Search Results - "Mathieson, Peter"
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The podocyte as a target for therapies—new and old
Published in Nature reviews. Nephrology (01-01-2012)“…The podocyte is a key target of injury in a number of renal diseases. Although some current therapies—including glucocorticosteroids and calcineurin…”
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Reactive oxygen species modulate the barrier function of the human glomerular endothelial glycocalyx
Published in PloS one (14-02-2013)“…Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a key role in the pathogenesis of proteinuria in glomerular diseases like diabetic nephropathy. Glomerular endothelial cell…”
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Antiphospholipase A2 Receptor Antibody Titer and Subclass in Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy
Published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (01-10-2012)“…The phospholipase A(2) receptor (PLA(2)R) is the major target antigen in idiopathic membranous nephropathy. The technique for measuring antibodies against…”
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Immunosuppression for progressive membranous nephropathy: a UK randomised controlled trial
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (02-03-2013)“…Summary Background Membranous nephropathy leads to end-stage renal disease in more than 20% of patients. Although immunosuppressive therapy benefits some…”
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APOL1 risk variants enhance podocyte necrosis through compromising lysosomal membrane permeability
Published in American journal of physiology. Renal physiology (01-08-2014)“…Development of higher rates of nondiabetic glomerulosclerosis (GS) in African Americans has been attributed to two coding sequence variants (G1 and G2) in the…”
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Academic medicine should lead the way on gender equity: but it doesn’t
Published in Postgraduate medical journal (01-12-2017)“…[...]their conclusions show that the situation regarding gender equity, or the lack of it, is no better in those locations than it is in North America, Europe…”
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Proteinuria and Immunity — An Overstated Relationship?
Published in The New England journal of medicine (04-12-2008)“…A direct effect on the podocyte, rather than on the lymphocyte, may underlie the therapeutic effect of cyclosporine in some nephropathies. A direct effect on…”
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VEGFC Reduces Glomerular Albumin Permeability and Protects Against Alterations in VEGF Receptor Expression in Diabetic Nephropathy
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-01-2019)“…Elevated levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) A are thought to cause glomerular endothelial cell (GEnC) dysfunction and albuminuria in diabetic…”
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Insulin Signaling to the Glomerular Podocyte Is Critical for Normal Kidney Function
Published in Cell metabolism (06-10-2010)“…Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the leading cause of renal failure in the world. It is characterized by albuminuria and abnormal glomerular function and is…”
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Matrix metalloproteinase 9‐mediated shedding of syndecan 4 in response to tumor necrosis factor α: a contributor to endothelial cell glycocalyx dysfunction
Published in The FASEB journal (01-11-2014)“…The endothelial surface glycocalyx is a hydrated mesh in which proteoglycans are prominent. It is damaged in diseases associated with elevated levels of tumor…”
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Risk HLA-DQA1 and PLA(2)R1 alleles in idiopathic membranous nephropathy
Published in The New England journal of medicine (17-02-2011)“…Idiopathic membranous nephropathy is a major cause of the nephrotic syndrome in adults, but its etiologic basis is not fully understood. We investigated the…”
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Glomerular endothelial glycocalyx constitutes a barrier to protein permeability
Published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (01-11-2007)“…Glycocalyx, composed of glycoproteins including proteoglycans, coats the luminal surface of the glomerular capillaries. Human heparanase degrades heparan…”
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A prevalent C3 mutation in aHUS patients causes a direct C3 convertase gain of function
Published in Blood (03-05-2012)“…Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare renal thrombotic microangiopathy commonly associated with rare genetic variants in complement system genes,…”
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Localization of APOL1 protein and mRNA in the human kidney: nondiseased tissue, primary cells, and immortalized cell lines
Published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (01-02-2015)“…Although APOL1 gene variants are associated with nephropathy in African Americans, little is known about APOL1 protein synthesis, uptake, and localization in…”
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Levamisole in steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome: usefulness in adult patients and laboratory insights into mechanisms of action via direct action on the kidney podocyte
Published in Clinical science (1979) (01-06-2015)“…Minimal change nephropathy (MCN) is the third most common cause of primary nephrotic syndrome in adults. Most patients with MCN respond to corticosteroid…”
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Update on the podocyte
Published in Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension (01-05-2009)“…PURPOSE OF REVIEWThe podocyte is a key cell in the selective filtering action of the glomerular capillary wall. Podocyte injury is of pathogenetic and…”
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An in vitro model of the glomerular capillary wall using electrospun collagen nanofibres in a bioartificial composite basement membrane
Published in PloS one (24-06-2011)“…The filtering unit of the kidney, the glomerulus, contains capillaries whose walls function as a biological sieve, the glomerular filtration barrier. This…”
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Glomerular cell cross-talk influences composition and assembly of extracellular matrix
Published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (01-05-2014)“…The glomerular basement membrane (GBM) is a specialized extracellular matrix (ECM) compartment within the glomerulus that contains tissue-restricted isoforms…”
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Phospholipase A2 Receptor (PLA2R1) Sequence Variants in Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy
Published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (01-04-2013)“…The M-type receptor for phospholipase A2 (PLA2R1) is the major target antigen in idiopathic membranous nephropathy (iMN). Our recent genome-wide association…”
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Immunosuppression for membranous nephropathy – Authors' reply
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (22-06-2013)“…The Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes guidelines were published after our trial was designed, and the dose of ciclosporin that we used was based on the…”
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