American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology

Papers
(The TQCC of American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology is 8. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
First Author Highlights57
Accuracy and processing time of kidney volume measurement methods in rodents polycystic kidney disease models: superiority of semiautomated kidney segmentation43
Expression of leptin receptor in renal tubules is sparse but implicated in leptin-dependent kidney gene expression and function41
Corrigendum for Jang et al., volume 326, 2024, p. F6940
First Author Highlights40
First Author Highlights40
Small hairpin inhibitory RNA delivery in the metanephric organ culture identifies long noncoding RNA Pvt1 as a modulator of cyst growth38
Exercise sensitizes the pressure diuresis response: shifting immune landscapes may underlie renal adaptations35
Lack of renoprotective effects by long-term PCSK9 and SGLT2 inhibition using alirocumab and empagliflozin in obese ZSF1 rats33
C-terminal fragment of fibroblast growth factor 23 improves heart function in murine models of high intact fibroblast growth factor 2331
“Idiopathic” minimal change nephrotic syndrome: a podocyte mystery nears the end29
Perinatal asphyxia leads to acute kidney damage and increased renal susceptibility in adulthood29
Chronic infusion of the tryptophan metabolite kynurenine increases mean arterial pressure in male Sprague-Dawley rats29
Transcriptomics of SGLT2-positive early proximal tubule segments in mice: response to type 1 diabetes, SGLT1/2 inhibition, or GLP1 receptor agonism28
A mathematical model of the rat kidney. IV. Whole kidney response to hyperkalemia28
Role of the CDKL1-SOX11 signaling axis in acute kidney injury28
Distinct developmental reprogramming footprint of macrophages during acute kidney injury across species28
Interleukin-6 blockade reduces salt-induced cardiac inflammation and fibrosis in subtotal nephrectomized mice27
Polygenic genetic variation affecting antibody formation underlies hypertensive renal injury in the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat26
First Author Highlights26
Defining protein expression in the kidney at large scale: from antibody validation to cytometry analysis25
β2-Adrenergic receptor agonists: a new treatment for diabetic kidney disease?25
Perspective on G protein-coupled receptors in renal physiology24
A brief history of the cortical thick ascending limb: a systems-biology perspective24
Pax inhibition: stressing proximal tubule for successful repair24
Loss of sphingosine kinase 2 protects against cisplatin-induced kidney injury22
SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin protects the kidney in a murine model of Balkan nephropathy22
Redox regulation in diabetic kidney disease21
Splenocyte transfer from hypertensive donors eliminates premenopausal female protection from ANG II-induced hypertension21
Tubular dysfunction impairs renal excretion of pseudouridine in diabetic kidney disease20
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 hypertension20
A combination of β-hydroxybutyrate and citrate ameliorates disease progression in a rat model of polycystic kidney disease19
The nephronophthisis protein GLIS2 / NPHP7 is required for the DNA damage response in kidney tubular epith19
Methylseq, single-nuclei RNAseq, and discovery proteomics identify pathways associated with nephron-deficit CKD in the HSRA rat model19
Activation of branched chain amino acid catabolism protects against nephrotoxic acute kidney injury19
Renal cell markers: lighthouses for managing renal diseases18
Optogenetic urothelial cell stimulation induces bladder contractions and pelvic nerve afferent firing18
Hyperphosphatemia and zinc deficiency in chronic kidney disease: unpacking their interconnected roles and nutritional implications18
Novel insight on physiological regulation of the Cl/HCO3− exchanger pendrin17
Cilia-deficient renal tubule cells are primed for injury with mitochondrial defects and aberrant tryptophan metabolism17
Race and sex differences in pressor response to laboratory stressors in patients with chronic kidney disease17
Angiotensin in the acute and chronic responses to unilateral nephrectomy17
15-Lipoxygenase worsens renal fibrosis, inflammation, and metabolism in a murine model of ureteral obstruction17
First Author Highlights17
Dysregulation of the sensory and regulatory pathways controlling cellular iron metabolism in unilateral obstructive nephropathy17
Valosin-containing protein in ciliary morphology: a novel target in ADPKD17
Ubiquitination of NKCC2 by the cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase family in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle16
Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid administration or soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibition attenuates renal fibrogenesis in obstructive nephropathy16
Delayed graft function post renal transplantation: a review on animal models and therapeutics16
Editorial Board16
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
Long-term follow-up of TREK-1 KO mice reveals the development of bladder hypertrophy and impaired bladder smooth muscle contractility with age16
Angiotensin II acts through Rac1 to upregulate pendrin: role of NADPH oxidase16
Inhibition of hypoxia-inducible factor-prolyl hydroxylation protects from cyclophosphamide-induced bladder injury and urinary dysfunction16
Corrigendum for Fu et al., volume 317, 2019, p. F1582–F159215
First Author Spotlight15
Investigating FSGS-like injury in zebrafish larvae by nifurpirinol: efficacy and molecular insight14
Commensal microbiota regulate aldosterone14
Characterization of FAM114A1: a novel podocyte cytoskeleton-associated protein upregulated in glomerular injury14
Metabolomic profiling reveals muscle metabolic changes following iliac arteriovenous fistula creation in mice14
High dietary K+ intake inhibits proximal tubule transport14
Metformin reduces insulin resistance and attenuates progressive renal injury in prepubertal obese Dahl salt-sensitive rats14
Macrophage angiotensin AT2 receptor activation is protective against early phases of LPS-induced acute kidney injury13
Influence of proteolytic cleavage of ENaC’s γ subunit upon Na+ and K+ handling13
First Author Spotlight13
Mapping single-nephron filtration in the isolated, perfused rat kidney using magnetic resonance imaging13
High baseline ROMK activity in the mouse late distal convoluted and early connecting tubule probably contributes to aldosterone-independent K+ secretion13
Recent advances in understanding the kidney circadian clock mechanism13
Comparison of the surgical resection and infarct 5/6 nephrectomy rat models of chronic kidney disease13
Downloadable Tool for Modeling of Salt, Urea and Water Transport in a Renal Tubule Segment: Application to the DCT13
A novel functional role for the classic CNS neurotransmitters, GABA, glycine, and glutamate, in the kidney: potent and opposing regulators of the renal vasculature13
Inducible Avp knockout mouse line13
Impaired nitric oxide mechanisms underlying lower urinary tract dysfunction in aging rats13
Revisiting voltage-coupled H+ secretion in the collecting duct13
The kidney in health and disease in 2022: Gaps in and opportunities for new knowledge13
First Author Spotlight13
Physiology assays in human kidney organoids12
Inducible deletion of the prostaglandin EP3 receptor in kidney tubules of male and female mice has no major effect on water homeostasis12
Kidney transplant injury associated with brain death is mediated by TNFα, independently of renal innervation12
TNIK depletion induces inflammation and apoptosis in injured renal proximal tubule epithelial cells12
Angiotensin II-stimulated proximal nephron superoxide production and fructose-induced salt-sensitive hypertension12
Ad Libitum Drinking Does Not Mitigate Acute Kidney Injury Risk nor Elevations in Oxidative Stress or Inflammation during Simulated Occupational Heat Stress12
Intersecting transcriptomic landscapes of hypertension and kidney function in African American women12
Sex-disaggregated analysis of acute kidney injury in hospitalized children with sickle cell anemia in Uganda12
Sex differences in dietary sodium evoked NCC regulation and blood pressure in male and female Sprague-Dawley, Dahl salt-resistant, and Dahl salt-sensitive rats12
Sex differences in renal acid-base regulation12
Pendrin regulation is prioritized by anion in high-potassium diets12
5-Hydroxytryptamine 1F receptor loss reduces renal vasculature and prevents lasmiditan-induced recovery following moderate-severe acute kidney injury in mice12
Kir4.1/Kir5.1 of distal convoluted tubule is required for short-term angiotensin-II-induced stimulation of Na-Cl cotransporter12
The impact of maternal obesity on polycystic kidney disease progression in a mouse model12
Impaired hemodynamic renal reserve response following recovery from established acute kidney injury and improvement by hydrodynamic isotonic fluid delivery12
JAK inhibition during the early phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection worsens kidney injury by suppressing endogenous antiviral activity in mice11
Amiloride lowers plasma TNF and interleukin-6 but not interleukin-17A in patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes11
A brief harvesting-freezing delay significantly alters the kidney metabolome and leads to false positive and negative results11
Prevention of hypertension-induced renal vascular dysfunction through a p66Shc-targeted mechanism11
Cystinosin-deficient rats recapitulate the phenotype of nephropathic cystinosis11
Exogenous pericyte delivery protects the mouse kidney from chronic ischemic injury11
Parental obesity predisposes offspring to kidney dysfunction and increased susceptibility to ischemia-reperfusion injury in a sex-dependent manner11
Insulin-regulated aminopeptidase is required for water excretion in response to acute hypotonic stress11
Practical notes on popular statistical tests in renal physiology11
Collectrin (Tmem27) deficiency in proximal tubules causes hypertension in mice and a TMEM27 variant associates with blood pressure in males in a Latino cohort11
CRB2 depletion induces YAP signaling and disrupts mechanosensing in podocytes11
Furin-mediated modification is required for epithelial sodium channel-activating activity of soluble (pro)renin receptor in cultured collecting duct cells11
Influence of carnosine and carnosinase-1 on diabetes-induced afferent arteriole vasodilation: implications for glomerular hemodynamics11
Injury in nonaged podocytes as an accelerator of glomerular aging11
Chronic kidney disease amplifies severe kidney injury and mortality in a mouse model of skin arsenical exposure11
Regulation of kidney mitochondrial function by caloric restriction11
Proteinuria is accompanied by intratubular complement activation and apical membrane deposition of C3dg and C5b-9 in kidney transplant recipients10
Bayesian mapping of protein kinases to vasopressin-regulated phosphorylation sites in renal collecting duct10
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
Editorial Board10
HMGB1 drives T-cell activation in hypertensive males and females10
Male Akita mice develop signs of bladder underactivity independent of NLRP3 as a result of a decrease in neurotransmitter release from efferent neurons10
Altered renal vascular patterning reduces ischemic kidney injury and limits age-associated vascular loss10
The injury-induced transcription factor SOX9 alters the expression of LBR, HMGA2, and HIPK3 in the human kidney10
Pretreatment with a novel Toll-like receptor 4 agonist attenuates renal ischemia-reperfusion injury10
First Author Highlights10
Maresin 1 Modulates Renal and Cardiac Lipid Profiles in Hypertensive Rats10
Promises and challenges of miRNA therapeutics10
Macrophage SPAK deletion limits a low potassium-induced kidney inflammatory program9
Novel method for kinetic analysis applied to transport by the uniporter OCT29
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
Postoperative acute kidney injury after volatile or intravenous anesthesia: a meta-analysis9
Adverse functions of neutrophils are regulated by neutrophilic angiotensin-converting enzyme in immune complex-mediated crescentic glomerulonephritis9
IL-1 receptor signaling in podocytes limits susceptibility to glomerular damage9
Mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathophysiology of renal diseases9
Flow-dependent transport processes 2024: filtration, absorption, secretion9
The nonsteroidal MR antagonist finerenone reverses Western diet-induced kidney disease by regulating mitochondrial and lipid metabolism and inflammation9
β2-Adrenergic receptor agonists as a treatment for diabetic kidney disease9
Pax proteins mediate segment-specific functions in proximal tubule survival and response to ischemic injury9
First Author Highlights9
Inhibition of mTORC2 promotes natriuresis in Dahl salt-sensitive rats via the decrease of NCC and ENaC activity9
Macrophages and TGFB Signaling Regulate Fibrosis in the E. coli -Infected Mouse Prostate9
Nicotinamide ameliorates podocyte injury and albuminuria in adriamycin-induced nephropathy9
Dysregulation of the WNK4-SPAK/OSR1 pathway has a minor effect on baseline NKCC2 phosphorylation8
Fasting-induced HMGCS2 expression in the kidney does not contribute to circulating ketones8
Chronic central nervous system leptin administration attenuates kidney dysfunction and injury in a model of ischemia/reperfusion-induced acute kidney injury8
Western diet exacerbates a murine model of Balkan nephropathy8
Corrigendum for Martínez-Rojas et al., volume 323, 2022, p. F425–F4348
Pathways and parameters of sacral neuromodulation in rats8
Kidney functional reserve helps early detection of subclinical chronic kidney disease8
Role of protease-activated receptor 4 in mouse models of acute and chronic kidney injury8
Faster bladder filling in rats reduces detrusor overactivity but worsens (i.e., decreases) bladder compliance8
First Author Spotlight8
Identification of cell division cycle protein 20 in various forms of acute and chronic kidney injury in mice8
High dietary salt intake increases urinary NGAL excretion and creatinine clearance in healthy young adults8
Corrigendum for McKinzie et al., volume 326, 2024, p. F644–F6608
2024 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the American Physiological Society Renal Section8
KCC3 is not required for the distal convoluted tubule response to reduced dietary potassium intake8
First Author Highlights8
Endothelin-1 signaling in the kidney: recent advances and remaining gaps8
Renal tubular (pro)renin receptor deletion exacerbates kidney injury in db/db mice8
Tacrolimus induces fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition via a TGF-β-dependent mechanism to contribute to renal fibrosis8
Transcription factor HNF1β controls a transcriptional network regulating kidney cell structure and tight junction integrity8
Assays to enhance metabolic phenotyping in the kidney8
Predicting sex differences in the effects of diuretics in renal epithelial transport during angiotensin II-induced hypertension8
Divergent roles of angiotensin II upon the immediate and sustained increases of renal blood flow following unilateral nephrectomy8
The knock-out of paracingulin attenuates hypertension through modulation of kidney ion transport8
Editorial Board8
The role of Gata3 in renin cell identity8
Chronic circadian stress impairs blood pressure and sodium homeostasis in a diet- and sex-specific manner8
The degree of aortic occlusion in the setting of trauma alters the extent of acute kidney injury associated with mitochondrial preservation8
Diffusion tensor MRI is sensitive to fibrotic injury in a mouse model of oxalate-induced chronic kidney disease8
Longitudinal intravital microscopy of the mouse kidney: inflammatory responses to abdominal imaging windows8
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