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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
First Author Highlights59
Accuracy and processing time of kidney volume measurement methods in rodents polycystic kidney disease models: superiority of semiautomated kidney segmentation51
First Author Highlights50
First Author Highlights46
Exercise sensitizes the pressure diuresis response: shifting immune landscapes may underlie renal adaptations45
Role of the CDKL1-SOX11 signaling axis in acute kidney injury44
Distinct developmental reprogramming footprint of macrophages during acute kidney injury across species43
Corrigendum for Jang et al., volume 326, 2024, p. F6939
Transcriptomics of SGLT2-positive early proximal tubule segments in mice: response to type 1 diabetes, SGLT1/2 inhibition, or GLP1 receptor agonism37
Interleukin-6 blockade reduces salt-induced cardiac inflammation and fibrosis in subtotal nephrectomized mice36
Lack of renoprotective effects by long-term PCSK9 and SGLT2 inhibition using alirocumab and empagliflozin in obese ZSF1 rats35
C-terminal fragment of fibroblast growth factor 23 improves heart function in murine models of high intact fibroblast growth factor 2332
Perinatal asphyxia leads to acute kidney damage and increased renal susceptibility in adulthood30
Expression of leptin receptor in renal tubules is sparse but implicated in leptin-dependent kidney gene expression and function30
Small hairpin inhibitory RNA delivery in the metanephric organ culture identifies long noncoding RNA Pvt1 as a modulator of cyst growth30
Chronic infusion of the tryptophan metabolite kynurenine increases mean arterial pressure in male Sprague-Dawley rats28
Stimulation of basolateral calcium-sensing receptor inhibits Kir4.1/Kir5.1 in the mouse distal convoluted tubule27
Physical association of NHE3 and SGLT2 mediated by accessory proteins in the renal proximal tubule27
“Idiopathic” minimal change nephrotic syndrome: a podocyte mystery nears the end26
First Author Highlights25
Polygenic genetic variation affecting antibody formation underlies hypertensive renal injury in the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat25
Perspective on G protein-coupled receptors in renal physiology24
Defining protein expression in the kidney at large scale: from antibody validation to cytometry analysis24
β2-Adrenergic receptor agonists: a new treatment for diabetic kidney disease?24
The nephronophthisis protein GLIS2 / NPHP7 is required for the DNA damage response in kidney tubular epith23
Pax inhibition: stressing proximal tubule for successful repair22
Optogenetic urothelial cell stimulation induces bladder contractions and pelvic nerve afferent firing22
A key role of AT1a receptors and Na+/H+ exchanger 3 in the proximal tubules in angiotensin II-induced and two-kidney, one-clip Goldblatt hypertension21
Activation of branched chain amino acid catabolism protects against nephrotoxic acute kidney injury21
A brief history of the cortical thick ascending limb: a systems-biology perspective21
SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin protects the kidney in a murine model of Balkan nephropathy21
Methylseq, single-nuclei RNAseq, and discovery proteomics identify pathways associated with nephron-deficit CKD in the HSRA rat model21
Redox regulation in diabetic kidney disease21
Loss of sphingosine kinase 2 protects against cisplatin-induced kidney injury21
Tubular dysfunction impairs renal excretion of pseudouridine in diabetic kidney disease20
First Author Highlights19
Hyperphosphatemia and zinc deficiency in chronic kidney disease: unpacking their interconnected roles and nutritional implications19
A combination of β-hydroxybutyrate and citrate ameliorates disease progression in a rat model of polycystic kidney disease19
Protein phosphatase 2A subunit B55 alpha is required for angiotensin type 2 receptor elicited natriuresis18
Valosin-containing protein in ciliary morphology: a novel target in ADPKD18
Race and sex differences in pressor response to laboratory stressors in patients with chronic kidney disease18
Novel insight on physiological regulation of the Cl/HCO3− exchanger pendrin18
Editorial Board18
Long-term follow-up of TREK-1 KO mice reveals the development of bladder hypertrophy and impaired bladder smooth muscle contractility with age18
Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid administration or soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibition attenuates renal fibrogenesis in obstructive nephropathy17
Cilia-deficient renal tubule cells are primed for injury with mitochondrial defects and aberrant tryptophan metabolism17
Angiotensin II acts through Rac1 to upregulate pendrin: role of NADPH oxidase16
Kir7.1 knockdown and inhibition alter renal electrolyte handling but not the development of hypertension in Dahl salt-sensitive rats16
Impaired nitric oxide mechanisms underlying lower urinary tract dysfunction in aging rats16
Characterization of FAM114A1: a novel podocyte cytoskeleton-associated protein upregulated in glomerular injury16
Prolonged unilateral renal ischemia-reperfusion as a model for acute to chronic kidney injury in female mice16
Ubiquitination of NKCC2 by the cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase family in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle16
Metabolomic profiling reveals muscle metabolic changes following iliac arteriovenous fistula creation in mice16
Inhibition of hypoxia-inducible factor-prolyl hydroxylation protects from cyclophosphamide-induced bladder injury and urinary dysfunction16
Delayed graft function post renal transplantation: a review on animal models and therapeutics16
High dietary K+ intake inhibits proximal tubule transport16
Metformin reduces insulin resistance and attenuates progressive renal injury in prepubertal obese Dahl salt-sensitive rats16
Investigating FSGS-like injury in zebrafish larvae by nifurpirinol: efficacy and molecular insight15
Commensal microbiota regulate aldosterone15
Comparison of the surgical resection and infarct 5/6 nephrectomy rat models of chronic kidney disease15
Recent advances in understanding the kidney circadian clock mechanism15
Macrophage angiotensin AT2 receptor activation is protective against early phases of LPS-induced acute kidney injury15
Inducible Avp knockout mouse line15
First Author Spotlight14
Ad libitum drinking does not mitigate acute kidney injury risk nor elevations in markers of oxidative stress and inflammation during simulated occupational heat stress14
Inducible deletion of the prostaglandin EP3 receptor in kidney tubules of male and female mice has no major effect on water homeostasis14
Sex-disaggregated analysis of acute kidney injury in hospitalized children with sickle cell anemia in Uganda14
Influence of proteolytic cleavage of ENaC’s γ subunit upon Na+ and K+ handling14
Downloadable Tool for Modeling of Salt, Urea and Water Transport in a Renal Tubule Segment: Application to the DCT14
Angiotensin II-stimulated proximal nephron superoxide production and fructose-induced salt-sensitive hypertension14
Kir4.1/Kir5.1 of distal convoluted tubule is required for short-term angiotensin-II-induced stimulation of Na-Cl cotransporter14
First Author Spotlight14
The kidney in health and disease in 2022: Gaps in and opportunities for new knowledge14
Sex differences in dietary sodium evoked NCC regulation and blood pressure in male and female Sprague-Dawley, Dahl salt-resistant, and Dahl salt-sensitive rats14
Kidney transplant injury associated with brain death is mediated by TNFα, independently of renal innervation14
First Author Highlights13
Citrate modulates calciprotein particle formation and composition13
Physiology assays in human kidney organoids13
Sex differences in renal acid-base regulation13
The impact of maternal obesity on polycystic kidney disease progression in a mouse model13
Peak oxygen consumption is positively associated with estimates of oxygen extraction and microvascular blood volume in veterans with chronic kidney disease13
TNIK depletion induces inflammation and apoptosis in injured renal proximal tubule epithelial cells13
5-Hydroxytryptamine 1F receptor loss reduces renal vasculature and prevents lasmiditan-induced recovery following moderate-severe acute kidney injury in mice13
Impaired hemodynamic renal reserve response following recovery from established acute kidney injury and improvement by hydrodynamic isotonic fluid delivery13
A novel functional role for the classic CNS neurotransmitters, GABA, glycine, and glutamate, in the kidney: potent and opposing regulators of the renal vasculature13
Protective effects of fermentable dietary fiber and propionate in Dahl salt-sensitive hypertension and renal damage12
Pendrin regulation is prioritized by anion in high-potassium diets12
Mapping single-nephron filtration in the isolated, perfused rat kidney using magnetic resonance imaging12
Regulation of kidney mitochondrial function by caloric restriction12
Insulin-regulated aminopeptidase is required for water excretion in response to acute hypotonic stress12
CRB2 depletion induces YAP signaling and disrupts mechanosensing in podocytes12
Revisiting voltage-coupled H+ secretion in the collecting duct12
Injury in nonaged podocytes as an accelerator of glomerular aging12
JAK inhibition during the early phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection worsens kidney injury by suppressing endogenous antiviral activity in mice12
Exogenous pericyte delivery protects the mouse kidney from chronic ischemic injury12
Editorial Board12
Intersecting transcriptomic landscapes of hypertension and kidney function in African American women12
Cystinosin-deficient rats recapitulate the phenotype of nephropathic cystinosis12
Prevention of hypertension-induced renal vascular dysfunction through a p66Shc-targeted mechanism12
Influence of carnosine and carnosinase-1 on diabetes-induced afferent arteriole vasodilation: implications for glomerular hemodynamics12
Chronic kidney disease amplifies severe kidney injury and mortality in a mouse model of skin arsenical exposure12
Altered renal vascular patterning reduces ischemic kidney injury and limits age-associated vascular loss11
Furin-mediated modification is required for epithelial sodium channel-activating activity of soluble (pro)renin receptor in cultured collecting duct cells11
Collectrin (Tmem27) deficiency in proximal tubules causes hypertension in mice and a TMEM27 variant associates with blood pressure in males in a Latino cohort11
Practical notes on popular statistical tests in renal physiology11
Maresin 1 modulates renal and cardiac lipid profiles in hypertensive rats11
First Author Highlights11
Amiloride lowers plasma TNF and interleukin-6 but not interleukin-17A in patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes11
Pharmacologic disruption of HuR-RNA interactions prevents maladaptive tubular repair and AKI-to-CKD progression11
Bayesian mapping of protein kinases to vasopressin-regulated phosphorylation sites in renal collecting duct11
Mechanisms of anti-VEGF therapy-induced kidney injury: current insights and future perspectives in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors11
A brief harvesting-freezing delay significantly alters the kidney metabolome and leads to false positive and negative results11
Parental obesity predisposes offspring to kidney dysfunction and increased susceptibility to ischemia-reperfusion injury in a sex-dependent manner11
The injury-induced transcription factor SOX9 alters the expression of LBR, HMGA2, and HIPK3 in the human kidney11
HIF-mediated regulation of glutathione-specific γ-glutamyl cyclotransferase 1 contributes to tubular cell death in renal ischemia-reperfusion injury10
HMGB1 drives T-cell activation in hypertensive males and females10
Mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathophysiology of renal diseases10
Vascular transcriptional and metabolic changes precede progressive intrarenal microvascular rarefaction in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease10
Male Akita mice develop signs of bladder underactivity independent of NLRP3 as a result of a decrease in neurotransmitter release from efferent neurons10
Pretreatment with a novel Toll-like receptor 4 agonist attenuates renal ischemia-reperfusion injury10
First Author Highlights10
Exogenous uromodulin and tubular responses in a model of oxalate-induced kidney injury10
Loss of transcription factor ATOH8 activates TGF-β signaling and exacerbates glomerulosclerosis in podocytes10
Promises and challenges of miRNA therapeutics10
Pax proteins mediate segment-specific functions in proximal tubule survival and response to ischemic injury10
The nonsteroidal MR antagonist finerenone reverses Western diet-induced kidney disease by regulating mitochondrial and lipid metabolism and inflammation9
First Author Highlights9
Renal tubular (pro)renin receptor deletion exacerbates kidney injury in db/db mice9
Identification of cell division cycle protein 20 in various forms of acute and chronic kidney injury in mice9
Chronic circadian stress impairs blood pressure and sodium homeostasis in a diet- and sex-specific manner9
Macrophage SPAK deletion limits a low potassium-induced kidney inflammatory program9
Postoperative acute kidney injury after volatile or intravenous anesthesia: a meta-analysis9
Novel method for kinetic analysis applied to transport by the uniporter OCT29
Macrophages and TGFB signaling regulate fibrosis in the Escherichia coli -infected mouse prostate9
β2-Adrenergic receptor agonists as a treatment for diabetic kidney disease9
Faster bladder filling in rats reduces detrusor overactivity but worsens (i.e., decreases) bladder compliance9
Inhibition of mTORC2 promotes natriuresis in Dahl salt-sensitive rats via the decrease of NCC and ENaC activity9
The miR-143/145 cluster induced by TGF-β1 suppresses Wilms’ tumor 1 expression in cultured human podocytes9
Flow-dependent transport processes 2024: filtration, absorption, secretion9
Measuring nephron number in the healthy and diabetic rat kidney in vivo using MRI without contrast agents9
Nicotinamide ameliorates podocyte injury and albuminuria in adriamycin-induced nephropathy9
Longitudinal intravital microscopy of the mouse kidney: inflammatory responses to abdominal imaging windows9
First Author Highlights9
Transcription factor HNF1β controls a transcriptional network regulating kidney cell structure and tight junction integrity9
Creatinine clearance is maintained in a range of wet-bulb globe temperatures and work-rest ratios during simulated occupational heat stress9
Adverse functions of neutrophils are regulated by neutrophilic angiotensin-converting enzyme in immune complex-mediated crescentic glomerulonephritis9
Kidney functional reserve helps early detection of subclinical chronic kidney disease8
Activation of farnesoid X receptor inhibits TMEM16A-mediated chloride secretion in renal collecting duct cells and retards renal cyst progression8
Dysregulation of the WNK4-SPAK/OSR1 pathway has a minor effect on baseline NKCC2 phosphorylation8
Assays to enhance metabolic phenotyping in the kidney8
Editorial Board8
Role of protease-activated receptor 4 in mouse models of acute and chronic kidney injury8
How does the kidney conserve Na + in a salt-scarce environment?8
Tacrolimus induces fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition via a TGF-β-dependent mechanism to contribute to renal fibrosis8
Diffusion tensor MRI is sensitive to fibrotic injury in a mouse model of oxalate-induced chronic kidney disease8
KCC3 is not required for the distal convoluted tubule response to reduced dietary potassium intake8
The response to kidney injury is epigenetically regulated through the activation of bivalent genes8
Predicting sex differences in the effects of diuretics in renal epithelial transport during angiotensin II-induced hypertension8
The degree of aortic occlusion in the setting of trauma alters the extent of acute kidney injury associated with mitochondrial preservation8
First Author Highlights8
Endothelin-1 signaling in the kidney: recent advances and remaining gaps8
Cullin 3 mutant causing familial hyperkalemic hypertension lacks normal activity in the kidney7
SGLT2 inhibitors: not every drug has the same effect7
Transition from acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease: mechanisms, models, and biomarkers7
Characterization of gene expression in the kidney of renal tubular cell-specific NFAT5 knockout mice7
Metabolomic profiling to identify early urinary biomarkers and metabolic pathway alterations in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease7
Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury triggers proximal tubular apoptosis and NHE3 dysfunction via p38MAPK/ezrin signaling pathway7
SGLT2-independent effects of canagliflozin on NHE3 and mitochondrial complex I activity inhibit proximal tubule fluid transport and albumin uptake7
Single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics reveal unique subpopulations of infiltrating macrophages and dendritic cells following AKI7
Pathways and parameters of sacral neuromodulation in rats7
2024 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the American Physiological Society Renal Section7
Corrigendum for McKinzie et al., volume 326, 2024, p. F644–F6607
The evolving concepts of KS-WNK1 effect on NCC activity7
Chronic central nervous system leptin administration attenuates kidney dysfunction and injury in a model of ischemia/reperfusion-induced acute kidney injury7
The knock-out of paracingulin attenuates hypertension through modulation of kidney ion transport7
Corrigendum for Martínez-Rojas et al., volume 323, 2022, p. F425–F4347
The unique structural and functional characteristics of glomerular endothelial cell fenestrations and their potential as a therapeutic target in kidney disease7
The role of Gata3 in renin cell identity7
Corrigendum for Beenken et al., volume 327, 2024, p. F775–F7877
Sex differences in circadian regulation of kidney function of the mouse7
First Author Highlights6
Renal calcium and magnesium handling during pregnancy: modeling and analysis6
Effect of sex chromosome complement versus gonadal hormones on abundance of renal transporters6
Oxysterol-binding protein-like 7 deficiency leads to ER stress-mediated apoptosis in podocytes and proteinuria6
Tips on navigating the first year of graduate school for individuals from historically excluded backgrounds6
Lung cancer-kidney cross talk induces kidney injury, interstitial fibrosis, and enhances cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity6
The organelle-tethering protein PDZD8 regulates endolysosomal maturation and TLR9-NF-κB signaling in cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury6
Spleen tyrosine kinase signaling in myeloid cells promotes macrophage infiltration, glomerulosclerosis, and interstitial fibrosis in diabetic kidney disease6
Early-life exposures and long-term health: adverse gestational environments and the programming of offspring renal and vascular disease6
Endothelin receptor B is required for the blood pressure-lowering effect of G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 in ovariectomized rats6
Anatomic and functional evidence for renal autonomic innervation in normotensive and hypertensive rats6
Aberrant proximal tubule DNA methylation underlies phenotypic changes related to kidney dysfunction in patients with diabetes6
Expression and distribution of MUC1 in the developing and adult kidney6
A comparative modeling study of the mitochondrial function of the proximal tubule and thick ascending limb cells in the rat kidney6
Angiotensin II hypertension along the female rat tubule: predicted impact on coupled transport of Na+ and K+6
Guidelines on antibody use in physiology research6
Electron paramagnetic resonance imaging to detect acute kidney injury6
Podocyte injury at young age causes premature senescence and worsens glomerular aging6
Dietary anions control potassium excretion: it is more than a poorly absorbable anion effect6
The effect of exercise on vascular health in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials6
Role of coagulation in persistent renal ischemia following reperfusion in an animal model6
Kidney stone formation in a novel murine model of polycystic kidney disease6
Editorial Board6
Western diet exacerbates a murine model of Balkan nephropathy6
PLVAP: the new villain in glomerular endothelial cell injury6
Endothelial dysfunction in the aging kidney6
Intestinal barrier function declines during polycystic kidney disease progression6
Kidney organoid models of polycystic kidney disease: challenges and future directions6
Angiotensin (1–7) protects against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury via regulating expression of NRF2 and microRNAs in Fisher 344 rats6
Persistence and expansion of hypoxia detected by pimonidazole adduct immunostaining during progression of diabetic nephropathy in diabetic mice6
Generation of Atp6v1g3-Cre mice for investigation of intercalated cells and the collecting duct6
Sex-specific modulation of renal epigenetic and injury markers in aging kidney6
Hepatic and proximal tubule angiotensinogen play distinct roles in kidney dysfunction, glomerular and tubular injury, and fibrosis progression6
Population-level circadian rhythm of eGFR and the effect of chronodisruption6
Circadian gene expression in mouse renal proximal tubule6
Functional NADPH oxidase 2 in T cells amplifies salt-sensitive hypertension and associated renal damage6
The urinary proteome infers dysregulation of mitochondrial, lysosomal, and protein reabsorption processes in chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu)6
First Author Highlights6
Renal G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 regulates the epithelial sodium channel promoting natriuresis to a greater extent in females5
Characterizing the metabolic response of the zebrafish kidney to overfeeding5
Kidney functional reserve and damage biomarkers in subclinical chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury5
Exercise for patients with chronic kidney disease: from cells to systems to function5
The transcription factor Tcf21 is necessary for adoption of cell fates by Foxd1 + stromal progenitors during kidney develo5
Fibroblast histone deacetylase-1 promotes kidney interstitial fibrosis following ischemia-reperfusion injury5
Chronic environmental hypoxia attenuates innate immunity activation and renal injury in two CKD models5
The Janus view: dual roles for hypoxia-inducible factor in renal repair after acute kidney injury5
Role of the SLC22A17/lipocalin-2 receptor in renal endocytosis of proteins/metalloproteins: a focus on iron- and cadmium-binding proteins5
Proximal tubule pannexin 1 contributes to mitochondrial dysfunction and cell death during acute kidney injury5
Induction of plasmalemmal vesicle-associated protein exacerbates glomerular endothelial injury in thrombotic microangiopathy5
The FSGS protein actinin-4 interacts with NKCC2 to regulate thick ascending limb NaCl reabsorption5
First Author Highlights5
Dapagliflozin ameliorates high-fat diet–induced, megalin-mediated autolysosomal dysfunction in proximal tubules via suppression of megalin-dependent endocytosis5
Mitochondria as mediators of systemic inflammation and organ cross talk in acute kidney injury5
Therapeutic α-1-microglobulin ameliorates kidney ischemia-reperfusion injury5
Renal macro- and microcirculatory perturbations in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease associated with heart failure and cardiac surgery5
First Author Highlights5
Ribosomal s6 kinase is a mediator of aquaporin-2 S256 phosphorylation and membrane accumulation after EGFR inhibition with erlotinib5
Wilms’ tumor gene 1: lessons from the interface between kidney development and cancer5
Diabetes causes NLRP3-dependent barrier dysfunction in mice with detrusor overactivity but not underactivity5
Podocytes are lost from glomeruli before completing apoptosis5
Blockage of the Na-K-ATPase signaling-mediated oxidant amplification loop elongates red blood cell half-life and ameliorates uremic anemia induced by 5/6th PNx in C57BL/6 mice5
First Author Highlights5
Inhaled silica nanoparticles cause chronic kidney disease in rats5
Kidney kallikrein-1 contributes to cleavage of γ-ENaC in vivo5
The hypoxia-inducible factor-α prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor FG4592 ameliorates renal fibrosis by inducing the H3K9 demethylase JMJD1A5
Amiloride evokes significant natriuresis and weight loss in kidney transplant recipients with and without albuminuria5
Modulation of blood pressure by dietary potassium and sodium: sex differences and modeling analysis5
Raising serum uric acid with a uricase inhibitor worsens PKD in rat and mouse models5
The endocytic adaptor ARH facilitates potassium conservation by regulating ROMK and BK5
Impact of bedding on Dahl salt-sensitive hypertension and renal damage5
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