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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
First Author Highlights56
Accuracy and processing time of kidney volume measurement methods in rodents polycystic kidney disease models: superiority of semiautomated kidney segmentation40
Expression of leptin receptor in renal tubules is sparse but implicated in leptin-dependent kidney gene expression and function39
First Author Highlights39
Corrigendum for Jang et al., volume 326, 2024, p. F6937
First Author Highlights37
Small hairpin inhibitory RNA delivery in the metanephric organ culture identifies long noncoding RNA Pvt1 as a modulator of cyst growth36
Exercise sensitizes the pressure diuresis response: shifting immune landscapes may underlie renal adaptations33
Lack of renoprotective effects by long-term PCSK9 and SGLT2 inhibition using alirocumab and empagliflozin in obese ZSF1 rats31
“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 rats28
C-terminal fragment of fibroblast growth factor 23 improves heart function in murine models of high intact fibroblast growth factor 2328
Transcriptomics of SGLT2-positive early proximal tubule segments in mice: response to type 1 diabetes, SGLT1/2 inhibition, or GLP1 receptor agonism28
Interleukin-6 blockade reduces salt-induced cardiac inflammation and fibrosis in subtotal nephrectomized mice28
A mathematical model of the rat kidney. IV. Whole kidney response to hyperkalemia28
Role of the CDKL1-SOX11 signaling axis in acute kidney injury27
Distinct developmental reprogramming footprint of macrophages during acute kidney injury across species26
Perinatal asphyxia leads to acute kidney damage and increased renal susceptibility in adulthood26
Polygenic genetic variation affecting antibody formation underlies hypertensive renal injury in the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat25
First Author Highlights25
β2-Adrenergic receptor agonists: a new treatment for diabetic kidney disease?24
Perspective on G protein-coupled receptors in renal physiology24
Defining protein expression in the kidney at large scale: from antibody validation to cytometry analysis24
Circulating extracellular vesicles of patients with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome have higher RAC1 and induce recapitulation of nephrotic syndrome phenotype in podocytes23
A combination of β-hydroxybutyrate and citrate ameliorates disease progression in a rat model of polycystic kidney disease23
Pax inhibition: stressing proximal tubule for successful repair22
A brief history of the cortical thick ascending limb: a systems-biology perspective22
Splenocyte transfer from hypertensive donors eliminates premenopausal female protection from ANG II-induced hypertension21
SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin protects the kidney in a murine model of Balkan nephropathy21
Renal cell markers: lighthouses for managing renal diseases21
Loss of sphingosine kinase 2 protects against cisplatin-induced kidney injury20
Optogenetic urothelial cell stimulation induces bladder contractions and pelvic nerve afferent firing20
Activation of branched chain amino acid catabolism protects against nephrotoxic acute kidney injury20
Redox regulation in diabetic kidney disease19
Angiotensin II acts through Rac1 to upregulate pendrin: role of NADPH oxidase18
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 hypertension18
Methylseq, single-nuclei RNAseq, and discovery proteomics identify pathways associated with nephron-deficit CKD in the HSRA rat model18
The nephronophthisis protein GLIS2/NPHP7 is required for the DNA damage response in kidney tubular epithelial cells18
Tubular dysfunction impairs renal excretion of pseudouridine in diabetic kidney disease18
Hyperphosphatemia and zinc deficiency in chronic kidney disease: unpacking their interconnected roles and nutritional implications17
Valosin-containing protein in ciliary morphology: a novel target in ADPKD17
First Author Highlights17
Long-term follow-up of TREK-1 KO mice reveals the development of bladder hypertrophy and impaired bladder smooth muscle contractility with age17
Race and sex differences in pressor response to laboratory stressors in patients with chronic kidney disease17
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
Angiotensin in the acute and chronic responses to unilateral nephrectomy16
Cilia-deficient renal tubule cells are primed for injury with mitochondrial defects and aberrant tryptophan metabolism16
Dysregulation of the sensory and regulatory pathways controlling cellular iron metabolism in unilateral obstructive nephropathy16
Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid administration or soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibition attenuates renal fibrogenesis in obstructive nephropathy16
15-Lipoxygenase worsens renal fibrosis, inflammation, and metabolism in a murine model of ureteral obstruction15
Editorial Board15
Novel insight on physiological regulation of the Cl/HCO3− exchanger pendrin15
A naturally occurring FXR agonist, alisol B 23-acetate, protects against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury15
First Author Spotlight15
Ubiquitination of NKCC2 by the cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase family in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle15
Kir7.1 knockdown and inhibition alter renal electrolyte handling but not the development of hypertension in Dahl salt-sensitive rats15
Prolonged unilateral renal ischemia-reperfusion as a model for acute to chronic kidney injury in female mice15
Metabolomic profiling reveals muscle metabolic changes following iliac arteriovenous fistula creation in mice14
Corrigendum for Fu et al., volume 317, 2019, p. F1582–F159214
High dietary K+ intake inhibits proximal tubule transport14
Investigating FSGS-like injury in zebrafish larvae by nifurpirinol: efficacy and molecular insight14
Characterization of FAM114A1: a novel podocyte cytoskeleton-associated protein upregulated in glomerular injury14
Impaired nitric oxide mechanisms underlying lower urinary tract dysfunction in aging rats13
Comparison of the surgical resection and infarct 5/6 nephrectomy rat models of chronic kidney disease13
Inducible Avp Knockout Mouse Line13
Influence of proteolytic cleavage of ENaC’s γ subunit upon Na+ and K+ handling13
Recent advances in understanding the kidney circadian clock mechanism13
High baseline ROMK activity in the mouse late distal convoluted and early connecting tubule probably contributes to aldosterone-independent K+ secretion13
Metformin reduces insulin resistance and attenuates progressive renal injury in prepubertal obese Dahl salt-sensitive rats13
Macrophage angiotensin AT2 receptor activation is protective against early phases of LPS-induced acute kidney injury13
Commensal microbiota regulate aldosterone13
First Author Spotlight13
The kidney in health and disease in 2022: Gaps in and opportunities for new knowledge12
Impaired hemodynamic renal reserve response following recovery from established acute kidney injury and improvement by hydrodynamic isotonic fluid delivery12
Kir4.1/Kir5.1 of distal convoluted tubule is required for short-term angiotensin-II-induced stimulation of Na-Cl cotransporter12
Physiology assays in human kidney organoids12
First Author Spotlight12
Mapping single-nephron filtration in the isolated, perfused rat kidney using magnetic resonance imaging12
5-hydroxytryptamine 1F receptor loss reduces renal vasculature and prevents lasmiditan-induced recovery following moderate-severe acute kidney injury in mice12
Angiotensin II-stimulated proximal nephron superoxide production and fructose-induced salt-sensitive hypertension12
TNIK depletion induces inflammation and apoptosis in injured renal proximal tubule epithelial cells12
Downloadable Tool for Modeling of Salt, Urea and Water Transport in a Renal Tubule Segment: Application to the DCT12
Revisiting voltage-coupled H+ secretion in the collecting duct12
Sex differences in renal acid-base regulation12
Kidney transplant injury associated with brain death is mediated by TNFα, independently of renal innervation12
A novel functional role for the classic CNS neurotransmitters, GABA, glycine, and glutamate, in the kidney: potent and opposing regulators of the renal vasculature12
Injury in nonaged podocytes as an accelerator of glomerular aging11
Prevention of hypertension-induced renal vascular dysfunction through a p66Shc-targeted mechanism11
Intersecting transcriptomic landscapes of hypertension and kidney function in African American women11
A brief harvesting-freezing delay significantly alters the kidney metabolome and leads to false positive and negative results11
JAK inhibition during the early phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection worsens kidney injury by suppressing endogenous antiviral activity in mice11
Cystinosin-deficient rats recapitulate the phenotype of nephropathic cystinosis11
The impact of maternal obesity on polycystic kidney disease progression in a mouse model11
Sex differences in dietary sodium evoked NCC regulation and blood pressure in male and female Sprague-Dawley, Dahl salt-resistant, and Dahl salt-sensitive rats11
Inducible deletion of the prostaglandin EP3 receptor in kidney tubules of male and female mice has no major effect on water homeostasis11
Parental obesity predisposes offspring to kidney dysfunction and increased susceptibility to ischemia-reperfusion injury in a sex-dependent manner11
CRB2 depletion induces YAP signaling and disrupts mechanosensing in podocytes11
Pendrin regulation is prioritized by anion in high-potassium diets11
Sex-disaggregated analysis of acute kidney injury in hospitalized children with sickle cell anemia in Uganda11
Chronic kidney disease amplifies severe kidney injury and mortality in a mouse model of skin arsenical exposure11
Furin-mediated modification is required for epithelial sodium channel-activating activity of soluble (pro)renin receptor in cultured collecting duct cells11
The injury-induced transcription factor SOX9 alters the expression of LBR, HMGA2, and HIPK3 in the human kidney10
Promises and challenges of miRNA therapeutics10
Mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathophysiology of renal diseases10
Regulation of kidney mitochondrial function by caloric restriction10
Amiloride lowers plasma TNF and interleukin-6 but not interleukin-17A in patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes10
First Author Highlights10
Proteinuria is accompanied by intratubular complement activation and apical membrane deposition of C3dg and C5b-9 in kidney transplant recipients10
First Author Highlights10
Maresin 1 Modulates Renal and Cardiac Lipid Profiles in Hypertensive Rats10
Male Akita mice develop signs of bladder underactivity independent of NLRP3 as a result of a decrease in neurotransmitter release from efferent neurons10
Practical notes on popular statistical tests in renal physiology10
Insulin-regulated aminopeptidase is required for water excretion in response to acute hypotonic stress10
Pretreatment with a novel Toll-like receptor 4 agonist attenuates renal ischemia-reperfusion injury10
HMGB1 drives T-cell activation in hypertensive males and females10
Altered renal vascular patterning reduces ischemic kidney injury and limits age-associated vascular loss10
Exogenous uromodulin and tubular responses in a model of oxalate-induced kidney injury10
Mechanisms of anti-VEGF therapy-induced kidney injury: current insights and future perspectives in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors10
Exogenous pericyte delivery protects the mouse kidney from chronic ischemic injury10
Collectrin (Tmem27) deficiency in proximal tubules causes hypertension in mice and a TMEM27 variant associates with blood pressure in males in a Latino cohort10
Influence of carnosine and carnosinase-1 on diabetes-induced afferent arteriole vasodilation: implications for glomerular hemodynamics10
Bayesian mapping of protein kinases to vasopressin-regulated phosphorylation sites in renal collecting duct10
The non-steroidal MR antagonist Finerenone reverses Western diet-induced kidney disease by regulating mitochondrial and lipid metabolism and inflammation9
Creatinine clearance is maintained in a range of wet-bulb globe temperatures and work-rest ratios during simulated occupational heat stress9
Flow-dependent transport processes 2024: filtration, absorption, secretion9
Transcription factor HNF1β controls a transcriptional network regulating kidney cell structure and tight junction integrity9
Nicotinamide ameliorates podocyte injury and albuminuria in adriamycin-induced nephropathy9
Adverse functions of neutrophils are regulated by neutrophilic angiotensin-converting enzyme in immune complex-mediated crescentic glomerulonephritis9
β2-Adrenergic receptor agonists as a treatment for diabetic kidney disease9
The miR-143/145 cluster induced by TGF-β1 suppresses Wilms’ tumor 1 expression in cultured human podocytes9
IL-1 receptor signaling in podocytes limits susceptibility to glomerular damage9
Pax proteins mediate segment-specific functions in proximal tubule survival and response to ischemic injury9
Inhibition of mTORC2 promotes natriuresis in Dahl salt-sensitive rats via the decrease of NCC and ENaC activity9
Novel method for kinetic analysis applied to transport by the uniporter OCT29
Diffusion tensor MRI is sensitive to fibrotic injury in a mouse model of oxalate-induced chronic kidney disease8
First Author Highlights8
Editorial Board8
Faster bladder filling in rats reduces detrusor overactivity but worsens (i.e., decreases) bladder compliance8
Assays to enhance metabolic phenotyping in the kidney8
Role of protease-activated receptor 4 in mouse models of acute and chronic kidney injury8
Longitudinal intravital microscopy of the mouse kidney: inflammatory responses to abdominal imaging windows8
Identification of cell division cycle protein 20 in various forms of acute and chronic kidney injury in mice8
Renal tubular (pro)renin receptor deletion exacerbates kidney injury in db/db mice8
Metabolomic profiling to identify early urinary biomarkers and metabolic pathway alterations in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease8
Tacrolimus induces fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition via a TGF-β-dependent mechanism to contribute to renal fibrosis8
Postoperative acute kidney injury after volatile or intravenous anesthesia: a meta-analysis8
Kidney functional reserve helps early detection of subclinical chronic kidney disease8
First Author Spotlight8
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
Fasting-induced HMGCS2 expression in the kidney does not contribute to circulating ketones8
Pathways and parameters of sacral neuromodulation in rats8
Endothelin-1 signaling in the kidney: recent advances and remaining gaps8
High dietary salt intake increases urinary NGAL excretion and creatinine clearance in healthy young adults8
Macrophage SPAK deletion limits a low potassium-induced kidney inflammatory program8
Dysregulation of the WNK4-SPAK/OSR1 pathway has a minor effect on baseline NKCC2 phosphorylation8
Western diet exacerbates a murine model of Balkan nephropathy7
Corrigendum for Martínez-Rojas et al., volume 323, 2022, p. F425–F4347
Cullin 3 mutant causing familial hyperkalemic hypertension lacks normal activity in the kidney7
Single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics reveal unique subpopulations of infiltrating macrophages and dendritic cells following AKI7
The unique structural and functional characteristics of glomerular endothelial cell fenestrations and their potential as a therapeutic target in kidney disease7
Endothelial dysfunction in the aging kidney7
SGLT2-independent effects of canagliflozin on NHE3 and mitochondrial complex I activity inhibit proximal tubule fluid transport and albumin uptake7
The knock-out of paracingulin attenuates hypertension through modulation of kidney ion transport7
2024 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the American Physiological Society Renal Section7
Chronic central nervous system leptin administration attenuates kidney dysfunction and injury in a model of ischemia/reperfusion-induced acute kidney injury7
Sex differences in circadian regulation of kidney function of the mouse7
Characterization of gene expression in the kidney of renal tubular cell-specific NFAT5 knockout mice7
Myo-inositol oxygenase in cadmium-induced kidney injury7
Expression and distribution of MUC1 in the developing and adult kidney7
A comparative modeling study of the mitochondrial function of the proximal tubule and thick ascending limb cells in the rat kidney7
Divergent roles of angiotensin II upon the immediate and sustained increases of renal blood flow following unilateral nephrectomy7
The role of Gata3 in renin cell identity7
KCC3 is not required for the distal convoluted tubule response to reduced dietary potassium intake7
Transition from acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease: mechanisms, models, and biomarkers7
SGLT2 inhibitors: not every drug has the same effect7
The evolving concepts of KS-WNK1 effect on NCC activity7
Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury triggers proximal tubular apoptosis and NHE3 dysfunction via p38MAPK/ezrin signaling pathway7
Corrigendum for McKinzie et al., volume 326, 2024, p. F644–F6607
Endothelin receptor B is required for the blood pressure-lowering effect of G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 in ovariectomized rats6
The urinary proteome infers dysregulation of mitochondrial, lysosomal, and protein reabsorption processes in chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu)6
Aberrant proximal tubule DNA methylation underlies phenotypic changes related to kidney dysfunction in patients with diabetes6
The organelle-tethering protein PDZD8 regulates endolysosomal maturation and TLR9-NF-κB signaling in cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury6
Podocyte injury at young age causes premature senescence and worsens glomerular aging6
The effect of exercise on vascular health in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials6
Lung cancer-kidney cross talk induces kidney injury, interstitial fibrosis, and enhances cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity6
Role of coagulation in persistent renal ischemia following reperfusion in an animal model6
Angiotensin II hypertension along the female rat tubule: predicted impact on coupled transport of Na+ and K+6
Intestinal barrier function declines during polycystic kidney disease progression6
Circadian gene expression in mouse renal proximal tubule6
Renal calcium and magnesium handling during pregnancy: modeling and analysis6
Effect of sex chromosome complement versus gonadal hormones on abundance of renal transporters6
Dietary anions control potassium excretion: it is more than a poorly absorbable anion effect6
Kidney-specific KO of the circadian clock protein PER1 alters renal Na+ handling, aldosterone levels, and kidney/adrenal gene expression6
Kidney organoid models of polycystic kidney disease: challenges and future directions6
Anatomic and functional evidence for renal autonomic innervation in normotensive and hypertensive rats6
First Author Highlights6
Hepatic and proximal tubule angiotensinogen play distinct roles in kidney dysfunction, glomerular and tubular injury, and fibrosis progression6
Kidney stone formation in a novel murine model of polycystic kidney disease6
PLVAP: the new villain in glomerular endothelial cell injury6
Role of the renal androgen receptor in sex differences in ammonia metabolism6
Histamine receptors rapidly desensitize without altering nerve-evoked contractions in murine urinary bladder smooth muscle6
Sex-specific modulation of renal epigenetic and injury markers in aging kidney6
KV7.1 channel blockade inhibits neonatal renal autoregulation triggered by a step decrease in arterial pressure6
Functional NADPH oxidase 2 in T cells amplifies salt-sensitive hypertension and associated renal damage6
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Imaging to Detect Acute Kidney Injury5
Wilms’ tumor gene 1: lessons from the interface between kidney development and cancer5
Tips on navigating the first year of graduate school for individuals from historically excluded backgrounds5
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
First Author Highlights5
The endocytic adaptor ARH facilitates potassium conservation by regulating ROMK and BK5
Diabetes causes NLRP3-dependent barrier dysfunction in mice with detrusor overactivity but not underactivity5
A new view of macula densa cell protein synthesis5
Ribosomal s6 kinase is a mediator of aquaporin-2 S256 phosphorylation and membrane accumulation after EGFR inhibition with erlotinib5
Modulation of blood pressure by dietary potassium and sodium: sex differences and modeling analysis5
First Author Spotlight5
Early-life exposures and long-term health: adverse gestational environments and the programming of offspring renal and vascular disease5
Impact of bedding on Dahl salt-sensitive hypertension and renal damage5
Guidelines on antibody use in physiology research5
Endothelial cells: potential novel regulators of renal inflammation5
The FSGS protein actinin-4 interacts with NKCC2 to regulate thick ascending limb NaCl reabsorption5
Renal macro- and microcirculatory perturbations in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease associated with heart failure and cardiac surgery5
Angiotensin (1–7) protects against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury via regulating expression of NRF2 and microRNAs in Fisher 344 rats5
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
Oxysterol-binding protein-like 7 deficiency leads to ER stress-mediated apoptosis in podocytes and proteinuria5
Generation of Atp6v1g3-Cre mice for investigation of intercalated cells and the collecting duct5
Autophagy and mitophagy: physiological implications in kidney inflammation and diseases5
Amiloride evokes significant natriuresis and weight loss in kidney transplant recipients with and without albuminuria5
Nicorandil protects podocytes via modulation of antioxidative capacity in acute puromycin aminonucleoside-induced nephrosis in rats5
The Janus view: dual roles for hypoxia-inducible factor in renal repair after acute kidney injury5
ACE2 deficiency protects against heme protein-induced acute kidney injury4
Sex differences in the adrenal circadian clock: a role for BMAL1 in the regulation of urinary aldosterone excretion and renal electrolyte balance in mice4
A novel VCP modulator KUS121 exerts renoprotective effects in ischemia-reperfusion injury with retaining ATP and restoring ERAD-processing capacity4
First Author Spotlight4
The kidney releases a nonpolymerizing form of uromodulin in the urine and circulation that retains the external hydrophobic patch domain4
ASK1 limits kidney glucose reabsorption, growth, and mid-late proximal tubule KIM-1 induction when diabetes and Western diet are combined with SGLT2 inhibition4
Metformin improves relevant disease parameters in an autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease mouse model4
Corrigendum for Chen et al., volume 314, 2018, p. F572–F5834
Pharmacological inhibition of the mixed lineage leukemia 1-menin interaction aggravates acute kidney injury induced by folic acid and ischemia-reperfusion in mice4
Functional TFEB activation characterizes multiple models of renal cystic disease and loss of polycystin-14
Mitochondria-derived reactive oxygen species contribute to synergistic interaction of diabetes and hypertension in causing chronic kidney injury4
First Author Highlights4
Metabolic reprogramming in a slowly developing orthologous model of polycystic kidney disease4
Intracellular signaling pathways of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated detrusor muscle contractions4
Arginine vasopressin regulates the renal Na+-Cl and Na+-K+-Cl cotransporters through with-no-lysine kinase 4 and inhibitor 1 phosphorylation4
Fasting mimicking diet in diabetic mice partially preserves glomerular endothelial glycocalyx coverage, without changing the diabetic metabolic environment4
Neuropilin 1 promotes unilateral ureteral obstruction-induced renal fibrosis via RACK1 in renal tubular epithelial cells4
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