to aldosterone-independent K+ secretion13
Characterization of FAM114A1: a novel podocyte cytoskeleton-associated protein upregulated in glomerular injury13
Influence of proteolytic cleavage of ENaC’s γ subunit upon Na+ and K+ handling13
First Author Spotlight13
Comparison of the surgical resection and infarct 5/6 nephrectomy rat models of chronic kidney disease13
First Author Spotlight13
Proximal tubule cyclophilin D mediates kidney fibrogenesis in obstructive nephropathy12
Downloadable Tool for Modeling of Salt, Urea and Water Transport in a Renal Tubule Segment: Application to the DCT12
TNIK depletion induces inflammation and apoptosis in injured renal proximal tubule epithelial cells12
The kidney in health and disease in 2022: Gaps in and opportunities for new knowledge12
Sex differences in dietary sodium evoked NCC regulation and blood pressure in male and female Sprague-Dawley, Dahl salt-resistant, and Dahl salt-sensitive rats12
Pendrin regulation is prioritized by anion in high-potassium diets12
Physiology assays in human kidney organoids12
Revisiting voltage-coupled H+ secretion in the collecting duct12
Kir4.1/Kir5.1 of distal convoluted tubule is required for short-term angiotensin-II-induced stimulation of Na-Cl cotransporter12
Kidney transplant injury associated with brain death is mediated by TNFα, independently of renal innervation12
Inducible deletion of the prostaglandin EP3 receptor in kidney tubules of male and female mice has no major effect on water homeostasis12
Mapping single-nephron filtration in the isolated, perfused rat kidney using magnetic resonance imaging12
The impact of maternal obesity on polycystic kidney disease progression in a mouse model12
Sex-disaggregated analysis of acute kidney injury in hospitalized children with sickle cell anemia in Uganda12
Intersecting transcriptomic landscapes of hypertension and kidney function in African American women12
A novel functional role for the classic CNS neurotransmitters, GABA, glycine, and glutamate, in the kidney: potent and opposing regulators of the renal vasculature11
Injury in nonaged podocytes as an accelerator of glomerular aging11
Furin-mediated modification is required for epithelial sodium channel-activating activity of soluble (pro)renin receptor in cultured collecting duct cells11
Influence of carnosine and carnosinase-1 on diabetes-induced afferent arteriole vasodilation: implications for glomerular hemodynamics11
CRB2 depletion induces YAP signaling and disrupts mechanosensing in podocytes11
Angiotensin II-stimulated proximal nephron superoxide production and fructose-induced salt-sensitive hypertension11
JAK inhibition during the early phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection worsens kidney injury by suppressing endogenous antiviral activity in mice11
Prevention of hypertension-induced renal vascular dysfunction through a p66Shc-targeted mechanism11
Cystinosin-deficient rats recapitulate the phenotype of nephropathic cystinosis11
Chronic kidney disease amplifies severe kidney injury and mortality in a mouse model of skin arsenical exposure11
Impaired hemodynamic renal reserve response following recovery from established acute kidney injury and improvement by hydrodynamic isotonic fluid delivery11
Insulin-regulated aminopeptidase is required for water excretion in response to acute hypotonic stress11
Parental obesity predisposes offspring to kidney dysfunction and increased susceptibility to ischemia-reperfusion injury in a sex-dependent manner11
Proteinuria is accompanied by intratubular complement activation and apical membrane deposition of C3dg and C5b-9 in kidney transplant recipients11
Amiloride lowers plasma TNF and interleukin-6 but not interleukin-17A in patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes11
A brief harvesting-freezing delay significantly alters the kidney metabolome and leads to false positive and negative results10
Mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathophysiology of renal diseases10
Male Akita mice develop signs of bladder underactivity independent of NLRP3 as a result of a decrease in neurotransmitter release from efferent neurons10
Promises and challenges of miRNA therapeutics10
First Author Highlights10
Collectrin (Tmem27) deficiency in proximal tubules causes hypertension in mice and a TMEM27 variant associates with blood pressure in males in a Latino cohort10
Regulation of kidney mitochondrial function by caloric restriction10
HMGB1 drives T-cell activation in hypertensive males and females10
HIF-1α is transcriptionally regulated by NF-κB in acute kidney injury10
Altered renal vascular patterning reduces ischemic kidney injury and limits age-associated vascular loss10
Practical notes on popular statistical tests in renal physiology10
Antibiotic-induced microbiome depletion alters renal glucose metabolism and exacerbates renal injury after ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice10
Bayesian mapping of protein kinases to vasopressin-regulated phosphorylation sites in renal collecting duct10
The injury-induced transcription factor SOX9 alters the expression of LBR, HMGA2, and HIPK3 in the human kidney10
Image analysis techniques to map pyramids, pyramid structure, glomerular distribution, and pathology in the intact human kidney from 3-D MRI10
Pretreatment with a novel Toll-like receptor 4 agonist attenuates renal ischemia-reperfusion injury10
Exogenous pericyte delivery protects the mouse kidney from chronic ischemic injury10
First Author Highlights9
Nicotinamide ameliorates podocyte injury and albuminuria in adriamycin-induced nephropathy9
Transcription factor HNF1β controls a transcriptional network regulating kidney cell structure and tight junction integrity9
The miR-143/145 cluster induced by TGF-β1 suppresses Wilms’ tumor 1 expression in cultured human podocytes9
β2-Adrenergic receptor agonists as a treatment for diabetic kidney disease9
The degree of aortic occlusion in the setting of trauma alters the extent of acute kidney injury associated with mitochondrial preservation9
Novel method for kinetic analysis applied to transport by the uniporter OCT29
Inhibition of mTORC2 promotes natriuresis in Dahl salt-sensitive rats via the decrease of NCC and ENaC activity9
Pax proteins mediate segment-specific functions in proximal tubule survival and response to ischemic injury9
Postoperative acute kidney injury after volatile or intravenous anesthesia: a meta-analysis9
Adverse functions of neutrophils are regulated by neutrophilic angiotensin-converting enzyme in immune complex-mediated crescentic glomerulonephritis9
IL-1 receptor signaling in podocytes limits susceptibility to glomerular damage9
KIM-1-mediated anti-inflammatory activity is preserved by MUC1 induction in the proximal tubule during ischemia-reperfusion injury9
Mechanisms of anti-VEGF therapy-induced kidney injury: current insights and future perspectives in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors9
Macrophage SPAK deletion limits a low potassium-induced kidney inflammatory program9
Creatinine clearance is maintained in a range of wet-bulb globe temperatures and work-rest ratios during simulated occupational heat stress9
Mechanisms of decreased tubular flow-induced nitric oxide in Dahl salt-sensitive rat thick ascending limbs9
Flow-dependent transport processes 2024: filtration, absorption, secretion9
First Author Spotlight9
Chronic central nervous system leptin administration attenuates kidney dysfunction and injury in a model of ischemia/reperfusion-induced acute kidney injury8
Corrigendum for McKinzie et al., volume 326, 2024, p. F644–F6608
Western diet exacerbates a murine model of Balkan nephropathy8
Identification of cell division cycle protein 20 in various forms of acute and chronic kidney injury in mice8
High dietary salt intake increases urinary NGAL excretion and creatinine clearance in healthy young adults8
Faster bladder filling in rats reduces detrusor overactivity but worsens (i.e., decreases) bladder compliance8
Tacrolimus induces fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition via a TGF-β-dependent mechanism to contribute to renal fibrosis8
The role of Gata3 in renin cell identity8
A comparative modeling study of the mitochondrial function of the proximal tubule and thick ascending limb cells in the rat kidney8
Metabolomic profiling to identify early urinary biomarkers and metabolic pathway alterations in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease8
Corrigendum for Martínez-Rojas et al., volume 323, 2022, p. F425–F4348
Predicting sex differences in the effects of diuretics in renal epithelial transport during angiotensin II-induced hypertension8
Diffusion tensor MRI is sensitive to fibrotic injury in a mouse model of oxalate-induced chronic kidney disease8
Kidney functional reserve helps early detection of subclinical chronic kidney disease8
Longitudinal intravital microscopy of the mouse kidney: inflammatory responses to abdominal imaging windows8
Fasting-induced HMGCS2 expression in the kidney does not contribute to circulating ketones8
First Author Highlights8
The knock-out of paracingulin attenuates hypertension through modulation of kidney ion transport8
The evolving concepts of KS-WNK1 effect on NCC activity8
2024 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the American Physiological Society Renal Section8
IFT88 deficiency in proximal tubular cells exaggerates cisplatin-induced injury by suppressing autophagy8
Dysregulation of the WNK4-SPAK/OSR1 pathway has a minor effect on baseline NKCC2 phosphorylation8
Assays to enhance metabolic phenotyping in the kidney8
Role of protease-activated receptor 4 in mouse models of acute and chronic kidney injury8
Endothelin-1 signaling in the kidney: recent advances and remaining gaps8
Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury triggers proximal tubular apoptosis and NHE3 dysfunction via p38MAPK/ezrin signaling pathway8
SGLT2-independent effects of canagliflozin on NHE3 and mitochondrial complex I activity inhibit proximal tubule fluid transport and albumin uptake7
Corrigendum for Hu QH et al., Volume 297, 2009, p. F1080–F10917
Intestinal barrier function declines during polycystic kidney disease progression7
Characterization of gene expression in the kidney of renal tubular cell-specific NFAT5 knockout mice7
Pathways and parameters of sacral neuromodulation in rats7
SGLT2 inhibitors: not every drug has the same effect7
Divergent roles of angiotensin II upon the immediate and sustained increases of renal blood flow following unilateral nephrectomy7
Myo-inositol oxygenase in cadmium-induced kidney injury7
Transition from acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease: mechanisms, models, and biomarkers7
The urinary proteome infers dysregulation of mitochondrial, lysosomal, and protein reabsorption processes in chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu)7
Anatomic and functional evidence for renal autonomic innervation in normotensive and hypertensive rats7
Cullin 3 mutant causing familial hyperkalemic hypertension lacks normal activity in the kidney7
Specialized proresolution mediators in the bladder: annexin-A1 normalizes inflammation and bladder dysfunction during bladder outlet obstruction7
Single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics reveal unique subpopulations of infiltrating macrophages and dendritic cells following AKI7
Sex differences in circadian regulation of kidney function of the mouse7
Role of coagulation in persistent renal ischemia following reperfusion in an animal model7
Expression and distribution of MUC1 in the developing and adult kidney7
Endothelin receptor B is required for the blood pressure-lowering effect of G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 in ovariectomized rats7
LncRNA GAS5 protects against TGF-β-induced renal fibrosis via the Smad3/miRNA-142-5p axis7
The unique structural and functional characteristics of glomerular endothelial cell fenestrations and their potential as a therapeutic target in kidney disease7
Metabolic acidosis regulates RGS16 and G protein signaling in osteoblasts7
Endothelial dysfunction in the aging kidney7
Podocyte injury at young age causes premature senescence and worsens glomerular aging6
Renal calcium and magnesium handling during pregnancy: modeling and analysis6
Oxysterol-binding protein-like 7 deficiency leads to ER stress-mediated apoptosis in podocytes and proteinuria6
Raising serum uric acid with a uricase inhibitor worsens PKD in rat and mouse models6
Lung cancer-kidney cross talk induces kidney injury, interstitial fibrosis, and enhances cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity6
Circadian gene expression in mouse renal proximal tubule6
Angiotensin II hypertension along the female rat tubule: predicted impact on coupled transport of Na+ and K+6
Histamine receptors rapidly desensitize without altering nerve-evoked contractions in murine urinary bladder smooth muscle6
Dietary anions control potassium excretion: it is more than a poorly absorbable anion effect6
Early-life exposures and long-term health: adverse gestational environments and the programming of offspring renal and vascular disease6
Persistence and expansion of hypoxia detected by pimonidazole adduct immunostaining during progression of diabetic nephropathy in diabetic mice6
Effect of sex chromosome complement versus gonadal hormones on abundance of renal transporters6
Sex-specific modulation of renal epigenetic and injury markers in aging kidney6
Kidney organoid models of polycystic kidney disease: challenges and future directions6
PLVAP: the new villain in glomerular endothelial cell injury6
First Author Highlights6
Kidney stone formation in a novel murine model of polycystic kidney disease6
Aberrant proximal tubule DNA methylation underlies phenotypic changes related to kidney dysfunction in patients with diabetes6
Tips on navigating the first year of graduate school for individuals from historically excluded backgrounds6
Kidney-specific KO of the circadian clock protein PER1 alters renal Na+ handling, aldosterone levels, and kidney/adrenal gene expression6
The effect of exercise on vascular health in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials6
Role of the renal androgen receptor in sex differences in ammonia metabolism6
Hepatic and proximal tubule angiotensinogen play distinct roles in kidney dysfunction, glomerular and tubular injury, and fibrosis progression6
Functional NADPH oxidase 2 in T cells amplifies salt-sensitive hypertension and associated renal damage6
KV7.1 channel blockade inhibits neonatal renal autoregulation triggered by a step decrease in arterial pressure6
Endothelial cells: potential novel regulators of renal inflammation5
The Janus view: dual roles for hypoxia-inducible factor in renal repair after acute kidney injury5
Angiotensin (1–7) protects against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury via regulating expression of NRF2 and microRNAs in Fisher 344 rats5
Renal mass reduction increases the response to exogenous insulin independent of acid-base status or plasma insulin levels in rats5
Exercise for patients with chronic kidney disease: from cells to systems to function5
Mitochondria as mediators of systemic inflammation and organ cross talk in acute kidney injury5
The FSGS protein actinin-4 interacts with NKCC2 to regulate thick ascending limb NaCl reabsorption5
Induction of plasmalemmal vesicle-associated protein exacerbates glomerular endothelial injury in thrombotic microangiopathy5
Wilms’ tumor gene 1: lessons from the interface between kidney development and cancer5
Caspase-3-dependent peritubular capillary dysfunction is pivotal for the transition from acute to chronic kidney disease after acute ischemia-reperfusion injury5
Proximal tubule pannexin 1 contributes to mitochondrial dysfunction and cell death during acute kidney injury5
Guidelines on antibody use in physiology research5
Ribosomal s6 kinase is a mediator of aquaporin-2 S256 phosphorylation and membrane accumulation after EGFR inhibition with erlotinib5
The hypoxia-inducible factor-α prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor FG4592 ameliorates renal fibrosis by inducing the H3K9 demethylase JMJD1A5
Renal macro- and microcirculatory perturbations in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease associated with heart failure and cardiac surgery5
Amiloride evokes significant natriuresis and weight loss in kidney transplant recipients with and without albuminuria5
Autophagy and mitophagy: physiological implications in kidney inflammation and diseases5
Impact of bedding on Dahl salt-sensitive hypertension and renal damage5
Could an intrarenal Cori cycle participate in the urinary concentrating mechanism?5
First Author Spotlight5
Generation of Atp6v1g3-Cre mice for investigation of intercalated cells and the collecting duct5
Role of the SLC22A17/lipocalin-2 receptor in renal endocytosis of proteins/metalloproteins: a focus on iron- and cadmium-binding proteins5
A new view of macula densa cell protein synthesis5
Podocytes are lost from glomeruli before completing apoptosis5
Diabetes causes NLRP3-dependent barrier dysfunction in mice with detrusor overactivity but not underactivity5
Modulation of blood pressure by dietary potassium and sodium: sex differences and modeling analysis5
ACE2 deficiency protects against heme protein-induced acute kidney injury4
Pharmacological inhibition of the mixed lineage leukemia 1-menin interaction aggravates acute kidney injury induced by folic acid and ischemia-reperfusion in mice4
First Author Spotlight4
NOXA1-dependent NADPH oxidase 1 signaling mediates angiotensin II activation of the epithelial sodium channel4
Intracellular signaling pathways of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated detrusor muscle contractions4
Renal injury in relation to obesity and the additive effect of hypertension in female and male obese and lean ZSF1 rats4
First Author Spotlight4
Corrigendum for Chen et al., volume 314, 2018, p. F572–F5834
Glucagon receptor activation contributes to the development of kidney injury4
First Author Highlights4
First Author Spotlight4
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