Abstract:
PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The discovery of the importance of proteins localized to cilia and basal bodies has provided novel insights into the pathogenesis of various human disorders including cystic kidney disease. The physiological role of cilium-generated signaling in most tissues including the kidney has remained elusive, however. This review focuses on the most recent advance in understanding a role for signaling through cilia for kidney biology. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent work has tied the function of several developmental master regulators to cilium-generated signaling in vertebrates. Hedgehog signaling requires ciliary proteins and loss of targeting of its receptors and effectors to cilia abrogates Hedgehog function. Moreover, the ciliary protein inversin has been shown to act as a molecular switch for the regulation of Wnt signaling cascades. SUMMARY:Together with recent data on a function of cilia and basal body proteins in planar cell polarity in mice, a novel concept and testable hypothesis for the function of cilia in vertebrates is emerging: cilia may act as a cellular positioning device to allow subcellular asymmetry and polarization of the cells within the plane of the epithelium to develop and maintain regular arrays of cells such as kidney tubes.
journal_name
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertensjournal_title
Current opinion in nephrology and hypertensionauthors
Benzing T,Walz Gdoi
10.1097/01.mnh.0000222690.53970.casubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-05-01 00:00:00pages
245-9issue
3eissn
1062-4821issn
1473-6543pii
00041552-200605000-00005journal_volume
15pub_type
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journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00041552-199809000-00008
更新日期:1998-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The calcium-sensing receptor gene (CaSR, chr. 3q13.3-21) is a candidate to explain nephrolithiasis. This review analyzes the potential role of CaSR in lithogenesis according to findings of functional and genetic studies. RECENT FINDINGS:CaSR is a cation receptor located in the tubular cell plasma mem...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MNH.0b013e3283542290
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MNH.0000000000000363
更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MNH.0000000000000436
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MNH.0000000000000462
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MNH.0000000000000486
更新日期:2019-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review examines the maturational changes that occur in renal tubules during postnatal development. RECENT FINDINGS:The ability to study transport in neonatal tubules and the use of molecular techniques have allowed studies that not only examine the mechanism of solute and water transport in neon...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00041552-200309000-00007
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tests have become available that not only give an index of iron stores and availability but also provide an integrated assessment of the efficacy of its utilization. This has allowed the revision of previously accepted criteria of iron deficiency as well as the most appropriate strategies for iron administration. By o...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00041552-200011000-00013
更新日期:2000-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00041552-199407000-00012
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MNH.0b013e3280117fc7
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Hypertension is an important risk factor for adverse cardiovascular and renal outcomes particularly in patients with chronic kidney disease. This review compares blood pressure measurements obtained in the clinic with those obtained outside the clinic to predict cardiovascular and renal injury and out...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.mnh.0000222700.14960.18
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The renin-angiotensin system, traditionally viewed as a circulatory system, has significantly expanded in the last two decades to include independently regulated local systems in several tissues, newly identified active products of angiotensin II, and new receptors and functions of renin-angiotensin s...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MNH.0b013e3282f521a8
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review summarizes recent advances in the understanding of the molecular physiology and regulation of the thiazide-sensitive sodium-chloride cotransporter (NCC). RECENT FINDINGS:Mutations of with-no-lysine (WNK) kinases 1 and 4 result in hyperactivity of NCC and familial hyperkalemic hypertension...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MNH.0b013e32832f2fcb
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review aims to describe the recent findings concerning novel Mg transporters as putative interesting players in renal transepithelial Mg transport. RECENT FINDINGS:So far, the best characterized Mg transport proteins are found in prokaryotes and yeast cells. In recent years, phylogenetic analysi...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MNH.0b013e3283435ee4
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00041552-199701000-00005
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Several recently completed or ongoing large-scale clinical trials, including the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study, the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial, and the African-American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension, have all chosen the renal clearance of sodium 125I-iothalmate to monitor renal d...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00041552-199511000-00010
更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The term 'focal segmental glomerulosclerosis' covers a variety of diseases with different histopathological patterns. There is a need for clues to interpret histological findings in terms of etiology. Studies in transgenic animal models published in recent years have targeted the podocyte with respect...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MNH.0b013e3280c8eed3
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00041552-199309000-00013
更新日期:1993-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:MRI can noninvasively assess the structure and function of the kidney in a single MRI scan session. This review summarizes recent advancements in functional renal MRI techniques, with a particular focus on clinical applications. RECENT FINDINGS:A number of MRI techniques now provide measures of relev...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MNH.0000000000000266
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim is to review data on the epidemiology of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) and adverse clinical outcomes in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and introduce recent insights into the pathophysiology behind the observed relationships. RECENT FINDINGS:End-stage renal disease and cardiovascular disea...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MNH.0b013e328351a391
更新日期:2012-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.mnh.0000174143.30045.bd
更新日期:2005-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00041552-199301000-00018
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cells in renal medullas are exposed to a high concentration of salt during antidiuresis. They adapt in part by accumulating myo-inositol, glycine betaine, taurine, and other amino acids by transporting them from the interstitial fluid. This transport is osmotically regulated by changes in transcription of the transpor...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00041552-199709000-00004
更新日期:1997-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Connective tissue growth factor (CCN2) has recently received much attention as a possible key determinant of progressive renal fibrosis. However, the mechanism(s) by which this growth factor functions is not known. The purpose of this review is to summarize and discuss the recent findings regarding th...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00041552-200401000-00008
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Vitamin D has diverse biological actions, and consequently the mechanisms behind how it regulates gene transcription are diverse. Unlike its well described positive effects on gene transcription, little is known about how vitamin D induces transcriptional repression. RECENT FINDINGS:Vitamin D-induced...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MNH.0b013e3281c55f16
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) influence renal function through angiogenesis, with VEGF-A being the most potent inducer of vascular formation. In the normal glomerulus, tight homeostatic balance is maintained between the levels of VEGF-A isoforms produced by podocyte cells, and the VEGF r...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MNH.0000000000000256
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Calcium is an essential ion for the maintenance of normal bone health and physiologic functions. The extracellular and intracellular levels of calcium are maintained through hormonal regulation called homeostasis. Balance, the net intake minus excretion of calcium, is maintained by hormonal regulation...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/MNH.0000000000000416
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Tubulointerstitial injury is characteristic of aging-associated renal injury and progressive renal disease. Salt-sensitive hypertension is also associated with tubulointerstitial inflammation, especially when accompanied by microvascular disease. Here we summarize recent studies on the pathogenesis an...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00041552-200305000-00003
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Obesity, which has reached epidemic prevalence, is now recognized as an independent risk factor for increasing blood pressure. The complex mechanisms of obesity-related hypertension are unclear, but several studies have provided evidence of a hypertensive shift in pressure natriuresis. Excess sympathe...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00041552-200305000-00013
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:We discuss how recent findings obtained in disorders of phosphate metabolism in humans and in animal models have provided insights into the pathogenesis of renal stone formation and bone demineralization. RECENT FINDINGS:Mice that are null for the sodium-phosphate cotransporter (NPT)2a gene (NPT2a(-/...
journal_title:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00041552-200411000-00015
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00