Journal of Nephrology

Article	Citations
Sarcopenia in chronic kidney disease: what have we learned so far?	190
AKI: an increasingly recognized risk factor for CKD development and progression	82
COVID-19 and the kidney: what we think we know so far and what we don’t	78
Impact of renal function on admission in COVID-19 patients: an analysis of the international HOPE COVID-19 (Health Outcome Predictive Evaluation for COVID 19) Registry	72
Exposure to novel coronavirus in patients on renal replacement therapy during the exponential phase of COVID-19 pandemic: survey of the Italian Society of Nephrology	71
COVID–19 and chronic kidney disease: an updated overview of reviews	67
Urinary exosomal miR-146a as a marker of albuminuria, activity changes and disease flares in lupus nephritis	47
Green nephrology and eco-dialysis: a position statement by the Italian Society of Nephrology	42
Kidney disease and all-cause mortality in patients with COVID-19 hospitalized in Genoa, Northern Italy	41
Targeting oxidative stress and anti-oxidant defence in diabetic kidney disease	38
COVID-19 and dialysis: why we should be worried	35
COVID-19 and kidney transplantation: an Italian Survey and Consensus	34
Atherogenic dyslipidemia and diabetic nephropathy	34
Donor-transmitted cancer in kidney transplant recipients: a systematic review	34
Outcomes on safety and efficacy of left atrial appendage occlusion in end stage renal disease patients undergoing dialysis	33
IgA nephropathy in children and in adults: two separate entities or the same disease?	33
High mortality of CKD patients on hemodialysis with Covid-19 in Brazil	33
Association of uric acid with kidney function and albuminuria: the Uric Acid Right for heArt Health (URRAH) Project	31
Renal dysfunction in cardiovascular diseases and its consequences	31
Hyponatremia is associated with poor outcome in COVID-19	31
Eculizumab treatment for renal failure in a pediatric patient with COVID-19	30
COVID-19-related stigma and perceived stress among dialysis staff	30
Severe acute kidney injury in critically ill COVID-19 patients	30
Blood pressure reduction and RAAS inhibition in diabetic kidney disease: therapeutic potentials and limitations	29
Remote monitoring in peritoneal dialysis: benefits on clinical outcomes and on quality of life	28

Proteinuria in COVID-19: prevalence, characterization and prognostic role	28
Nephroprotective effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists: where do we stand?	25
Immunogenicity of a first dose of mRNA- or vector-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in dialysis patients: a multicenter prospective observational pilot study	24
Pregnancy-triggered atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS): a Global aHUS Registry analysis	24
Minimal change disease following vaccination for SARS-CoV-2	24
A deep-learning model to continuously predict severe acute kidney injury based on urine output changes in critically ill patients	23
Acute kidney injury and mortality risk in older adults with COVID-19	22
Atherosclerotic-nephropathy: an updated narrative review	22
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on patients with ANCA associated vasculitis	21
Assessment of glomerular morphological patterns by deep learning algorithms	21
Therapeutic advances in ADPKD: the future awaits	20
The innate immune system in human kidney inflammaging	20
Distal renal tubular acidosis: a systematic approach from diagnosis to treatment	20
Identifying prognostic risk factors for poor outcome following COVID-19 disease among in-centre haemodialysis patients: role of inflammation and frailty	20
The TLR4-MyD88-NF-κB pathway is involved in sIgA-mediated IgA nephropathy	19
SGLT2 inhibitors, sodium and off-target effects: an overview	19
The frail world of haemodialysis patients in the COVID-19 pandemic era: a systematic scoping review	19
Metformin, chronic nephropathy and lactic acidosis: a multi-faceted issue for the nephrologist	19
Implementation of a frailty screening programme and Geriatric Assessment Service in a nephrology centre: a quality improvement project	19
Renal structure in type 2 diabetes: facts and misconceptions	19
Efficacy of aerobic exercise on the cardiometabolic and renal outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials	19
Plant-based diets, insulin sensitivity and inflammation in elderly men with chronic kidney disease	18
Medication non-adherence in chronic kidney disease: a mixed-methods review and synthesis using the theoretical domains framework and the behavioural change wheel	18
Urinary vitronectin identifies patients with high levels of fibrosis in kidney grafts	18
The Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of dialysis patients	18
First considerations on the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in the Dialysis Units of Piedmont and Aosta Valley, Northern Italy	18
The extent of tubulointerstitial inflammation is an independent predictor of renal survival in lupus nephritis	18
Urinary Growth Differentiation Factor-15 (GDF15) levels as a biomarker of adverse outcomes and biopsy findings in chronic kidney disease	18
Targeting COVID-19 prevention in hemodialysis facilities is associated with a drastic reduction in central venous catheter-related infections	17
Long-term safety and efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients with IgA nephropathy: a single-center experience	17
Efficacy of low or standard rituximab-based protocols and comparison to Ponticelli’s regimen in membranous nephropathy	17
Digital pathology for the routine diagnosis of renal diseases: a standard model	17
The global incidence and mortality of contrast-associated acute kidney injury following coronary angiography: a meta-analysis of 1.2 million patients	17
Surgical versus percutaneous catheter placement for peritoneal dialysis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Impact of renal disease and comorbidities on mortality in hemodialysis patients with COVID-19: a multicenter experience from Germany	17
Where are we now? Emerging opportunities and challenges in the management of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease	16
Protein-bound uremic toxin lowering strategies in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	16
The osmo-metabolic approach: a novel and tantalizing glucose-sparing strategy in peritoneal dialysis	16
Wars and kidney patients: a statement by the European Kidney Health Alliance related to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict	16
Comparison of 51Cr-EDTA and 99mTc-DTPA for glomerular filtration rate measurement	15
Dickkopf-3 in the prediction of contrast media induced acute kidney injury	15
Immunosuppression-related neurological disorders in kidney transplantation	15
When a nephrology ward becomes a COVID-19 ward: the Cremona experience	14
Lessons for the clinical nephrologist: recurrence of nephrotic syndrome induced by SARS-CoV-2	14
Influence of bowel habits on gut-derived toxins in peritoneal dialysis patients	14
Acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with Covid-19 infection is associated with ventilatory management with elevated positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP)	14
The COVID-19 infection in dialysis: are home-based renal replacement therapies a way to improve patient management?	14
Role of blood pressure dysregulation on kidney and mortality outcomes in COVID-19. Kidney, blood pressure and mortality in SARS-CoV-2 infection	13
Uric acid and risk of diabetic kidney disease	13
Prevention of hypomagnesemia in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury on continuous kidney replacement therapy: the role of early supplementation and close monitoring	13

Feasibility of computed tomography-based assessment of skeletal muscle mass in hemodialysis patients	13
Single versus dual blockade of the renin-angiotensin system in patients with IgA nephropathy	13
COVID-19-related collapsing glomerulopathy revealing a rare risk variant of APOL1: lessons for the clinical nephrologist	13
Diagnostic accuracy of anti-phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R) antibodies in idiopathic membranous nephropathy: an Italian experience	13
Therapeutic implications of shared mechanisms in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and chronic kidney disease	13
Omics research in diabetic kidney disease: new biomarker dimensions and new understandings?	12
Systolic blood pressure and chronic kidney disease progression in patients with primary glomerular disease	12
Remote patient monitoring in peritoneal dialysis helps reduce risk of hospitalization during Covid-19 pandemic	12
COVID-19-associated atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome and use of Eculizumab therapy	12
Impact of tozinameran (BNT162b2) mRNA vaccine on kidney transplant and chronic dialysis patients: 3–5 months follow-up	12
Acute kidney injury during pregnancy and puerperium: an Egyptian hospital-based study	12
Comparison of antibody response to two different mRNA Covid-19 vaccines in patients on hemodialysis	12
Insights on safety and efficacy of renal artery denervation for uncontrolled-resistant hypertension in a high risk population with chronic kidney disease: first Italian real-world experience	12
Association between anemia and mortality in hemodialysis patients is modified by the presence of diabetes	12
Perceptions of exercise benefits and barriers: the influence on physical activity behaviour in individuals undergoing haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis	11
Peritoneal dialysis: the ideal bridge from conservative therapy to kidney transplant	11
Clinical significance of glomerular C3 deposition in primary membranous nephropathy	11
Risk of acute rejection in kidney transplant recipients after COVID-19	11
Renal histology across the stages of chronic kidney disease	11
Citrate high volume on-line hemodiafiltration modulates serum Interleukin-6 and Klotho levels: the multicenter randomized controlled study “Hephaestus”	11
Kidney injury molecule-1: potential biomarker of acute kidney injury and disease severity in patients with COVID-19	11
Outbreak of chronic renal failure: will this be a delayed heritage of COVID-19?	11
Novel loss of function variants in FRAS1 AND FREM2 underlie renal agenesis in consanguineous families	10
Serum β2-microglobulin as a predictor of residual kidney function in peritoneal dialysis patients	10
Ex vivo confocal microscopy performs real-time assessment of renal biopsy in non-neoplastic diseases	10
Everolimus for BKV nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients: a prospective, controlled study.	10
Disorders in bone-mineral parameters and the risk of death in persons with chronic kidney disease stages 4 and 5: the PECERA study	10
Cystatin C, COVID-19 severity and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Clinical exome sequencing is a powerful tool in the diagnostic flow of monogenic kidney diseases: an Italian experience	10
Calciphylaxis in end-stage kidney disease: outcome data from the United Kingdom Calciphylaxis Study	10
Dietary intake in adults on hemodialysis compared with guideline recommendations	10
Nutritional management of kidney diseases: an unmet need in patient care	10
Why and how should we promote home dialysis for patients with end-stage kidney disease during and after the coronavirus 2019 disease pandemic? A French perspective	10
Psychosocial factors affecting patients with end-stage kidney disease and the impact of the social worker	10
Renal infarction in COVID-19 patient	10
Nomenclature in nephrology: preserving ‘renal’ and ‘nephro' in the glossary of kidney health and disease	10
HMGB-1 and TGFβ-1 highlight immuno-inflammatory and fibrotic processes before proteinuria onset in pediatric patients with Alport syndrome	10
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration: an anemia parameter predicting cardiovascular disease in incident dialysis patients	10
Effect of preoperative exercise on vascular caliber and maturation of arteriovenous fistula: the physicalfav trial, a randomized controlled study	9
Long-term renal survival and undetected risk factors of IgA nephropathy in Chinese children—a retrospective 1243 cases analysis from single centre experience	9
Long-term renal survival and related risk factors for primary membranous nephropathy in Chinese children: a retrospective analysis of 217 cases	9
Estimation of kidney function in patients with primary neuromuscular diseases: is serum cystatin C a better marker of kidney function than creatinine?	9
Downregulation of megalin, cubilin, ClC-5 and podocin in Fabry nephropathy: potential implications in the decreased effectiveness of enzyme replacement therapy	9
Renal thrombotic microangiopathy associated to worse renal prognosis in Lupus Nephritis	9
Successful treatment of PLA2R1-antibody positive membranous nephropathy with ocrelizumab	9
Low skeletal muscle mass by computerized tomography is associated with increased mortality risk in end-stage kidney disease patients on hemodialysis	9
COVID-19 in children and young adults with kidney disease: risk factors, clinical features and serological response	8
The impact of the superficial cuff position on the exit site and tunnel infections in CAPD patients	8
Effect of sodium bicarbonate supplementation on the renin-angiotensin system in patients with chronic kidney disease and acidosis: a randomized clinical trial	8
The future of Diabetic Kidney Disease management: reducing the unmet need	8
Large potassium shifts during dialysis enhance cardiac repolarization instability	8
Acute kidney injury, a common and severe complication in hospitalized patients during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Urinary strips for protein assays: easy to do but difficult to interpret!	8
Multicentric study comparing cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil and azathioprine in the maintenance therapy of lupus nephritis: 8 years follow up	7
Pregnancy outcomes in women with immunoglobulin A nephropathy: a nationwide population-based cohort study	7
Prediction of risk factors and outcomes of neonatal acute kidney injury	7
COVID-19 and acute kidney injury in pediatric subjects: is there a place for eculizumab treatment?	7
Risk factors and action thresholds for the novel coronavirus pandemic. Insights from the Italian Society of Nephrology COVID-19 Survey	7
Maternal and neonatal outcomes of pregnancy complicated by urolithiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Treatment for IgA nephropathy with stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease: low-dose corticosteroids combined with oral cyclophosphamide	7
Dipstick proteinuria and cancer incidence: a nationwide population-based study	7
Occupational sedentary behavior and prediction of proteinuria in young to middle-aged adults: a retrospective cohort study	7
Position paper on the safety/efficacy profile of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Consensus document of Società Italiana di Nefrologia (SIN), Federazione Centri per	7
Detoxification of bilirubin and bile acids with intermittent coupled plasmafiltration and adsorption in liver failure (HERCOLE study)	7
Comparison of 30-day case-fatality rate between dialysis and transplant Covid-19 patients: a propensity score matched cohort study	6
Body composition, adipokines, FGF23-Klotho and bone in kidney transplantation: Is there a link?	6
A non-invasive differential diagnostic model for light chain cast nephropathy in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients with renal involvement: a multicenter study	6
Lower serum bicarbonate is associated with an increased risk of acute kidney injury	6
Urinary proteomics reveals key markers of salt sensitivity in hypertensive patients during saline infusion	6
Totally tubular, dude: rethinking DKD pathogenesis in the wake of SGLT2i data	6
Membranous nephropathy in a patient with COVID-19 infection	6
Renal disorders in rheumatologic diseases: the spectrum is changing (Part 1: connective tissue diseases)	6
The study of single cells in diabetic kidney disease	6
A call to optimize haemodialysis vascular access care in healthcare disrupted by COVID-19 pandemic	6
Reconsidering adsorption in hemodialysis: is it just an epiphenomenon? A narrative review	6
Nephroplex: a kidney-focused NGS panel highlights the challenges of PKD1 sequencing and identifies a founder BBS4 mutation	6
The relationship between intra-parenchymal renal resistive index variation and renal functional reserve in healthy subjects	6
Outcomes and rates of dissolution therapy for uric acid stones	6
Pre-treatment hematuria and crescents predict estimated glomerular filtration rate trajectory after methylprednisolone pulse therapy with tonsillectomy for IgA nephropathy	6
Sugar- and artificially-sweetened beverages and the risks of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis	6

Immune-mediated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in childhood treated by caplacizumab, about 3 cases	6
Reuse of dialysis reverse osmosis reject water for aquaponics and horticulture	6
Excess volume removal following lung ultrasound evaluation decreases central blood pressure and pulse wave velocity in hemodialysis patients: a LUST sub-study	6
Association of urinary C-megalin with albuminuria and renal function in diabetes: a cross-sectional study (Diabetes Distress and Care Registry at Tenri [DDCRT 21])	5
Low-dose aspirin for the prevention of severe preeclampsia in patients with chronic kidney disease: a retrospective study	5
Acute pyelonephritis in children and the risk of end-stage kidney disease	5
Robotic technology quantifies novel perceptual-motor impairments in patients with chronic kidney disease	5
Effect of water composition and timing of ingestion on urinary lithogenic profile in healthy volunteers: a randomized crossover trial	5
A clinical study on the changing dynamics of disease severity, management strategies and outcomes of COVID-19 in patients requiring haemodialysis	5
Practice patterns of kidney stone management across European and non-European centers: an in-depth investigation from the European Renal Stone Network (ERSN)	5
Nomenclature for kidney function and disease: executive summary and glossary from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) consensus conference	5
Effect of ultrafiltration profiling on outcomes among maintenance hemodialysis patients: a pilot randomized crossover trial	5
Association of obesity and muscle mass with risk of albuminuria in renal transplant recipients	5
Low performance of prognostic tools for predicting dialysis in elderly people with advanced CKD	5
Fatal SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in an immunosuppressed patient on hemodialysis	5
Association between hyperkalemia, RAASi non-adherence and outcomes in chronic kidney disease	5
Present and future of kidney replacement therapy in Italy: the perspective from Italian Dialysis and Transplantation Registry (IDTR)	5
Home hemodialysis during the COVID-19 epidemic: comment on the French experience from the viewpoint of a French home hemodialysis care network	5
Postnatal assessment for renal dysfunction in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy	5
Detection of pre-existing SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in unexposed renal transplant patients	5
Calcineurin inhibitors in lupus nephritis	5
Influence of peritoneal dialysis catheter type on complications and long-term outcomes: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Eculizumab interruption in atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome due to shortage: analysis of a Brazilian cohort	5
Perspectives on ability to work from patients’ receiving dialysis and caregivers: analysis of data from the global SONG initiative	5
Diabetic kidney disease: the onset of a new era?	5
Use of proton pump inhibitors in dialysis patients: a double-edged sword?	5
Impact of renal replacement therapies on olfactory ability: results of a cross-sectional case control study	4
The mystery of black lungs in a patient with calciphylaxis	4
Iliac crest bone biopsy by interventional radiologists to improve access to bone biopsy in chronic kidney disease populations: technical note and a case series	4
FSGS in Chinese twins with a de novo PAX2 mutation: a case report and review of the literature	4
Correction to: COVID-19-related collapsing glomerulopathy revealing a rare risk variant of APOL1: lessons for the clinical nephrologist	4
Analysis of liver iron concentration in an elderly female undergoing hemodialysis with calcific uremic arteriolopathy does not support the role of iron overload in calciphylaxis: lesson for the clinic	4
Collapsing glomerulopathy in a patient with APOL1 intermediate-risk genotype triggered by lupus nephritis and SARS-CoV-2 infection: lessons for the clinical nephrologist	4
Mortality from cancer is not increased in elderly kidney transplant recipients compared to the general population: a competing risk analysis	4
On-line hemodiafiltration modulates atherosclerosis signaling in peripheral lymphomonocytes of hemodialysis patients	4
Kidney transplant in patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome in the anti-C5 era: single-center experience with tailored Eculizumab	4
The impact of phosphate lowering agents on clinical and laboratory outcomes in chronic kidney disease patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	4
Osmotic demyelination syndrome and thoughts on its prevention	4
Hand function assessment in peritoneal dialysis patient: a pilot study	4
Burden and causes of hospital admissions and readmissions in patients undergoing hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis: a nationwide study	4
Nothing will ever be as before. Reflections on the COVID-19 epidemics by nephrologists in eleven countries	4
Prolonged exposure to continuous renal replacement therapy in patients with acute kidney injury	4
Paracetamol use and lowered risk of acute kidney injury in patients with rhabdomyolysis	4
In-center nocturnal hemodialysis improves health-related quality of life for patients with end-stage renal disease	4
The effect of diabetes during pregnancy on fetal renal parenchymal growth	4
Glomerular C4d in Post-Transplant IgA Nephropathy is associated with decreased allograft survival	4
Acute kidney injury and its outcomes in melioidosis	4
Clinical significance of single and persistent elevation of serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels for prediction of kidney outcomes in patients with impaired fasting glucose or diabetes mel	4
Coronary artery disease in dialysis patients: evidence synthesis, controversies and proposed management strategies	4
Feasibility and impact of carbon dioxide angiography on acute kidney injury following endovascular interventions in patients with peripheral artery disease and renal impairment	4
Extensive proximal tubular necrosis without recovery following the ingestion of Amanita phalloides: a case report	4
Hyperuricaemia, gout and allopurinol in the CKD Queensland registry	4
Pregnancy after pancreas-kidney transplantation	4
Expanding the variability of the ADPKD-GANAB clinical phenotype in a family of Italian ancestry	4
Electrocardiographic parameters of left ventricular hypertrophy and prediction of mortality in hemodialysis patients	4