
Division of Nephrology - Q1 Research Publications
March 2025
1. Khairallah P, Cortez NE, McMahon DJ, Sammons S, Agarwal S, Crew RJ, Cohen DJ, Dube GK, Mohan S, Chang JH, Morris HK, Fernandez HE, Aponte MA, Adebayo AO, Aghi A, Zaninotto M, Plebani M, Tripepi G, Gallieni M, Cosma C, Fusaro M, Nickolas TL. Calcitriol Supplementation After Kidney Transplantation: Results of a Double-Blinded, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. J Bone Miner Res. 2025 Mar 16:zjaf044. doi: 10.1093/jbmr/zjaf044. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40089990.
2. Potluri VS, Goldberg D, Zhang S, Schaubel DE, Molnar MZ, Forbes R, Sise ME, Rogers JL, Balaraman V, Bhalla A, Shaffer D, Concepcion BP, Chung RT, Strohbehn IA, Mapchan S, Vujjini V, Sangadi A, Martin E, Bloom RD, Ammazzalorso A, Blumberg EA, Reese PP. Risk of Cytomegalovirus Viremia Following Transplantation of Hepatitis C-Viremic Donor Kidneys Into Uninfected Recipients: A Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. Transpl Infect Dis. 2025 Mar 6:e70011. doi: 10.1111/tid.70011. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40047349.
3. Malhotra D, Alasfar S, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Hall IE, Doshi MD, Mohan S, Reese PP, Parikh CR. Post Kidney Transplant Hospitalizations and Long-term Outcomes: A Prospective Multi-Center Study. Kidney360. 2025 Mar 5. doi: 10.34067/KID.0000000759. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40042931.
4. Anand S, Beddhu S. BPROAD - End of the Road for Debate on Systolic Blood-Pressure Goals in Type 2 Diabetes? N Engl J Med. 2025 Mar 27;392(12):1230-1232. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe2501656. PMID: 40138557.
5. Johnny JD, Escobar J, Van Cao R, Chow MC, Van Slooten H, Drury Z. The "8 D's" of High-Flow Nasal Cannula Risk: A Scoping Review. Am J Crit Care. 2025 Mar 1;34(2):95-102. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2025855. PMID: 40021356.
6. Beddhu S, Shiu YT. Muscle Wasting and Arteriovenous Fistula Nonmaturation in Kidney Failure. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 Mar 26. doi: 10.1681/ASN.0000000683. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40137858.
7. Chen LJ, Li JY, Nguyen P, Norwich G, Wang Y, Teng D, Shiu YT, Shyy JYJ, Chien S. Pulsatile flow induces chromatin interaction with lamin-associated proteins to enrich H3K9 methylation in endothelial cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Mar 25;122(12):e2424566122. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2424566122. Epub 2025 Mar 21. PMID: 40117319.
February 2025
1. Sharma N, Liu W, Tsai XE, Wang Z, Outtrim C, Tang A, Pieper MP, Reinhart GA, Huang Y. A novel soluble guanylate cyclase activator, avenciguat, in combination with empagliflozin, protects against renal and hepatic injury in diabetic db/db mice. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Feb 5. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00254.2024. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39907739.
2. Chvilicek MM, Titos I, Merrill CB, Cummins-Beebee PN, Chen JD, Rodan AR, Rothenfluh A. Alcohol induces long-lasting sleep deficits in Drosophila via subsets of cholinergic neurons. Curr Biol. 2025 Feb 3:S0960-9822(25)00056-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.026. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39919743.
3. Ibrahim A, Lin E, Hinckley M, Khalighi M, Altawallbeh Z, Al-Rabadi D, Al-Hassanat Z, Pezzolesi MG, Gregory MC, Al-Rabadi L. Renal Phenotype Variations Among Families with Autosomal Alport Syndrome: Potential Role of Modifier Genes. Kidney360. 2025 Feb 14. doi: 10.34067/KID.0000000722. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39951344.
4. He Y, Wei G, Greene T, Imrey PB, Northrup H, Radeva MK, Beck GJ, Gassman JJ, Kraiss LW, Robbin M, Roy-Chaudhury P, Cheung AK, Berceli SA, Shiu YT; Hemodialysis Fistula Maturation (HFM) Study Group. Hemodynamics are associated with subsequent lumen remodeling and clinical maturation of hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula. Sci Rep. 2025 Feb 19;15(1):6131. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-89896-z. PMID: 39972115; PMCID: PMC11840087.
5. Yamauchi J, Cizik AM, Fornadi K, Thomas D, Raghavan D, Jweehan D, Oygen S, Marineci S, Buff M, Selim M, Zimmerman M, Mucsi I, Molnar MZ. Associations of Pretransplant Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Physical Function Score With Kidney Transplant Outcomes. Transpl Int. 2025 Jan 29;38:13884. doi: 10.3389/ti.2025.13884. PMID: 39944218; PMCID: PMC11813690.
January 2025
1. Artificial Intelligence Assisted Risk Prediction in Organ Transplantation: a UK Live-Donor Kidney Transplant Outcome Prediction Tool
Hatem Ali, Arun Shroff, Tibor Fulop, Miklos Molnar, Adnan Sharif, Bernard Burke, Sunil Shroff, David Briggs, Nithya Krishnan
Renal Failure
2. RNA-Binding Protein HuR Regulates the Transition of Septic AKI to CKD by Modulating CD147
Simeng Liu, Renfei Luo, Davey Li, Anna Tang, Yuli Qiu, Ryan Sherrier, Jeffrey Aube, Xiaoqing Wu, Liang Xu, Yufeng Huang
Clinical Science (London)
3. Study Design and Baseline Characteristics of ALIGN, a Randomized Controlled Study of Atrasentan in Patients With IgA Nephropathy
Hiddo J L Heerspink, Meg Jardine, Donald E Kohan, Richard A Lafayette, Adeera Levin, Adrian Liew, Hong Zhang, Irene Noronha, Hernan Trimarchi, Fan Fan Hou, Ronny Renfurm, Todd Gray, Marianne Camargo, Jonathan Barratt
Kidney International Reports
4. De Novo Membranous Nephropathy in Renal Allografts is Associated with Protocadherin FAT1
Laith Al-Rabadi, Aaron Storey, Christopher Larsen, Samar Hassen, Monica Revelo, Ravi Singh, Eszter Lazar-Molnar, Dharmendra Jain, Abdelrahman Ibrahim, Frank Darras, Rania Salam, Ala Al-Rabadi, Naruemon Wikan, Vanessa Redecke, Manish Talwar, Hans Haecker, Laurence Beck Jr, Tiffany Caza
Kidney International Reports
5. Comparative effectiveness of insulin glargine, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors in veterans with type 2 diabetes
Jincheng Shen, Amara Sarwal, Ravinder Singh, Sydney Hartsell, Guo Wei, McKenna Nevers, Jesse Christensen, Augustine Takyi, Niharika Katkam, Catherine Derington, Vikrant Deshmukh, Robert Boucher, Stavros Drakos, Tom Greene, Srinivasan Beddhu
Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
6. Furin-Mediated Modification Is Required for Epithelial Sodium Channel-Activating Activity of Soluble (Pro)Renin Receptor in Cultured Collecting Duct Cells
Huaqing Zheng, My N Helms, Changjiang Zou, Elizabeth Zimmerman, Ye Feng, Tianxin Yang
American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology
7. Hypertension and obesity independently drive hypertrophy and alter mitochondrial metabolism in a mouse model of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Benjamin Werbner, Sophie Stephens, Deborah Stuart, Travis Hotchkiss, Jonathan Chapman, Katsuhiko Funai, Nirupama Ramkumar, Sihem Boudina
Physiological Reports