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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
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First Author Highlights72
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Exercise sensitizes the pressure diuresis response: shifting immune landscapes may underlie renal adaptations44
Role of the CDKL1-SOX11 signaling axis in acute kidney injury39
Distinct developmental reprogramming footprint of macrophages during acute kidney injury across species38
Corrigendum for Jang et al., volume 326, 2024, p. F6935
C-terminal fragment of fibroblast growth factor 23 improves heart function in murine models of high intact fibroblast growth factor 2334
Expression of leptin receptor in renal tubules is sparse but implicated in leptin-dependent kidney gene expression and function33
Perinatal asphyxia leads to acute kidney damage and increased renal susceptibility in adulthood31
Small hairpin inhibitory RNA delivery in the metanephric organ culture identifies long noncoding RNA Pvt1 as a modulator of cyst growth30
“Idiopathic” minimal change nephrotic syndrome: a podocyte mystery nears the end29
Chronic infusion of the tryptophan metabolite kynurenine increases mean arterial pressure in male Sprague-Dawley rats29
Interleukin-6 blockade reduces salt-induced cardiac inflammation and fibrosis in subtotal nephrectomized mice29
Stimulation of basolateral calcium-sensing receptor inhibits Kir4.1/Kir5.1 in the mouse distal convoluted tubule29
Accuracy and processing time of kidney volume measurement methods in rodents polycystic kidney disease models: superiority of semiautomated kidney segmentation27
Lack of renoprotective effects by long-term PCSK9 and SGLT2 inhibition using alirocumab and empagliflozin in obese ZSF1 rats26
Mechanistic target of rapamycin complex-1 plays a role in inhibiting kidney K + excretion during overnight dietary K +26
Physical association of NHE3 and SGLT2 mediated by accessory proteins in the renal proximal tubule25
First Author Highlights24
Transcriptomics of SGLT2-positive early proximal tubule segments in mice: response to type 1 diabetes, SGLT1/2 inhibition, or GLP1 receptor agonism24
β2-Adrenergic receptor agonists: a new treatment for diabetic kidney disease?24
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 hypertension23
Perspective on G protein-coupled receptors in renal physiology23
Optogenetic urothelial cell stimulation induces bladder contractions and pelvic nerve afferent firing23
Defining protein expression in the kidney at large scale: from antibody validation to cytometry analysis23
Methylseq, single-nuclei RNAseq, and discovery proteomics identify pathways associated with nephron-deficit CKD in the HSRA rat model22
Tubular dysfunction impairs renal excretion of pseudouridine in diabetic kidney disease22
Phosphorylation of aquaporin-2 at serine 269 in urinary extracellular vesicles reflects renal vasopressin activity in rats21
A combination of β-hydroxybutyrate and citrate ameliorates disease progression in a rat model of polycystic kidney disease21
Redox regulation in diabetic kidney disease21
SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin protects the kidney in a murine model of Balkan nephropathy21
Polygenic genetic variation affecting antibody formation underlies hypertensive renal injury in the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat21
Pax inhibition: stressing proximal tubule for successful repair20
Activation of branched chain amino acid catabolism protects against nephrotoxic acute kidney injury20
Loss of sphingosine kinase 2 protects against cisplatin-induced kidney injury20
Hyperphosphatemia and zinc deficiency in chronic kidney disease: unpacking their interconnected roles and nutritional implications19
The nephronophthisis protein GLIS2 / NPHP7 is required for the DNA damage response in kidney tubular epith19
A brief history of the cortical thick ascending limb: a systems-biology perspective19
First Author Highlights18
Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid administration or soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibition attenuates renal fibrogenesis in obstructive nephropathy18
Editorial Board18
Novel insight on physiological regulation of the Cl/HCO3− exchanger pendrin17
Protein phosphatase 2A subunit B55 alpha is required for angiotensin type 2 receptor elicited natriuresis17
Valosin-containing protein in ciliary morphology: a novel target in ADPKD17
Angiotensin II acts through Rac1 to upregulate pendrin: role of NADPH oxidase17
Long-term follow-up of TREK-1 KO mice reveals the development of bladder hypertrophy and impaired bladder smooth muscle contractility with age17
Ubiquitination of NKCC2 by the cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase family in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle16
Race and sex differences in pressor response to laboratory stressors in patients with chronic kidney disease16
Smartwatches in the digital health ecosystem for health monitoring in patients with chronic kidney disease and kidney failure: opportunities and challenges16
Investigating FSGS-like injury in zebrafish larvae by nifurpirinol: efficacy and molecular insight16
Metabolomic profiling reveals muscle metabolic changes following iliac arteriovenous fistula creation in mice16
Kir7.1 knockdown and inhibition alter renal electrolyte handling but not the development of hypertension in Dahl salt-sensitive rats16
Prolonged unilateral renal ischemia-reperfusion as a model for acute to chronic kidney injury in female mice16
Influence of proteolytic cleavage of ENaC’s γ subunit upon Na+ and K+ handling16
A-Intercalated Cell Dysfunction Disrupts Renal Epithelial-Immune Balance and Impairs Host Defense During UTI16
Cilia-deficient renal tubule cells are primed for injury with mitochondrial defects and aberrant tryptophan metabolism16
Delayed graft function post renal transplantation: a review on animal models and therapeutics16
Impaired nitric oxide mechanisms underlying lower urinary tract dysfunction in aging rats16
Macrophage angiotensin AT2 receptor activation is protective against early phases of LPS-induced acute kidney injury16
Commensal microbiota regulate aldosterone16
First Author Spotlight15
Characterization of FAM114A1: a novel podocyte cytoskeleton-associated protein upregulated in glomerular injury15
High dietary K+ intake inhibits proximal tubule transport15
Inducible Avp knockout mouse line15
Metformin reduces insulin resistance and attenuates progressive renal injury in prepubertal obese Dahl salt-sensitive rats15
Recent advances in understanding the kidney circadian clock mechanism15
First Author Spotlight14
A novel functional role for the classic CNS neurotransmitters, GABA, glycine, and glutamate, in the kidney: potent and opposing regulators of the renal vasculature14
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
Mapping single-nephron filtration in the isolated, perfused rat kidney using magnetic resonance imaging14
Downloadable Tool for Modeling of Salt, Urea and Water Transport in a Renal Tubule Segment: Application to the DCT14
Revisiting voltage-coupled H+ secretion in the collecting duct14
Inducible deletion of the prostaglandin EP3 receptor in kidney tubules of male and female mice has no major effect on water homeostasis14
The kidney in health and disease in 2022: Gaps in and opportunities for new knowledge14
Angiotensin II-stimulated proximal nephron superoxide production and fructose-induced salt-sensitive hypertension14
Sex-disaggregated analysis of acute kidney injury in hospitalized children with sickle cell anemia in Uganda14
Impaired hemodynamic renal reserve response following recovery from established acute kidney injury and improvement by hydrodynamic isotonic fluid delivery13
Citrate modulates calciprotein particle formation and composition13
Kidney transplant injury associated with brain death is mediated by TNFα, independently of renal innervation13
Peak oxygen consumption is positively associated with estimates of oxygen extraction and microvascular blood volume in veterans with chronic kidney disease13
First Author Highlights13
Sex differences in the renal T cell profile in DOCA-salt hypertension are independent of MR activation and increases in blood pressure13
Intersecting transcriptomic landscapes of hypertension and kidney function in African American women13
5-Hydroxytryptamine 1F receptor loss reduces renal vasculature and prevents lasmiditan-induced recovery following moderate-severe acute kidney injury in mice13
TNIK depletion induces inflammation and apoptosis in injured renal proximal tubule epithelial cells13
Ad libitum drinking does not mitigate acute kidney injury risk nor elevations in markers of oxidative stress and inflammation during simulated occupational heat stress13
Pendrin regulation is prioritized by anion in high-potassium diets13
Editorial Board12
Insulin-regulated aminopeptidase is required for water excretion in response to acute hypotonic stress12
JAK inhibition during the early phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection worsens kidney injury by suppressing endogenous antiviral activity in mice12
Kir4.1/Kir5.1 of distal convoluted tubule is required for short-term angiotensin-II-induced stimulation of Na-Cl cotransporter12
Injury in nonaged podocytes as an accelerator of glomerular aging12
Cystinosin-deficient rats recapitulate the phenotype of nephropathic cystinosis12
Exogenous pericyte delivery protects the mouse kidney from chronic ischemic injury12
Practical notes on popular statistical tests in renal physiology12
The impact of maternal obesity on polycystic kidney disease progression in a mouse model12
Prevention of hypertension-induced renal vascular dysfunction through a p66Shc-targeted mechanism12
Collectrin (Tmem27) deficiency in proximal tubules causes hypertension in mice and a TMEM27 variant associates with blood pressure in males in a Latino cohort12
Protective effects of fermentable dietary fiber and propionate in Dahl salt-sensitive hypertension and renal damage12
Amiloride lowers plasma TNF and interleukin-6 but not interleukin-17A in patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes12
Sex differences in renal acid-base regulation12
Pharmacologic disruption of HuR-RNA interactions prevents maladaptive tubular repair and AKI-to-CKD progression11
Furin-mediated modification is required for epithelial sodium channel-activating activity of soluble (pro)renin receptor in cultured collecting duct cells11
Parental obesity predisposes offspring to kidney dysfunction and increased susceptibility to ischemia-reperfusion injury in a sex-dependent manner11
Chronic kidney disease amplifies severe kidney injury and mortality in a mouse model of skin arsenical exposure11
First Author Highlights11
A brief harvesting-freezing delay significantly alters the kidney metabolome and leads to false positive and negative results11
CRB2 depletion induces YAP signaling and disrupts mechanosensing in podocytes11
Bayesian mapping of protein kinases to vasopressin-regulated phosphorylation sites in renal collecting duct11
Male Akita mice develop signs of bladder underactivity independent of NLRP3 as a result of a decrease in neurotransmitter release from efferent neurons10
The injury-induced transcription factor SOX9 alters the expression of LBR, HMGA2, and HIPK3 in the human kidney10
Vascular transcriptional and metabolic changes precede progressive intrarenal microvascular rarefaction in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease10
Exogenous uromodulin and tubular responses in a model of oxalate-induced kidney injury10
First Author Highlights10
Flow-dependent transport processes 2024: filtration, absorption, secretion10
Pretreatment with a novel Toll-like receptor 4 agonist attenuates renal ischemia-reperfusion injury10
HMGB1 drives T-cell activation in hypertensive males and females10
Loss of transcription factor ATOH8 activates TGF-β signaling and exacerbates glomerulosclerosis in podocytes10
Mechanisms of anti-VEGF therapy-induced kidney injury: current insights and future perspectives in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors10
Transcription factor HNF1β controls a transcriptional network regulating kidney cell structure and tight junction integrity10
Promises and challenges of miRNA therapeutics10
HIF-mediated regulation of glutathione-specific γ-glutamyl cyclotransferase 1 contributes to tubular cell death in renal ischemia-reperfusion injury10
Maresin 1 modulates renal and cardiac lipid profiles in hypertensive rats10
Altered renal vascular patterning reduces ischemic kidney injury and limits age-associated vascular loss10
Mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathophysiology of renal diseases10
Macrophages and TGFB signaling regulate fibrosis in the Escherichia coli -infected mouse prostate10
Nitrite protects against cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury via inflammation suppression: insights from a rat cardiopulmonary bypass model9
Nicotinamide ameliorates podocyte injury and albuminuria in adriamycin-induced nephropathy9
β2-Adrenergic receptor agonists as a treatment for diabetic kidney disease9
The nonsteroidal MR antagonist finerenone reverses Western diet-induced kidney disease by regulating mitochondrial and lipid metabolism and inflammation9
Adverse functions of neutrophils are regulated by neutrophilic angiotensin-converting enzyme in immune complex-mediated crescentic glomerulonephritis9
Faster bladder filling in rats reduces detrusor overactivity but worsens (i.e., decreases) bladder compliance9
How does the kidney conserve Na + in a salt-scarce environment?9
Predicting sex differences in the effects of diuretics in renal epithelial transport during angiotensin II-induced hypertension9
Renal tubular (pro)renin receptor deletion exacerbates kidney injury in db/db mice9
First Author Highlights9
Measuring nephron number in the healthy and diabetic rat kidney in vivo using MRI without contrast agents9
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
ΔNP63 regulates epithelial stratification and differentiation in the murine ureter9
Kidney functional reserve helps early detection of subclinical chronic kidney disease9
Identification of cell division cycle protein 20 in various forms of acute and chronic kidney injury in mice9
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
Creatinine clearance is maintained in a range of wet-bulb globe temperatures and work-rest ratios during simulated occupational heat stress9
The miR-143/145 cluster induced by TGF-β1 suppresses Wilms’ tumor 1 expression in cultured human podocytes9
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
Dysregulation of the WNK4-SPAK/OSR1 pathway has a minor effect on baseline NKCC2 phosphorylation9
First Author Highlights9
Excessive protein uptake by endocytic receptors causes elevated proliferation and senescence in proximal tubules primarily in outer medulla of proteinuric mice8
2024 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the American Physiological Society Renal Section8
Corrigendum for Martínez-Rojas et al., volume 323, 2022, p. F425–F4348
First Author Highlights8
Tacrolimus induces fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition via a TGF-β-dependent mechanism to contribute to renal fibrosis8
Activation of farnesoid X receptor inhibits TMEM16A-mediated chloride secretion in renal collecting duct cells and retards renal cyst progression8
The degree of aortic occlusion in the setting of trauma alters the extent of acute kidney injury associated with mitochondrial preservation8
Endothelin-1 signaling in the kidney: recent advances and remaining gaps8
Characterization of gene expression in the kidney of renal tubular cell-specific NFAT5 knockout mice8
Corrigendum for Beenken et al., volume 327, 2024, p. F775–F7878
Longitudinal intravital microscopy of the mouse kidney: inflammatory responses to abdominal imaging windows8
Diffusion tensor MRI is sensitive to fibrotic injury in a mouse model of oxalate-induced chronic kidney disease8
The response to kidney injury is epigenetically regulated through the activation of bivalent genes8
Editorial Board8
Metabolomic profiling to identify early urinary biomarkers and metabolic pathway alterations in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease8
Corrigendum for McKinzie et al., volume 326, 2024, p. F644–F6608
Assays to enhance metabolic phenotyping in the kidney8
Role of protease-activated receptor 4 in mouse models of acute and chronic kidney injury8
The knock-out of paracingulin attenuates hypertension through modulation of kidney ion transport7
Western diet exacerbates a murine model of Balkan nephropathy7
First Author Highlights7
Sex differences in circadian regulation of kidney function of the mouse7
SGLT2 inhibitors: not every drug has the same effect7
The role of Gata3 in renin cell identity7
Endothelial dysfunction in the aging kidney7
KCC3 is not required for the distal convoluted tubule response to reduced dietary potassium intake7
PLVAP: the new villain in glomerular endothelial cell injury7
Chronic central nervous system leptin administration attenuates kidney dysfunction and injury in a model of ischemia/reperfusion-induced acute kidney injury7
Cullin 3 mutant causing familial hyperkalemic hypertension lacks normal activity in the kidney7
Pathways and parameters of sacral neuromodulation in rats7
The unique structural and functional characteristics of glomerular endothelial cell fenestrations and their potential as a therapeutic target in kidney disease7
Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury triggers proximal tubular apoptosis and NHE3 dysfunction via p38MAPK/ezrin signaling pathway7
Single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics reveal unique subpopulations of infiltrating macrophages and dendritic cells following AKI7
The evolving concepts of KS-WNK1 effect on NCC activity7
Transition from acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease: mechanisms, models, and biomarkers7
A comparative modeling study of the mitochondrial function of the proximal tubule and thick ascending limb cells in the rat kidney7
SGLT2-independent effects of canagliflozin on NHE3 and mitochondrial complex I activity inhibit proximal tubule fluid transport and albumin uptake7
Epigenetic regulation of nephrogenesis: from Waddington’s landscape to adult disease7
Spleen tyrosine kinase signaling in myeloid cells promotes macrophage infiltration, glomerulosclerosis, and interstitial fibrosis in diabetic kidney disease6
Angiotensin II hypertension along the female rat tubule: predicted impact on coupled transport of Na+ and K+6
Circadian gene expression in mouse renal proximal tubule6
Guidelines on antibody use in physiology research6
Podocyte injury at young age causes premature senescence and worsens glomerular aging6
Oxysterol-binding protein-like 7 deficiency leads to ER stress-mediated apoptosis in podocytes and proteinuria6
Proteinuria remission profiles in obesity-related kidney disease after bariatric surgery6
Kidney organoid models of polycystic kidney disease: challenges and future directions6
Intestinal barrier function declines during polycystic kidney disease progression6
The urinary proteome infers dysregulation of mitochondrial, lysosomal, and protein reabsorption processes in chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu)6
Functional NADPH oxidase 2 in T cells amplifies salt-sensitive hypertension and associated renal damage6
Anatomic and functional evidence for renal autonomic innervation in normotensive and hypertensive rats6
Editorial Board6
Early-life exposures and long-term health: adverse gestational environments and the programming of offspring renal and vascular disease6
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
The effect of exercise on vascular health in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials6
Renal calcium and magnesium handling during pregnancy: modeling and analysis6
Expression and distribution of MUC1 in the developing and adult kidney6
Endothelin receptor B is required for the blood pressure-lowering effect of G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 in ovariectomized rats6
Hepatic and proximal tubule angiotensinogen play distinct roles in kidney dysfunction, glomerular and tubular injury, and fibrosis progression6
First Author Highlights6
Population-level circadian rhythm of eGFR and the effect of chronodisruption6
Lung cancer-kidney cross talk induces kidney injury, interstitial fibrosis, and enhances cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity6
Tips on navigating the first year of graduate school for individuals from historically excluded backgrounds6
The organelle-tethering protein PDZD8 regulates endolysosomal maturation and TLR9-NF-κB signaling in cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury6
Dietary anions control potassium excretion: it is more than a poorly absorbable anion effect6
Effect of sex chromosome complement versus gonadal hormones on abundance of renal transporters6
Aberrant proximal tubule DNA methylation underlies phenotypic changes related to kidney dysfunction in patients with diabetes6
Role of coagulation in persistent renal ischemia following reperfusion in an animal model6
Loss of Fn14 reduces cisplatin-induced maladaptive inflammatory and fibrotic gene expression and limits downstream tubular damage6
Electron paramagnetic resonance imaging to detect acute kidney injury5
Impact of bedding on Dahl salt-sensitive hypertension and renal damage5
Proximal tubule pannexin 1 contributes to mitochondrial dysfunction and cell death during acute kidney injury5
Podocytes are lost from glomeruli before completing apoptosis5
Therapeutic α-1-microglobulin ameliorates kidney ischemia-reperfusion injury5
Dapagliflozin ameliorates high-fat diet–induced, megalin-mediated autolysosomal dysfunction in proximal tubules via suppression of megalin-dependent endocytosis5
The hypoxia-inducible factor-α prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor FG4592 ameliorates renal fibrosis by inducing the H3K9 demethylase JMJD1A5
Kidney functional reserve and damage biomarkers in subclinical chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury5
First Author Highlights5
Modulation of blood pressure by dietary potassium and sodium: sex differences and modeling analysis5
Wilms’ tumor gene 1: lessons from the interface between kidney development and cancer5
Role of the SLC22A17/lipocalin-2 receptor in renal endocytosis of proteins/metalloproteins: a focus on iron- and cadmium-binding proteins5
The FSGS protein actinin-4 interacts with NKCC2 to regulate thick ascending limb NaCl reabsorption5
First Author Highlights5
Nicorandil protects podocytes via modulation of antioxidative capacity in acute puromycin aminonucleoside-induced nephrosis in rats5
Renal G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 regulates the epithelial sodium channel promoting natriuresis to a greater extent in females5
Fibroblast histone deacetylase-1 promotes kidney interstitial fibrosis following ischemia-reperfusion injury5
Kidney kallikrein-1 contributes to cleavage of γ-ENaC in vivo5
Chronic environmental hypoxia attenuates innate immunity activation and renal injury in two CKD models5
Autophagy and mitophagy: physiological implications in kidney inflammation and diseases5
Raising serum uric acid with a uricase inhibitor worsens PKD in rat and mouse models5
Persistence and expansion of hypoxia detected by pimonidazole adduct immunostaining during progression of diabetic nephropathy in diabetic mice5
Exercise for patients with chronic kidney disease: from cells to systems to function5
Diabetes causes NLRP3-dependent barrier dysfunction in mice with detrusor overactivity but not underactivity5
Induction of plasmalemmal vesicle-associated protein exacerbates glomerular endothelial injury in thrombotic microangiopathy5
Renal macro- and microcirculatory perturbations in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease associated with heart failure and cardiac surgery5
The transcription factor Tcf21 is necessary for adoption of cell fates by Foxd1 + stromal progenitors during kidney develo5
Myeloid-specific ferritin light chain deletion does not exacerbate sepsis-associated AKI5
The endocytic adaptor ARH facilitates potassium conservation by regulating ROMK and BK5
Ribosomal s6 kinase is a mediator of aquaporin-2 S256 phosphorylation and membrane accumulation after EGFR inhibition with erlotinib5
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