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Richard J Johnson

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InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-MED
Phone303/724-4865

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    R01DK125351     (BROWN, JARED MICHAEL;JOHNSON, RICHARD JOSEPH ;RONCAL, CARLOS)Jul 7, 2020 - Jun 30, 2024
    NIH
    Silica Nephropathy and Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01DK121496     (LANASPA GARCIA, MIGUEL ANGEL)Jan 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2023
    NIH
    A Novel Role for Vasopressin in Fructose-Induced Metabolic Syndrome
    Role: Principal Investigator
    I01BX004511     (JOHNSON, RICHARD JOSEPH)Apr 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2023
    NIH
    A Novel Mechanism for Sarcopenia in Chronic Kidney Disease
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01DK108408     (JOHNSON, RICHARD JOSEPH)Apr 1, 2016 - Mar 31, 2021
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    Dietary Salt has an Unrecognized Role in Modulating Energy Intake and Metabolic Syndrome
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R42DK104432     (JOHNSON, RICHARD JOSEPH)Sep 15, 2015 - Aug 31, 2020
    NIH
    Scientific Merit and Feasibility of Fructokinase Inhibition for Obesity
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R41DK104432     (JOHNSON, RICHARD JOSEPH)Sep 15, 2015 - Aug 31, 2017
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    Scientific Merit and Feasibility of Fructokinase Inhibiton for Obesity
    Role: Principal Investigator
    I01BX002586     (JOHNSON, RICHARD JOSEPH)Oct 1, 2014 - Mar 31, 2019
    NIH
    Fructokinase and Nondiabetic and Aging-Associated Chronic Kidney Disease
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R21HL113809     (WRIGHT, RICHARD M)Feb 1, 2013 - Jan 31, 2016
    NIH
    PROINFLAMMATORY ROLE OF URIC ACID IN LUNG DISEASE: NOVEL MODELS AND CLINICAL VALI
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    R01DK080764     (JOHNSON, RICHARD JOSEPH)Sep 20, 2011 - Aug 31, 2015
    NIH
    CD80 Expression on Podocytes and the Pathogenesis of Minimal Change Disease
    Role: Principal Investigator
    RC4DK090859     (JOHNSON, RICHARD JOSEPH)Sep 30, 2010 - Aug 31, 2013
    NIH
    Development of inhibitors of AMP Deaminase Isoform 2 as a Mechanism for Treating
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01HL079352     (SEGAL, MARK S.)Aug 1, 2005 - Apr 30, 2010
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    Uric Acid and Hypertension in African-Americans
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    R01HL068607     (JOHNSON, RICHARD JOSEPH)Jan 1, 2002 - Mar 31, 2013
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    Role of Uric Acid in Cardiovascular and Renal Disease
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01DK052121     (JOHNSON, RICHARD JOSEPH)Sep 30, 1996 - Sep 10, 2010
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    Endothelial Cell in Progressive Renal Disease
    Role: Principal Investigator
    K04DK002142     (JOHNSON, RICHARD JOSEPH)Aug 1, 1992 - Jul 30, 1997
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    PLATELETS IN IMMUNE GLOMERULAR INJURY
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01DK043422     (JOHNSON, RICHARD JOSEPH)Aug 1, 1991 - Jul 31, 2000
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    MESANGIAL RESPONSE TO INJURY
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R55DK043422     (JOHNSON, RICHARD JOSEPH)Aug 1, 1991 - Jul 31, 1997
    NIH
    MESANGIAL RESPONSE TO INJURY
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R29DK039068     (JOHNSON, RICHARD JOSEPH)Aug 1, 1987 - Jul 31, 1992
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    MYELOPEROXIDASE-H202-HALIDE SYSTEM IN GLOMERULAR INJURY
    Role: Principal Investigator
    T32DK007518     (SEGAL, MARK S.)Jul 1, 1985 - Jun 30, 2013
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    Pre &Post-Doctoral Training in Nephrology &Hypertension
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    T32DK007135     (JOHNSON, RICHARD JOSEPH;KENDRICK, JESSICA B)Jul 1, 1983 - Jun 30, 2025
    NIH
    Renal and Electrolyte Disease and Hypertension
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Bjornstad P, Choi YJ, Platnick C, Gross S, Narongkiatikhun P, Melena I, Remmers L, Baca M, Schutte G, Dobbs T, Vigers T, Pyle L, Driscoll L, Tommerdahl K, Kendrick J, Looker HC, Dart A, Cherney D, van Raalte DH, Srivastava A, Li L, Prasad P, Saulnier P, Nelson RG, Johnson RJ, Nadeau KJ. Insulin Secretion, Sensitivity, and Kidney Function in Young Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2024 Mar 01; 47(3):409-417. PMID: 38153805.
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    2. Roncal-Jimenez CA, Rogers KL, Stem A, Wijkstrom J, Wernerson A, Fox J, Garcia Trabanino R, Brindley S, Garcia G, Miyazaki M, Miyazaki-Anzai S, Sasai F, Urra M, Cara-Fuentes G, S?nchez-Lozada LG, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Butler Dawson J, Madero M, Brown JM, Johnson RJ. Intranasal Administration of Sugarcane Ash Causes Chronic Kidney Disease in Rats. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2024 Jan 18. PMID: 38234297.
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    3. Rogers KL, Roncal-Jimenez CA, Leiva R, Stem A, Wijkstrom J, Serpas L, Gonz?lez-Quiroz MA, Sasai F, Wernerson A, Schaeffer J, Fox J, Ray M, Bansal A, Urra M, Butler-Dawson J, Lucia S, Newman LS, Glaser J, Johnson RJ, Brown JM. Silica Nanoparticles and Mesoamerican Nephropathy: A Case Series. Am J Kidney Dis. 2024 Mar; 83(3):420-423. PMID: 37877930.
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    4. Johnson RJ, S?nchez-Lozada LG, Lanaspa MA. The fructose survival hypothesis as a mechanism for unifying the various obesity hypotheses. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2024 Jan; 32(1):12-22. PMID: 37846155.
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    5. Andres-Hernando A, Orlicky DJ, Kuwabara M, Cicerchi C, Pedler M, Petrash MJ, Johnson RJ, Tolan DR, Lanaspa MA. Endogenous Fructose Production and Metabolism Drive Metabolic Dysregulation and Liver Disease in Mice with Hereditary Fructose Intolerance. Nutrients. 2023 Oct 16; 15(20). PMID: 37892451.
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    6. Johnson RJ, Lanaspa MA, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Tolan D, Nakagawa T, Ishimoto T, Andres-Hernando A, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Stenvinkel P. The fructose survival hypothesis for obesity. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2023 09 11; 378(1885):20220230. PMID: 37482773.
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    7. Kalogeropoulu SK, Rauch-Schm?cking H, Lloyd EJ, Stenvinkel P, Shiels PG, Johnson RJ, Fr?bert O, Redtenbacher I, Burgener IA, Painer-Gigler J. Formerly bile-farmed bears as a model of accelerated ageing. Sci Rep. 2023 06 15; 13(1):9691. PMID: 37322151.
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    8. Stem AD, Rogers KL, Roede JR, Roncal-Jimenez CA, Johnson RJ, Brown JM. Sugarcane ash and sugarcane ash-derived silica nanoparticles alter cellular metabolism in human proximal tubular kidney cells. Environ Pollut. 2023 Sep 01; 332:121951. PMID: 37301454.
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    9. Cara-Fuentes G, Verma R, Venkatareddy M, Bauer C, Piani F, Aksoy ST, Vazzalwar N, Garcia GE, Banks M, Ordo?ez FA, de Lucas-Collantes C, Bjornstad P, Gonz?lez Rodr?guez JD, Johnson RJ, Garg P. ?1-Integrin blockade prevents podocyte injury in experimental models of minimal change disease. Nefrologia (Engl Ed). 2024 Jan-Feb; 44(1):90-99. PMID: 37150673.
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    10. Andres-Hernando A, Orlicky DJ, Cicerchi C, Kuwabara M, Garcia GE, Nakagawa T, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Johnson RJ, Lanaspa MA. High Fructose Corn Syrup Accelerates Kidney Disease and Mortality in Obese Mice with Metabolic Syndrome. Biomolecules. 2023 04 30; 13(5). PMID: 37238651.
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    11. Garc?a-Arroyo FE, Gonzaga-S?nchez G, Silva-Palacios A, Rold?n FJ, Loredo-Mendoza ML, Alvarez-Alvarez YQ, de Los Santos Coyotl JA, V?lez Orozco KA, Tapia E, Osorio-Alonso H, Arellano-Buend?a AS, S?nchez-Gloria JL, Lanaspa MA, Johnson RJ, S?nchez-Lozada LG. Osthole Prevents Heart Damage Induced by Diet-Induced Metabolic Syndrome: Role of Fructokinase (KHK). Antioxidants (Basel). 2023 Apr 28; 12(5). PMID: 37237888.
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    12. S?nchez-Lozada LG, Madero M, Mazzali M, Feig DI, Nakagawa T, Lanaspa MA, Kanbay M, Kuwabara M, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Johnson RJ. Sugar, salt, immunity and the cause of primary hypertension. Clin Kidney J. 2023 Aug; 16(8):1239-1248. PMID: 37529651.
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    13. Johnson RJ, Lee SMK, S?nchez-Lozada LG, Kanbay M, Bansal A, Tolan DR, Bjornstad P, Lanaspa MA, Maesaka J. Fructose: A New Variable to Consider in SIADH and the Hyponatremia Associated With Long-Distance Running? Am J Kidney Dis. 2023 07; 82(1):105-112. PMID: 36940740.
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    14. Andres-Hernando A, Cicerchi C, Garcia GE, Orlicky DJ, Stenvinkel P, Johnson RJ, Lanaspa MA. Phosphate depletion in insulin-insensitive skeletal muscle drives AMPD activation and sarcopenia in chronic kidney disease. iScience. 2023 Apr 21; 26(4):106355. PMID: 36994079.
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    15. Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Johnson RJ, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Pons H. HSP70 and Primary Arterial Hypertension. Biomolecules. 2023 02 01; 13(2). PMID: 36830641.
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    16. Kanbay M, Altintas A, Yavuz F, Copur S, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Lanaspa MA, Johnson RJ. Responses to Hypoxia: How Fructose Metabolism and Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1a Pathways Converge in Health and Disease. Curr Nutr Rep. 2023 03; 12(1):181-190. PMID: 36708463.
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    17. Nakagawa T, Kang DH, Johnson RJ. An elevation in serum uric acid precedes the development of preeclampsia. Hypertens Res. 2023 03; 46(3):809-811. PMID: 36646882.
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    18. Johnson RJ, Tolan DR, Bredesen D, Nagel M, S?nchez-Lozada LG, Fini M, Burtis S, Lanaspa MA, Perlmutter D. Could Alzheimer's disease be a maladaptation of an evolutionary survival pathway mediated by intracerebral fructose and uric acid metabolism? Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 03; 117(3):455-466. PMID: 36774227.
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    19. Ejaz AA, Mohandas R, Beaver TM, Johnson RJ. A Crystal-Independent Role for Uric Acid in AKI Associated with Tumor Lysis Syndrome. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2023 01 01; 34(1):175. PMID: 36719148.
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    20. Rodr?guez-Iturbe B, Johnson RJ, S?nchez-Lozada LG. Relationship between hyperuricemia, HSP70 and NLRP3 inflammasome in arterial hypertension. Arch Cardiol Mex. 2023; 93(4):458-463. PMID: 37972372.
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    21. Nakagawa T, Kosugi T, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Stenvinkel P, Kublickiene K, Ananth Karumanchi S, Kang DH, Kojima H, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Tolan DR, Lanaspa MA, Johnson RJ. Fructose might be a clue to the origin of preeclampsia insights from nature and evolution. Hypertens Res. 2023 03; 46(3):646-653. PMID: 36539464.
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    22. Stenvinkel P, Shiels PG, Johnson RJ. Lessons from evolution by natural selection: An unprecedented opportunity to use biomimetics to improve planetary health. J Environ Manage. 2022 Dec 09; 328:116981. PMID: 36508982.
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    23. Johnson RJ, Sanchez Lozada LG, Lanaspa MA, Piani F, Borghi C. Uric Acid and Chronic Kidney Disease: Still More to Do. Kidney Int Rep. 2023 Feb; 8(2):229-239. PMID: 36815099.
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    24. Young SE, Khoshnaw LJ, Johnson RJ. Climate and the Nephrologist: The Intersection of Climate Change, Kidney Disease, and Clinical Care. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2023 03 01; 18(3):411-417. PMID: 36319069.
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    25. Johnson RJ, S?nchez-Lozada LG, Nakagawa T, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Tolan D, Gaucher EA, Andrews P, Lanaspa MA. Do thrifty genes exist? Revisiting uricase. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 10; 30(10):1917-1926. PMID: 36150210.
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    26. Johnson RJ. Intestinal Hyperuricemia as a Driving Mechanism for CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2023 02; 81(2):127-130. PMID: 36167757.
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    27. Cara-Fuentes G, Andres-Hernando A, Bauer C, Banks M, Garcia GE, Cicerchi C, Kuwabara M, Shimada M, Johnson RJ, Lanaspa MA. Pulmonary surfactants and the respiratory-renal connection in steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome of childhood. iScience. 2022 Aug 19; 25(8):104694. PMID: 35847557.
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    28. Sasai F, Rogers KL, Orlicky DJ, Stem A, Schaeffer J, Garcia G, Fox J, Ray MS, Butler-Dawson J, Gonzalez-Quiroz M, Leiva R, Taduri G, Anutrakululchai S, Venugopal V, Madero M, Glaser J, Wijkstrom J, Wernerson A, Brown JM, Johnson RJ, Roncal-Jimenez CA. Inhaled silica nanoparticles cause chronic kidney disease in rats. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2022 07 01; 323(1):F48-F58. PMID: 35635324.
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    29. Johnson RJ, Garc?a-Arroyo FE, Gonzaga-S?nchez G, V?lez-Orozco KA, ?lvarez-?lvarez YQ, Aparicio-Trejo OE, Tapia E, Osorio-Alonso H, Andr?s-Hernando A, Nakagawa T, Kuwabara M, Kanbay M, Lanaspa MA, S?nchez-Lozada LG. Current Hydration Habits: The Disregarded Factor for the Development of Renal and Cardiometabolic Diseases. Nutrients. 2022 May 15; 14(10). PMID: 35631211.
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    30. Melena I, Piani F, Tommerdahl KL, Severn C, Chung LT, MacDonald A, Vinovskis C, Cherney D, Pyle L, Roncal-Jimenez CA, Lanaspa MA, Rewers A, van Raalte DH, Cara-Fuentes G, Parikh CR, Nelson RG, Pavkov ME, Nadeau KJ, Johnson RJ, Bjornstad P. Aminoaciduria and metabolic dysregulation during diabetic ketoacidosis: Results from the diabetic kidney alarm (DKA) study. J Diabetes Complications. 2022 06; 36(6):108203. PMID: 35523653.
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    31. Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Johnson RJ, Lanaspa MA, Nakagawa T, Garcia-Arroyo FE, S?nchez-Lozada LG. Sirtuin deficiency and the adverse effects of fructose and uric acid synthesis. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2022 05 01; 322(5):R347-R359. PMID: 35271385.
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    32. Johnson RJ, Lanaspa MA, Rodriguez-Iturbe B. Insights into Salt Handling and Blood Pressure. N Engl J Med. 2022 Feb 17; 386(7):e18. PMID: 35172069.
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    33. Bauer C, Piani F, Banks M, Ordo?ez FA, de Lucas-Collantes C, Oshima K, Schmidt EP, Zakharevich I, Segarra A, Martinez C, Roncal-Jimenez C, Satchell SC, Bjornstad P, Lucia MS, Blaine J, Thurman JM, Johnson RJ, Cara-Fuentes G. Minimal Change Disease Is Associated With Endothelial Glycocalyx Degradation and Endothelial Activation. Kidney Int Rep. 2022 Apr; 7(4):797-809. PMID: 35497798.
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    34. Chauhan K, Pattharanitima P, Piani F, Johnson RJ, Uribarri J, Chan L, Coca SG. Prevalence and Outcomes Associated with Hyperuricemia in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19. Am J Nephrol. 2022; 53(1):78-86. PMID: 34883482.
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    35. Watters A, Johnson RJ, Bauschka M, Oakes J, Kelley M, Mehler PS. Uric acid levels in adult patients with severe eating disorders. Int J Eat Disord. 2022 01; 55(1):141-144. PMID: 34850969.
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    36. Goldberg A, Garcia-Arroyo F, Sasai F, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Lanaspa MA, Johnson RJ. Mini Review: Reappraisal of Uric Acid in Chronic Kidney Disease. Am J Nephrol. 2021; 52(10-11):837-844. PMID: 34673651.
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    37. Piani F, Sasai F, Bjornstad P, Borghi C, Yoshimura A, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Roncal-Jimenez C, Garcia GE, Hernando AA, Fuentes GC, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Lanaspa MA, Johnson RJ. Hyperuricemia and chronic kidney disease: to treat or not to treat. J Bras Nefrol. 2021 Oct-Dec; 43(4):572-579. PMID: 33704350.
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    38. Volek JS, Phinney SD, Krauss RM, Johnson RJ, Saslow LR, Gower B, Yancy WS, King JC, Hecht FM, Teicholz N, Bistrian BR, Hamdy O. Alternative Dietary Patterns for Americans: Low-Carbohydrate Diets. Nutrients. 2021 Sep 22; 13(10). PMID: 34684300.
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    39. Andres-Hernando A, Cicerchi C, Kuwabara M, Orlicky DJ, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Nakagawa T, Johnson RJ, Lanaspa MA. Umami-induced obesity and metabolic syndrome is mediated by nucleotide degradation and uric acid generation. Nat Metab. 2021 09; 3(9):1189-1201. PMID: 34552272.
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    40. Fini MA, Lanaspa MA, Gaucher EA, Boutwell B, Nakagawa T, Wright RM, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Andrews P, Stenmark KR, Johnson RJ. Brief report: The uricase mutation in humans increases our risk for cancer growth. Cancer Metab. 2021 Sep 15; 9(1):32. PMID: 34526149.
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    41. Piani F, Melena I, Severn C, Chung LT, Vinovskis C, Cherney D, Pyle L, Roncal-Jimenez CA, Lanaspa MA, Rewers A, van Raalte DH, Obeid W, Parikh C, Nelson RG, Pavkov ME, Nadeau KJ, Johnson RJ, Bjornstad P. Tubular injury in diabetic ketoacidosis: Results from the diabetic kidney alarm study. Pediatr Diabetes. 2021 11; 22(7):1031-1039. PMID: 34435718.
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    42. Sasai F, Roncal-Jimenez C, Rogers K, Sato Y, Brown JM, Glaser J, Garcia G, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Dawson JB, Sorensen C, Hernando AA, Gonzalez-Quiroz M, Lanaspa M, Newman L, Johnson RJ. Climate Change and Nephrology. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2021 Sep 02. PMID: 34473287.
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    43. Garcia GE, Truong LD, Johnson RJ. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 decreased expression during kidney inflammatory diseases: implications to predisposing to COVID-19 kidney complications. Kidney Int. 2021 11; 100(5):1138-1140. PMID: 34474076.
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    44. Dally M, Sorensen CJ, Butler-Dawson J, Griffin BR, Johnson RJ, Krisher L, Jaramillo D, Asensio C, Newman LS. Sugarcane Workweek Study: Mechanisms Underlying Daily Changes in Creatinine. Kidney Int Rep. 2021 Dec; 6(12):3083-3086. PMID: 34901578.
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    45. Takeuchi K, Ariyoshi Y, Shimizu A, Okumura Y, Cara-Fuentes G, Garcia GE, Pomposelli T, Watanabe H, Boyd L, Ekanayake-Alper DK, Amarnath D, Sykes M, Sachs DH, Johnson RJ, Yamada K. Expression of human CD47 in pig glomeruli prevents proteinuria and prolongs graft survival following pig-to-baboon xenotransplantation. Xenotransplantation. 2021 11; 28(6):e12708. PMID: 34418164.
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    46. Garcia GE, Lu YJ, Truong LD, Roncal-Jim?nez CA, Miyazaki M, Miyazaki-Anzai S, Cara-Fuentes G, Andres-Hernando A, Lanaspa M, Johnson RJ, Leamon CP. A Novel Treatment for Glomerular Disease: Targeting the Activated Macrophage Folate Receptor with a Trojan Horse Therapy in Rats. Cells. 2021 08 17; 10(8). PMID: 34440885.
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    47. Shiels PG, Painer J, Natterson-Horowitz B, Johnson RJ, Miranda JJ, Stenvinkel P. Manipulating the exposome to enable better ageing. Biochem J. 2021 07 30; 478(14):2889-2898. PMID: 34319404.
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    48. Carn D, Lanaspa MA, Benner SA, Andrews P, Dudley R, Andres-Hernando A, Tolan DR, Johnson RJ. The role of thrifty genes in the origin of alcoholism: A narrative review and hypothesis. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2021 08; 45(8):1519-1526. PMID: 34120350.
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    49. Butler-Dawson J, Krisher L, Dally M, James KA, Johnson RJ, Jaramillo D, Yoder H, Johnson EC, Pilloni D, Asensio C, Cruz A, Newman LS. Sugarcane Workweek Study: Risk Factors for Daily Changes in Creatinine. Kidney Int Rep. 2021 Sep; 6(9):2404-2414. PMID: 34514201.
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    50. Nakagawa T, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Andres-Hernando A, Kojima H, Kasahara M, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Bjornstad P, Lanaspa MA, Johnson RJ. Endogenous Fructose Metabolism Could Explain the Warburg Effect and the Protection of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Chronic Kidney Disease. Front Immunol. 2021; 12:694457. PMID: 34220855.
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    51. Piani F, Reinicke T, Borghi C, Tommerdahl KL, Cara-Fuentes G, Johnson RJ, Bjornstad P. Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric Diabetic Kidney Disease. Front Pediatr. 2021; 9:668033. PMID: 34211943.
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    52. Kanbay M, Guler B, Ertuglu LA, Dagel T, Afsar B, Incir S, Baygul A, Covic A, Andres-Hernando A, S?nchez-Lozada LG, Lanaspa MA, Johnson RJ. The Speed of Ingestion of a Sugary Beverage Has an Effect on the Acute Metabolic Response to Fructose. Nutrients. 2021 Jun 02; 13(6). PMID: 34199607.
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    53. Aguilar-Ramirez D, Ra?a-Custodio A, Villa A, Rubilar X, Olvera N, Escobar A, Johnson RJ, Sanchez-Lozada L, Obrador GT, Madero M. Decreased kidney function and agricultural work: a cross-sectional study in middle-aged adults from Tierra Blanca, Mexico. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2021 05 27; 36(6):1030-1038. PMID: 32443156.
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    54. Demiray A, Afsar B, Covic A, Kuwabara M, Ferro CJ, Lanaspa MA, Johnson RJ, Kanbay M. The Role of Uric Acid in the Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Narrative Review. Angiology. 2022 Jan; 73(1):9-17. PMID: 33902350.
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    55. Altinmakas E, Guler B, Copur S, Siriopol D, Sag AA, Guneyli S, Dogan H, Afsar B, Balik E, Covic A, Johnson RJ, Kanbay M. Determinants of Pancreatic Steatosis: A Retrospective Observational Study. Middle East J Dig Dis. 2021 Oct; 13(4):343-349. PMID: 36606009.
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    56. Johnson RJ, Lanaspa MA, Fox JW. Response to "Female Figurines, Climate Sensationalism, and Archaeological Shortcomings". Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 05; 29(5):782. PMID: 33733576.
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    57. Garc?a-Arroyo FE, Gonzaga-S?nchez G, Tapia E, Mu?oz-Jim?nez I, Manterola-Romero L, Osorio-Alonso H, Arellano-Buend?a AS, Pedraza-Chaverri J, Roncal-Jim?nez CA, Lanaspa MA, Johnson RJ, S?nchez-Lozada LG. Osthol Ameliorates Kidney Damage and Metabolic Syndrome Induced by a High-Fat/High-Sugar Diet. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Feb 28; 22(5). PMID: 33670975.
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    58. Butler-Dawson J, James KA, Krisher L, Jaramillo D, Dally M, Neumann N, Pilloni D, Cruz A, Asensio C, Johnson RJ, Adgate J, Newman LS. Environmental metal exposures and kidney function of Guatemalan sugarcane workers. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2022 05; 32(3):461-471. PMID: 33603096.
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    59. Fox J, Macaluso F, Moore C, Mesenbring E, Johnson RJ, Hamman RF, James KA. Urine tungsten and chronic kidney disease in rural Colorado. Environ Res. 2021 04; 195:110710. PMID: 33460634.
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    60. Andres-Hernando A, Jensen TJ, Kuwabara M, Orlicky DJ, Cicerchi C, Li N, Roncal-Jimenez CA, Garcia GE, Ishimoto T, Maclean PS, Bjornstad P, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Kanbay M, Nakagawa T, Johnson RJ, Lanaspa MA. Vasopressin mediates fructose-induced metabolic syndrome by activating the V1b receptor. JCI Insight. 2021 01 11; 6(1). PMID: 33320834.
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    61. Maier S, Wieland A, Cree-Green M, Nadeau K, Sullivan S, Lanaspa MA, Johnson RJ, Jensen T. Lean NAFLD: an underrecognized and challenging disorder in medicine. Rev Endocr Metab Disord. 2021 06; 22(2):351-366. PMID: 33389543.
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    62. Floege J, Johnson RJ. Hyperuricemia and progression of chronic kidney disease: to treat or not to treat? Kidney Int. 2021 01; 99(1):14-16. PMID: 33390225.
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    63. Piani F, Johnson RJ. Does gouty nephropathy exist, and is it more common than we think? Kidney Int. 2021 01; 99(1):31-33. PMID: 33390238.
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    64. Piani F, Melena I, Tommerdahl KL, Nokoff N, Nelson RG, Pavkov ME, van Raalte DH, Cherney DZ, Johnson RJ, Nadeau KJ, Bjornstad P. Sex-related differences in diabetic kidney disease: A review on the mechanisms and potential therapeutic implications. J Diabetes Complications. 2021 04; 35(4):107841. PMID: 33423908.
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    150. Johnson RJ. Finding the truth: blind faith and the lemming phenomenon. J R Soc Med. 2018 May; 111(5):175-176. PMID: 29672200.
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    162. Stenvinkel P, Painer J, Kuro-O M, Lanaspa M, Arnold W, Ruf T, Shiels PG, Johnson RJ. Novel treatment strategies for chronic kidney disease: insights from the animal kingdom. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2018 04; 14(4):265-284. PMID: 29332935.
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    163. Harland TA, Winston KR, Jovanovich AJ, Johnson RJ. Shunt Nephritis: An Increasingly Unfamiliar Diagnosis. World Neurosurg. 2018 Mar; 111:346-348. PMID: 29325951.
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    166. Todd AS, Walker RJ, MacGinley RJ, Kelly J, Merriman TR, Major TJ, Johnson RJ. Dietary Sodium Modifies Serum Uric Acid Concentrations in Humans. Am J Hypertens. 2017 Nov 06; 30(12):1196-1202. PMID: 28985270.
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    209. Ejaz AA, Alquadan KF, Dass B, Shimada M, Kanbay M, Johnson RJ. Effects of Serum Uric Acid on Estimated GFR in Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Pilot Study. Am J Nephrol. 2015; 42(6):402-9. PMID: 26731594.
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    213. Johnson RJ, Shankland SJ, Lucia MS. A Systematic Method for Categorizing GN. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 05; 27(5):1265-6. PMID: 26604212.
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    221. Garc?a-Trabanino R, Jarqu?n E, Wesseling C, Johnson RJ, Gonz?lez-Quiroz M, Weiss I, Glaser J, Jos? Vindell J, Stockfelt L, Roncal C, Harra T, Barregard L. Heat stress, dehydration, and kidney function in sugarcane cutters in El Salvador--A cross-shift study of workers at risk of Mesoamerican nephropathy. Environ Res. 2015 Oct; 142:746-55. PMID: 26209462.
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    224. Bjornstad P, Cherney DZ, Snell-Bergeon JK, Pyle L, Rewers M, Johnson RJ, Maahs DM. Rapid GFR decline is associated with renal hyperfiltration and impaired GFR in adults with Type 1 diabetes. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2015 Oct; 30(10):1706-11. PMID: 26050268.
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    225. Johnson RJ, Nangaku M. Endothelial Dysfunction: The Secret Agent Driving Kidney Disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Jan; 27(1):3-5. PMID: 26038532.
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    226. Yracheta JM, Lanaspa MA, Le MT, Abdelmalak MF, Alfonso J, S?nchez-Lozada LG, Johnson RJ. Diabetes and Kidney Disease in American Indians: Potential Role of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages. Mayo Clin Proc. 2015 Jun; 90(6):813-23. PMID: 26046414.
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    229. Lanaspa MA, Epperson LE, Li N, Cicerchi C, Garcia GE, Roncal-Jimenez CA, Trostel J, Jain S, Mant CT, Rivard CJ, Ishimoto T, Shimada M, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Nakagawa T, Jani A, Stenvinkel P, Martin SL, Johnson RJ. Opposing activity changes in AMP deaminase and AMP-activated protein kinase in the hibernating ground squirrel. PLoS One. 2015; 10(4):e0123509. PMID: 25856396.
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    230. Aykas F, Solak Y, Erden A, Bulut K, Dogan S, Sarli B, Acmaz G, Afsar B, Siriopol D, Covic A, Sharma S, Johnson RJ, Kanbay M. Persistence of cardiovascular risk factors in women with previous preeclampsia: a long-term follow-up study. J Investig Med. 2015 Apr; 63(4):641-5. PMID: 25738648.
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    231. Crist?bal-Garc?a M, Garc?a-Arroyo FE, Tapia E, Osorio H, Arellano-Buend?a AS, Madero M, Rodr?guez-Iturbe B, Pedraza-Chaverr? J, Correa F, Zazueta C, Johnson RJ, Lozada LG. Renal oxidative stress induced by long-term hyperuricemia alters mitochondrial function and maintains systemic hypertension. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2015; 2015:535686. PMID: 25918583.
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    232. Ejaz AA, Pourafshar N, Mohandas R, Smallwood BA, Johnson RJ, Hsu JW. Uric acid and the prediction models of tumor lysis syndrome in AML. PLoS One. 2015; 10(3):e0119497. PMID: 25775138.
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    233. Yracheta JM, Alfonso J, Lanaspa MA, Roncal-Jimenez C, Johnson SB, S?nchez-Lozada LG, Johnson RJ. Hispanic Americans living in the United States and their risk for obesity, diabetes and kidney disease: Genetic and environmental considerations. Postgrad Med. 2015 Jun; 127(5):503-10. PMID: 25746679.
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    240. Choi YJ, Shin HS, Choi HS, Park JW, Jo I, Oh ES, Lee KY, Lee BH, Johnson RJ, Kang DH. Uric acid induces fat accumulation via generation of endoplasmic reticulum stress and SREBP-1c activation in hepatocytes. Lab Invest. 2014 Oct; 94(10):1114-25. PMID: 25111690.
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    241. Saab KR, Kendrick J, Yracheta JM, Lanaspa MA, Pollard M, Johnson RJ. New insights on the risk for cardiovascular disease in African Americans: the role of added sugars. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Feb; 26(2):247-57. PMID: 25090991.
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    242. Cara-Fuentes G, Wasserfall CH, Wang H, Johnson RJ, Garin EH. Minimal change disease: a dysregulation of the podocyte CD80-CTLA-4 axis? Pediatr Nephrol. 2014 Dec; 29(12):2333-40. PMID: 25017621.
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    243. Bjornstad P, Maahs DM, Rewers M, Johnson RJ, Snell-Bergeon JK. ABC goal achievement predicts microvascular but not macrovascular complications over 6-years in adults with type 1 diabetes: the Coronary Artery Calcification in Type 1 Diabetes Study. J Diabetes Complications. 2014 Nov-Dec; 28(6):762-6. PMID: 25270733.
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    244. Bjornstad P, Maahs DM, Rivard CJ, Pyle L, Rewers M, Johnson RJ, Snell-Bergeon JK. Serum uric acid predicts vascular complications in adults with type 1 diabetes: the coronary artery calcification in type 1 diabetes study. Acta Diabetol. 2014 Oct; 51(5):783-91. PMID: 24929955.
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    245. Turak O, Afsar B, Ozcan F, Canpolat U, Grbovic E, Mendi MA, Oksuz F, Siriopol D, Covic A, Caliskan M, McFann K, Johnson RJ, Kanbay M. Relationship between elevated morning blood pressure surge, uric acid, and cardiovascular outcomes in hypertensive patients. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2014 Jul; 16(7):530-5. PMID: 24919769.
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    246. Mohandas R, Sautina L, Beem E, Schuler A, Chan WY, Domsic J, McKenna R, Johnson RJ, Segal MS. Uric acid inhibition of dipeptidyl peptidase IV in vitro is dependent on the intracellular formation of triuret. Exp Cell Res. 2014 Aug 01; 326(1):136-42. PMID: 24925478.
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    247. Fini MA, Wright RM, Stenmark KR, Daniels SR, Johnson RJ. Is uric acid an underdiagnosed mediator of adverse outcome in metabolically healthy overweight/obese individuals? Am J Med. 2014 Jun; 127(6):e21. PMID: 24856327.
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    248. Lanaspa MA, Ishimoto T, Cicerchi C, Tamura Y, Roncal-Jimenez CA, Chen W, Tanabe K, Andres-Hernando A, Orlicky DJ, Finol E, Inaba S, Li N, Rivard CJ, Kosugi T, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Petrash JM, Sautin YY, Ejaz AA, Kitagawa W, Garcia GE, Bonthron DT, Asipu A, Diggle CP, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Nakagawa T, Johnson RJ. Endogenous fructose production and fructokinase activation mediate renal injury in diabetic nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Nov; 25(11):2526-38. PMID: 24876114.
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    249. Cara-Fuentes G, Johnson RJ, Reiser J, Garin EH. CD80 and suPAR in patients with minimal change disease and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: diagnostic and pathogenic significance: response. Pediatr Nephrol. 2014 Aug; 29(8):1467-8. PMID: 24817342.
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    252. Cicerchi C, Li N, Kratzer J, Garcia G, Roncal-Jimenez CA, Tanabe K, Hunter B, Rivard CJ, Sautin YY, Gaucher EA, Johnson RJ, Lanaspa MA. Uric acid-dependent inhibition of AMP kinase induces hepatic glucose production in diabetes and starvation: evolutionary implications of the uricase loss in hominids. FASEB J. 2014 Aug; 28(8):3339-50. PMID: 24755741.
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    253. Kanbay M, Siriopol D, Nistor I, Elcioglu OC, Telci O, Takir M, Johnson RJ, Covic A. Effects of allopurinol on endothelial dysfunction: a meta-analysis. Am J Nephrol. 2014; 39(4):348-56. PMID: 24751886.
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    254. Johnson RJ, Glaser J, S?nchez-Lozada LG. Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology: a disease related to global warming? MEDICC Rev. 2014 04; 16(2):79-80. PMID: 24878656.
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    255. Bjornstad P, Paul Wadwa R, Sirota JC, Snell-Bergeon JK, McFann K, Rewers M, Rivard CJ, Jalal D, Chonchol MB, Johnson RJ, Maahs DM. Serum uric acid and hypertension in adults: a paradoxical relationship in type 1 diabetes. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2014 Apr; 16(4):283-8. PMID: 24667019.
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    256. Couser WG, Johnson RJ. The etiology of glomerulonephritis: roles of infection and autoimmunity. Kidney Int. 2014 Nov; 86(5):905-14. PMID: 24621918.
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    257. Kratzer JT, Lanaspa MA, Murphy MN, Cicerchi C, Graves CL, Tipton PA, Ortlund EA, Johnson RJ, Gaucher EA. Evolutionary history and metabolic insights of ancient mammalian uricases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Mar 11; 111(10):3763-8. PMID: 24550457.
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    258. Jefferson JA, Escudero E, Johnson RJ, Swenson ER, Hurtado A. Increased oxidative stress at altitude. Chest. 2014 Feb; 145(2):423. PMID: 24493532.
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    259. Correa-Rotter R, Wesseling C, Johnson RJ. CKD of unknown origin in Central America: the case for a Mesoamerican nephropathy. Am J Kidney Dis. 2014 Mar; 63(3):506-20. PMID: 24412050.
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    260. Thomas J, Lanaspa MA, Schreiner G, Johnson RJ. Epicatechin Protects against Corticosteroid Induced Hepatic Steatosis. J Steroids Horm Sci. 2014; 5(1). PMID: 34631239.
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    261. Bjornstad P, Snell-Bergeon JK, McFann K, Wadwa RP, Rewers M, Rivard CJ, Jalal D, Chonchol MB, Johnson RJ, Maahs DM. Serum uric acid and insulin sensitivity in adolescents and adults with and without type 1 diabetes. J Diabetes Complications. 2014 May-Jun; 28(3):298-304. PMID: 24461546.
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    262. Roncal Jimenez CA, Ishimoto T, Lanaspa MA, Rivard CJ, Nakagawa T, Ejaz AA, Cicerchi C, Inaba S, Le M, Miyazaki M, Glaser J, Correa-Rotter R, Gonz?lez MA, Arag?n A, Wesseling C, S?nchez-Lozada LG, Johnson RJ. Fructokinase activity mediates dehydration-induced renal injury. Kidney Int. 2014 Aug; 86(2):294-302. PMID: 24336030.
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    263. Nakagawa T, Sato W, Kosugi T, Johnson RJ. Uncoupling of VEGF with endothelial NO as a potential mechanism for abnormal angiogenesis in the diabetic nephropathy. J Diabetes Res. 2013; 2013:184539. PMID: 24386643.
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    264. Huskey J, Rivard C, Myint H, Lucia S, Smith M, Shimada M, Ishimoto T, Araya C, Garin EH, Johnson RJ. Minimal change disease in graft versus host disease: a podocyte response to the graft? Clin Nephrol. 2013 Dec; 80(6):469-73. PMID: 23006339.
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    267. Stenvinkel P, Johnson RJ. Kidney biomimicry--a rediscovered scientific field that could provide hope to patients with kidney disease. Arch Med Res. 2013 Nov; 44(8):584-90. PMID: 24220764.
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    269. Tharabenjasin P, Douard V, Patel C, Krishnamra N, Johnson RJ, Zuo J, Ferraris RP. Acute interactions between intestinal sugar and calcium transport in vitro. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2014 Jan 01; 306(1):G1-12. PMID: 24177030.
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    270. Chen W, Roncal-Jimenez C, Lanaspa M, Gerard S, Chonchol M, Johnson RJ, Jalal D. Uric acid suppresses 1 alpha hydroxylase in vitro and in vivo. Metabolism. 2014 Jan; 63(1):150-60. PMID: 24269076.
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    271. Ishimoto T, Lanaspa MA, Rivard CJ, Roncal-Jimenez CA, Orlicky DJ, Cicerchi C, McMahan RH, Abdelmalek MF, Rosen HR, Jackman MR, MacLean PS, Diggle CP, Asipu A, Inaba S, Kosugi T, Sato W, Maruyama S, S?nchez-Lozada LG, Sautin YY, Hill JO, Bonthron DT, Johnson RJ. High-fat and high-sucrose (western) diet induces steatohepatitis that is dependent on fructokinase. Hepatology. 2013 Nov; 58(5):1632-43. PMID: 23813872.
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    272. Johnson RJ, Nakagawa T, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Shafiu M, Sundaram S, Le M, Ishimoto T, Sautin YY, Lanaspa MA. Sugar, uric acid, and the etiology of diabetes and obesity. Diabetes. 2013 Oct; 62(10):3307-15. PMID: 24065788.
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    273. Solak Y, Akilli H, Kayrak M, Aribas A, Gaipov A, Turk S, Perez-Pozo SE, Covic A, McFann K, Johnson RJ, Kanbay M. Uric acid level and erectile dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease. J Sex Med. 2014 Jan; 11(1):165-72. PMID: 24433559.
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    274. Bjornstad P, Snell-Bergeon JK, Rewers M, Jalal D, Chonchol MB, Johnson RJ, Maahs DM. Early diabetic nephropathy: a complication of reduced insulin sensitivity in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2013 Nov; 36(11):3678-83. PMID: 24026551.
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    275. Stenvinkel P, Fr?bert O, Anderstam B, Palm F, Eriksson M, Bragfors-Helin AC, Qureshi AR, Larsson T, Friebe A, Zedrosser A, Josefsson J, Svensson M, Sahdo B, Bankir L, Johnson RJ. Metabolic changes in summer active and anuric hibernating free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos). PLoS One. 2013; 8(9):e72934. PMID: 24039826.
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    277. Fini MA, Johnson RJ, Stenmark KR, Wright RM. Hypertension, nitrate-nitrite, and xanthine oxidoreductase catalyzed nitric oxide generation: pros and cons. Hypertension. 2013 Sep; 62(3):e9. PMID: 23897071.
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    278. Maahs DM, Jalal D, Chonchol M, Johnson RJ, Rewers M, Snell-Bergeon JK. Impaired renal function further increases odds of 6-year coronary artery calcification progression in adults with type 1 diabetes: the CACTI study. Diabetes Care. 2013 Sep; 36(9):2607-14. PMID: 23835686.
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    280. Eckardt KU, Coresh J, Devuyst O, Johnson RJ, K?ttgen A, Levey AS, Levin A. Evolving importance of kidney disease: from subspecialty to global health burden. Lancet. 2013 Jul 13; 382(9887):158-69. PMID: 23727165.
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    281. Ishimoto T, Cara-Fuentes G, Wang H, Shimada M, Wasserfall CH, Winter WE, Rivard CJ, Araya CE, Saleem MA, Mathieson PW, Johnson RJ, Garin EH. Serum from minimal change patients in relapse increases CD80 expression in cultured podocytes. Pediatr Nephrol. 2013 Sep; 28(9):1803-12. PMID: 23689904.
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    288. Shroff RC, Price KL, Kolatsi-Joannou M, Todd AF, Wells D, Deanfield J, Johnson RJ, Rees L, Woolf AS, Long DA. Circulating angiopoietin-2 is a marker for early cardiovascular disease in children on chronic dialysis. PLoS One. 2013; 8(2):e56273. PMID: 23409162.
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    290. Franco M, Tapia E, Bautista R, Pacheco U, Santamaria J, Quiroz Y, Johnson RJ, Rodriguez-Iturbe B. Impaired pressure natriuresis resulting in salt-sensitive hypertension is caused by tubulointerstitial immune cell infiltration in the kidney. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2013 Apr 01; 304(7):F982-90. PMID: 23364804.
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    292. Vasiliou V, Sandoval M, Backos DS, Jackson BC, Chen Y, Reigan P, Lanaspa MA, Johnson RJ, Koppaka V, Thompson DC. ALDH16A1 is a novel non-catalytic enzyme that may be involved in the etiology of gout via protein-protein interactions with HPRT1. Chem Biol Interact. 2013 Feb 25; 202(1-3):22-31. PMID: 23348497.
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    293. Le MT, Lobmeyer MT, Campbell M, Cheng J, Wang Z, Turner ST, Chapman AB, Boerwinkle E, Gums JG, Gong Y, Johnson RJ, Johnson JA. Impact of genetic polymorphisms of SLC2A2, SLC2A5, and KHK on metabolic phenotypes in hypertensive individuals. PLoS One. 2013; 8(1):e52062. PMID: 23341889.
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    295. Ryu ES, Kim MJ, Shin HS, Jang YH, Choi HS, Jo I, Johnson RJ, Kang DH. Uric acid-induced phenotypic transition of renal tubular cells as a novel mechanism of chronic kidney disease. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2013 Mar 01; 304(5):F471-80. PMID: 23283992.
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    393. Garin EH, Diaz LN, Mu W, Wasserfall C, Araya C, Segal M, Johnson RJ. Urinary CD80 excretion increases in idiopathic minimal-change disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Feb; 20(2):260-6. PMID: 19056875.
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    394. Parra G, Quiroz Y, Salazar J, Bravo Y, Pons H, Chavez M, Johnson RJ, Rodriguez-Iturbe B. Experimental induction of salt-sensitive hypertension is associated with lymphocyte proliferative response to HSP70. Kidney Int Suppl. 2008 Dec; (111):S55-9. PMID: 19034328.
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    395. Nakayama T, Sato W, Kosugi T, Zhang L, Campbell-Thompson M, Yoshimura A, Croker BP, Johnson RJ, Nakagawa T. Endothelial injury due to eNOS deficiency accelerates the progression of chronic renal disease in the mouse. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2009 Feb; 296(2):F317-27. PMID: 19036847.
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    396. Kim KM, Henderson GN, Frye RF, Galloway CD, Brown NJ, Segal MS, Imaram W, Angerhofer A, Johnson RJ. Simultaneous determination of uric acid metabolites allantoin, 6-aminouracil, and triuret in human urine using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2009 Jan 01; 877(1-2):65-70. PMID: 19081307.
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    398. Mohandas R, Johnson RJ. Uric acid levels increase risk for new-onset kidney disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Dec; 19(12):2251-3. PMID: 18971373.
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    400. Chen W, Chen W, Wang H, Dong X, Liu Q, Mao H, Tan J, Lin J, Zhou F, Luo N, He H, Johnson RJ, Zhou SF, Yu X. Prevalence and risk factors associated with chronic kidney disease in an adult population from southern China. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009 Apr; 24(4):1205-12. PMID: 18952699.
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    402. Luks AM, Johnson RJ, Swenson ER. Chronic kidney disease at high altitude. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Dec; 19(12):2262-71. PMID: 18842990.
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    403. Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Vaziri ND, Johnson RJ. Inflammation, angiotensin II, and hypertension. Hypertension. 2008 Nov; 52(5):e135; author reply e136. PMID: 18838621.
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    404. Zharikov S, Krotova K, Hu H, Baylis C, Johnson RJ, Block ER, Patel J. Uric acid decreases NO production and increases arginase activity in cultured pulmonary artery endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2008 Nov; 295(5):C1183-90. PMID: 18784379.
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    405. Reungjui S, Pratipanawatr T, Johnson RJ, Nakagawa T. Do thiazides worsen metabolic syndrome and renal disease? The pivotal roles for hyperuricemia and hypokalemia. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2008 Sep; 17(5):470-6. PMID: 18695387.
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    406. Feig DI, Soletsky B, Johnson RJ. Effect of allopurinol on blood pressure of adolescents with newly diagnosed essential hypertension: a randomized trial. JAMA. 2008 Aug 27; 300(8):924-32. PMID: 18728266.
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    407. Hu H, Lu L, Mu W, Johnson RJ, Block ER, Patel JM. Priming donor lungs with thioredoxin-1 attenuates acute allograft injury in a rat model of lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2008 Oct; 27(10):1142-9. PMID: 18926407.
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    408. Tapia E, S?nchez-Gonz?lez DJ, Medina-Campos ON, Soto V, Avila-Casado C, Mart?nez-Mart?nez CM, Johnson RJ, Rodr?guez-Iturbe B, Pedraza-Chaverr? J, Franco M, S?nchez-Lozada LG. Treatment with pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate improves proteinuria, oxidative stress, and glomerular hypertension in overload proteinuria. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2008 Nov; 295(5):F1431-9. PMID: 18753301.
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    409. Shapiro A, Mu W, Roncal C, Cheng KY, Johnson RJ, Scarpace PJ. Fructose-induced leptin resistance exacerbates weight gain in response to subsequent high-fat feeding. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2008 Nov; 295(5):R1370-5. PMID: 18703413.
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    411. Lee SM, Lee AL, Winters TJ, Tam E, Jaleel M, Stenvinkel P, Johnson RJ. Low serum uric acid level is a risk factor for death in incident hemodialysis patients. Am J Nephrol. 2009; 29(2):79-85. PMID: 18689987.
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    412. Gersch C, Palii SP, Kim KM, Angerhofer A, Johnson RJ, Henderson GN. Inactivation of nitric oxide by uric acid. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 2008 Aug; 27(8):967-78. PMID: 18696365.
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    415. Sautin YY, Johnson RJ. Uric acid: the oxidant-antioxidant paradox. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 2008 Jun; 27(6):608-19. PMID: 18600514.
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    416. Glushakova O, Kosugi T, Roncal C, Mu W, Heinig M, Cirillo P, S?nchez-Lozada LG, Johnson RJ, Nakagawa T. Fructose induces the inflammatory molecule ICAM-1 in endothelial cells. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Sep; 19(9):1712-20. PMID: 18508964.
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    417. Dharnidharka VR, Johnson RJ. Uric acid--a bad acid for the kidney? Pediatr Transplant. 2008 Dec; 12(8):821-2. PMID: 18503480.
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    418. S?nchez-Lozada LG, Tapia E, Soto V, Avila-Casado C, Franco M, Wessale JL, Zhao L, Johnson RJ. Effect of febuxostat on the progression of renal disease in 5/6 nephrectomy rats with and without hyperuricemia. Nephron Physiol. 2008; 108(4):p69-78. PMID: 18434753.
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    423. S?nchez-Lozada LG, Tapia E, Bautista-Garc?a P, Soto V, Avila-Casado C, Vega-Campos IP, Nakagawa T, Zhao L, Franco M, Johnson RJ. Effects of febuxostat on metabolic and renal alterations in rats with fructose-induced metabolic syndrome. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2008 Apr; 294(4):F710-8. PMID: 18216151.
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    424. Franco M, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Bautista R, Johnson RJ, Rodriguez-Iturbe B. Pathophysiology of salt-sensitive hypertension: a new scope of an old problem. Blood Purif. 2008; 26(1):45-8. PMID: 18182795.
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    425. Reungjui S, Roncal CA, Sato W, Glushakova OY, Croker BP, Suga S, Ouyang X, Tungsanga K, Nakagawa T, Johnson RJ, Mu W. Hypokalemic nephropathy is associated with impaired angiogenesis. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Jan; 19(1):125-34. PMID: 18178802.
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    427. Hohenstein B, Braun A, Amann KU, Johnson RJ, Hugo CP. A murine model of site-specific renal microvascular endothelial injury and thrombotic microangiopathy. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 Apr; 23(4):1144-56. PMID: 18045820.
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    428. Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Romero F, Johnson RJ. Pathophysiological mechanisms of salt-dependent hypertension. Am J Kidney Dis. 2007 Oct; 50(4):655-72. PMID: 17900467.
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    430. Reungjui S, Roncal CA, Mu W, Srinivas TR, Sirivongs D, Johnson RJ, Nakagawa T. Thiazide diuretics exacerbate fructose-induced metabolic syndrome. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Oct; 18(10):2724-31. PMID: 17855639.
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    431. Segal MS, Gollub E, Johnson RJ. Is the fructose index more relevant with regards to cardiovascular disease than the glycemic index? Eur J Nutr. 2007 Oct; 46(7):406-17. PMID: 17763967.
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    432. Roncal C, Mu W, Reungjui S, Kim KM, Henderson GN, Ouyang X, Nakagawa T, Johnson RJ. Lead, at low levels, accelerates arteriolopathy and tubulointerstitial injury in chronic kidney disease. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2007 Oct; 293(4):F1391-6. PMID: 17715263.
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    434. Nakagawa T, Segal M, Croker B, Johnson RJ. A breakthrough in diabetic nephropathy: the role of endothelial dysfunction. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2007 Oct; 22(10):2775-7. PMID: 17595179.
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    435. Franco M, Mart?nez F, Quiroz Y, Galicia O, Bautista R, Johnson RJ, Rodr?guez-Iturbe B. Renal angiotensin II concentration and interstitial infiltration of immune cells are correlated with blood pressure levels in salt-sensitive hypertension. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2007 Jul; 293(1):R251-6. PMID: 17475676.
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    436. Garcia GE, Truong LD, Li P, Zhang P, Johnson RJ, Wilson CB, Feng L. Inhibition of CXCL16 attenuates inflammatory and progressive phases of anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody-associated glomerulonephritis. Am J Pathol. 2007 May; 170(5):1485-96. PMID: 17456756.
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    437. Sautin YY, Nakagawa T, Zharikov S, Johnson RJ. Adverse effects of the classic antioxidant uric acid in adipocytes: NADPH oxidase-mediated oxidative/nitrosative stress. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2007 Aug; 293(2):C584-96. PMID: 17428837.
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    438. Nakagawa T, Sato W, Glushakova O, Heinig M, Clarke T, Campbell-Thompson M, Yuzawa Y, Atkinson MA, Johnson RJ, Croker B. Diabetic endothelial nitric oxide synthase knockout mice develop advanced diabetic nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Feb; 18(2):539-50. PMID: 17202420.
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    439. Ejaz AA, Johnson RJ. Heart failure, natriuretic peptides, and the nephrologist. Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2007; 8 Suppl 5:S30-1. PMID: 18192952.
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    440. Feig DI, Johnson RJ. The role of uric acid in pediatric hypertension. J Ren Nutr. 2007 Jan; 17(1):79-83. PMID: 17198939.
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    441. Roncal CA, Mu W, Croker B, Reungjui S, Ouyang X, Tabah-Fisch I, Johnson RJ, Ejaz AA. Effect of elevated serum uric acid on cisplatin-induced acute renal failure. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2007 Jan; 292(1):F116-22. PMID: 17210794.
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    442. S?nchez-Lozada LG, Tapia E, L?pez-Molina R, Nepomuceno T, Soto V, Avila-Casado C, Nakagawa T, Johnson RJ, Herrera-Acosta J, Franco M. Effects of acute and chronic L-arginine treatment in experimental hyperuricemia. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2007 Apr; 292(4):F1238-44. PMID: 17190912.
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    443. Ejaz AA, Mu W, Kang DH, Roncal C, Sautin YY, Henderson G, Tabah-Fisch I, Keller B, Beaver TM, Nakagawa T, Johnson RJ. Could uric acid have a role in acute renal failure? Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Jan; 2(1):16-21. PMID: 17699382.
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    444. Cirillo P, Sato W, Reungjui S, Heinig M, Gersch M, Sautin Y, Nakagawa T, Johnson RJ. Uric acid, the metabolic syndrome, and renal disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006 Dec; 17(12 Suppl 3):S165-8. PMID: 17130256.
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    445. Heinig M, Johnson RJ. Role of uric acid in hypertension, renal disease, and metabolic syndrome. Cleve Clin J Med. 2006 Dec; 73(12):1059-64. PMID: 17190309.
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    446. Germain AM, Romanik MC, Guerra I, Solari S, Reyes MS, Johnson RJ, Price K, Karumanchi SA, Vald?s G. Endothelial dysfunction: a link among preeclampsia, recurrent pregnancy loss, and future cardiovascular events? Hypertension. 2007 Jan; 49(1):90-5. PMID: 17116761.
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    447. Suliman ME, Johnson RJ, Garc?a-L?pez E, Qureshi AR, Molinaei H, Carrero JJ, Heimb?rger O, B?r?ny P, Axelsson J, Lindholm B, Stenvinkel P. J-shaped mortality relationship for uric acid in CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2006 Nov; 48(5):761-71. PMID: 17059995.
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    448. Gersch MS, Johnson RJ. Uric acid and the immune response. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2006 Nov; 21(11):3046-7. PMID: 16963481.
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    449. S?nchez-Lozada LG, Tapia E, Jim?nez A, Bautista P, Crist?bal M, Nepomuceno T, Soto V, Avila-Casado C, Nakagawa T, Johnson RJ, Herrera-Acosta J, Franco M. Fructose-induced metabolic syndrome is associated with glomerular hypertension and renal microvascular damage in rats. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2007 Jan; 292(1):F423-9. PMID: 16940562.
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    450. Franco M, Mart?nez F, Rodr?guez-Iturbe B, Johnson RJ, Santamar?a J, Montoya A, Nepomuceno T, Bautista R, Tapia E, Herrera-Acosta J. Angiotensin II, interstitial inflammation, and the pathogenesis of salt-sensitive hypertension. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2006 Dec; 291(6):F1281-7. PMID: 16868307.
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    451. Gersch MS, Sautin YY, Gersch CM, Henderson G, Bankir L, Johnson RJ. Does Tamm-Horsfall protein-uric acid binding play a significant role in urate homeostasis? Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2006 Oct; 21(10):2938-42. PMID: 16861244.
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    452. Keller K, Daniel C, Sch?cklmann H, Endlich KH, Kerjaschki D, Johnson RJ, Hugo C. Everolimus inhibits glomerular endothelial cell proliferation and VEGF, but not long-term recovery in experimental thrombotic microangiopathy. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2006 Oct; 21(10):2724-35. PMID: 16861242.
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    453. Long DA, Mu W, Price KL, Roncal C, Schreiner GF, Woolf AS, Johnson RJ. Vascular endothelial growth factor administration does not improve microvascular disease in the salt-dependent phase of post-angiotensin II hypertension. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2006 Dec; 291(6):F1248-54. PMID: 16804104.
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    454. Price KL, Sautin YY, Long DA, Zhang L, Miyazaki H, Mu W, Endou H, Johnson RJ. Human vascular smooth muscle cells express a urate transporter. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006 Jul; 17(7):1791-5. PMID: 16775029.
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    455. Feig DI, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Nakagawa T, Johnson RJ. Nephron number, uric acid, and renal microvascular disease in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension. Hypertension. 2006 Jul; 48(1):25-6. PMID: 16682608.
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    456. Feig DI, Kang DH, Nakagawa T, Mazzali M, Johnson RJ. Uric acid and hypertension. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2006 May; 8(2):111-5. PMID: 16672142.
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    457. Feig DI, Mazzali M, Kang DH, Nakagawa T, Price K, Kannelis J, Johnson RJ. Serum uric acid: a risk factor and a target for treatment? J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006 Apr; 17(4 Suppl 2):S69-73. PMID: 16565251.
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    458. Araya CE, Wasserfall CH, Brusko TM, Mu W, Segal MS, Johnson RJ, Garin EH. A case of unfulfilled expectations. Cytokines in idiopathic minimal lesion nephrotic syndrome. Pediatr Nephrol. 2006 May; 21(5):603-10. PMID: 16525836.
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    459. Segal MS, Baylis C, Johnson RJ. Endothelial health and diversity in the kidney. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006 Feb; 17(2):323-4. PMID: 16434502.
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    460. Nakagawa T, Sato W, Sautin YY, Glushakova O, Croker B, Atkinson MA, Tisher CC, Johnson RJ. Uncoupling of vascular endothelial growth factor with nitric oxide as a mechanism for diabetic vasculopathy. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006 Mar; 17(3):736-45. PMID: 16436494.
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    461. S?nchez-Lozada LG, Nakagawa T, Kang DH, Feig DI, Franco M, Johnson RJ, Herrera-Acosta J. Hormonal and cytokine effects of uric acid. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2006 Jan; 15(1):30-3. PMID: 16340663.
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    462. Beaver TM, Winterstein AG, Shuster JJ, Gerhard T, Martin T, Alexander JA, Johnson RJ, Ejaz A, Hartzema AG. Effectiveness of nesiritide on dialysis or all-cause mortality in patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery. Clin Cardiol. 2006 Jan; 29(1):18-24. PMID: 16477773.
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    463. Nakagawa T, Mazzali M, Kang DH, S?nchez-Lozada LG, Herrera-Acosta J, Johnson RJ. Uric acid--a uremic toxin? Blood Purif. 2006; 24(1):67-70. PMID: 16361844.
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    464. Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Johnson RJ. Role of inflammatory cells in the kidney in the induction and maintenance of hypertension. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2006 Feb; 21(2):260-3. PMID: 16326746.
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    465. Nakagawa T, Tuttle KR, Short RA, Johnson RJ. Hypothesis: fructose-induced hyperuricemia as a causal mechanism for the epidemic of the metabolic syndrome. Nat Clin Pract Nephrol. 2005 Dec; 1(2):80-6. PMID: 16932373.
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    466. Rodr?guez-Iturbe B, Johnson RJ, Herrera-Acosta J. Tubulointerstitial damage and progression of renal failure. Kidney Int Suppl. 2005 Dec; (99):S82-6. PMID: 16336583.
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    467. Long DA, Newaz MA, Prabhakar SS, Price KL, Truong LD, Feng L, Mu W, Oyekan AO, Johnson RJ. Loss of nitric oxide and endothelial-derived hyperpolarizing factor-mediated responses in aging. Kidney Int. 2005 Nov; 68(5):2154-63. PMID: 16221214.
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    468. Mu W, Ouyang X, Agarwal A, Zhang L, Long DA, Cruz PE, Roncal CA, Glushakova OY, Chiodo VA, Atkinson MA, Hauswirth WW, Flotte TR, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Johnson RJ. IL-10 suppresses chemokines, inflammation, and fibrosis in a model of chronic renal disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005 Dec; 16(12):3651-60. PMID: 16251240.
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    469. Kang DH, Park SK, Lee IK, Johnson RJ. Uric acid-induced C-reactive protein expression: implication on cell proliferation and nitric oxide production of human vascular cells. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005 Dec; 16(12):3553-62. PMID: 16251237.
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    470. Thadhani RI, Johnson RJ, Karumanchi SA. Hypertension during pregnancy: a disorder begging for pathophysiological support. Hypertension. 2005 Dec; 46(6):1250-1. PMID: 16246974.
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    471. Nakagawa T, Hu H, Zharikov S, Tuttle KR, Short RA, Glushakova O, Ouyang X, Feig DI, Block ER, Herrera-Acosta J, Patel JM, Johnson RJ. A causal role for uric acid in fructose-induced metabolic syndrome. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2006 Mar; 290(3):F625-31. PMID: 16234313.
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    472. Sekhon I, Munjal S, Croker B, Johnson RJ, Ejaz AA. Glomerular tip lesion associated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced nephrotic syndrome. Am J Kidney Dis. 2005 Oct; 46(4):e55-8. PMID: 16183408.
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    473. Kang DH, Han L, Ouyang X, Kahn AM, Kanellis J, Li P, Feng L, Nakagawa T, Watanabe S, Hosoyamada M, Endou H, Lipkowitz M, Abramson R, Mu W, Johnson RJ. Uric acid causes vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation by entering cells via a functional urate transporter. Am J Nephrol. 2005 Sep-Oct; 25(5):425-33. PMID: 16113518.
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    474. Eto N, Kojima I, Uesugi N, Inagi R, Miyata T, Fujita T, Johnson RJ, Shankland SJ, Nangaku M. Protection of endothelial cells by dextran sulfate in rats with thrombotic microangiopathy. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005 Oct; 16(10):2997-3005. PMID: 16093450.
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    475. Hurtado A, Johnson RJ. Hygiene hypothesis and prevalence of glomerulonephritis. Kidney Int Suppl. 2005 Aug; (97):S62-7. PMID: 16014103.
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    476. Long DA, Mu W, Price KL, Johnson RJ. Blood vessels and the aging kidney. Nephron Exp Nephrol. 2005; 101(3):e95-9. PMID: 16043968.
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    477. Ouyang X, Le TH, Roncal C, Gersch C, Herrera-Acosta J, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Coffman TM, Johnson RJ, Mu W. Th1 inflammatory response with altered expression of profibrotic and vasoactive mediators in AT1A and AT1B double-knockout mice. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2005 Oct; 289(4):F902-10. PMID: 15928210.
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    478. Khosla UM, Zharikov S, Finch JL, Nakagawa T, Roncal C, Mu W, Krotova K, Block ER, Prabhakar S, Johnson RJ. Hyperuricemia induces endothelial dysfunction. Kidney Int. 2005 May; 67(5):1739-42. PMID: 15840020.
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    483. Short RA, Johnson RJ, Tuttle KR. Uric acid, microalbuminuria and cardiovascular events in high-risk patients. Am J Nephrol. 2005 Jan-Feb; 25(1):36-44. PMID: 15724081.
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    484. Nakagawa T, Lan HY, Glushakova O, Zhu HJ, Kang DH, Schreiner GF, B?ttinger EP, Johnson RJ, Sautin YY. Role of ERK1/2 and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases in the regulation of thrombospondin-1 by TGF-beta1 in rat proximal tubular cells and mouse fibroblasts. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005 Apr; 16(4):899-904. PMID: 15716330.
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    485. Li QZ, Li P, Garcia GE, Johnson RJ, Feng L. Genomic profiling of neutrophil transcripts in Asian Qigong practitioners: a pilot study in gene regulation by mind-body interaction. J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Feb; 11(1):29-39. PMID: 15750361.
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    486. Johnson RJ, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Nakagawa T, Kang DH, Feig DI, Herrera-Acosta J. Subtle renal injury is likely a common mechanism for salt-sensitive essential hypertension. Hypertension. 2005 Mar; 45(3):326-30. PMID: 15655117.
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    487. S?nchez-Lozada LG, Tapia E, Santamar?a J, Avila-Casado C, Soto V, Nepomuceno T, Rodr?guez-Iturbe B, Johnson RJ, Herrera-Acosta J. Mild hyperuricemia induces vasoconstriction and maintains glomerular hypertension in normal and remnant kidney rats. Kidney Int. 2005 Jan; 67(1):237-47. PMID: 15610247.
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    489. Johnson RJ, Titte S, Cade JR, Rideout BA, Oliver WJ. Uric acid, evolution and primitive cultures. Semin Nephrol. 2005 Jan; 25(1):3-8. PMID: 15660328.
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    490. Kang DH, Kang SW, Jeong HJ, Kim YS, Yang CW, Johnson RJ. Transplant graft vasculopathy: an emerging target for prevention and treatment of renal allograft dysfunction. Yonsei Med J. 2004 Dec 31; 45(6):1053-8. PMID: 15627297.
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    491. Kanellis J, Feig DI, Johnson RJ. Does asymptomatic hyperuricaemia contribute to the development of renal and cardiovascular disease? An old controversy renewed. Nephrology (Carlton). 2004 Dec; 9(6):394-9. PMID: 15663643.
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    492. Johnson RJ, Feig DI, Herrera-Acosta J, Kang DH. Resurrection of uric acid as a causal risk factor in essential hypertension. Hypertension. 2005 Jan; 45(1):18-20. PMID: 15557387.
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    493. Nakagawa T, Li JH, Garcia G, Mu W, Piek E, B?ttinger EP, Chen Y, Zhu HJ, Kang DH, Schreiner GF, Lan HY, Johnson RJ. TGF-beta induces proangiogenic and antiangiogenic factors via parallel but distinct Smad pathways. Kidney Int. 2004 Aug; 66(2):605-13. PMID: 15253713.
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    494. Watanabe S, Mu W, Kahn A, Jing N, Li JH, Lan HY, Nakagawa T, Ohashi R, Johnson RJ. Role of JAK/STAT pathway in IL-6-induced activation of vascular smooth muscle cells. Am J Nephrol. 2004 Jul-Aug; 24(4):387-92. PMID: 15256805.
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    495. Kanellis J, Garcia GE, Li P, Parra G, Wilson CB, Rao Y, Han S, Smith CW, Johnson RJ, Wu JY, Feng L. Modulation of inflammation by slit protein in vivo in experimental crescentic glomerulonephritis. Am J Pathol. 2004 Jul; 165(1):341-52. PMID: 15215188.
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    496. Feig DI, Nakagawa T, Karumanchi SA, Oliver WJ, Kang DH, Finch J, Johnson RJ. Hypothesis: Uric acid, nephron number, and the pathogenesis of essential hypertension. Kidney Int. 2004 Jul; 66(1):281-7. PMID: 15200435.
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    497. Srinivas TR, Herrera-Acosta J, Feig DI, Kang DH, Segal MS, Johnson RJ. Diuretic-induced hyperuricemia does not decrease cardiovascular risk. J Hypertens. 2004 Jul; 22(7):1415-7; author reply 1417-9. PMID: 15201561.
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    498. Nakagawa T, Lan HY, Zhu HJ, Kang DH, Schreiner GF, Johnson RJ. Differential regulation of VEGF by TGF-beta and hypoxia in rat proximal tubular cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2004 Oct; 287(4):F658-64. PMID: 15187003.
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    499. Khosla UM, Johnson RJ. Hypertension in the hemodialysis patient and the "lag phenomenon": insights into pathophysiology and clinical management. Am J Kidney Dis. 2004 Apr; 43(4):739-51. PMID: 15042553.
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    500. Rodr?guez-Iturbe B, Vaziri ND, Herrera-Acosta J, Johnson RJ. Oxidative stress, renal infiltration of immune cells, and salt-sensitive hypertension: all for one and one for all. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2004 Apr; 286(4):F606-16. PMID: 15001451.
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    501. Johnson RJ, Rideout BA. Uric acid and diet--insights into the epidemic of cardiovascular disease. N Engl J Med. 2004 Mar 11; 350(11):1071-3. PMID: 15014177.
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    502. Long DA, Price KL, Herrera-Acosta J, Johnson RJ. How does angiotensin II cause renal injury? Hypertension. 2004 Apr; 43(4):722-3. PMID: 14967828.
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    503. Ohashi R, Nakagawa T, Watanabe S, Kanellis J, Almirez RG, Schreiner GF, Johnson RJ. Inhibition of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase augments progression of remnant kidney model by activating the ERK pathway. Am J Pathol. 2004 Feb; 164(2):477-85. PMID: 14742254.
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    504. Kang DH, Finch J, Nakagawa T, Karumanchi SA, Kanellis J, Granger J, Johnson RJ. Uric acid, endothelial dysfunction and pre-eclampsia: searching for a pathogenetic link. J Hypertens. 2004 Feb; 22(2):229-35. PMID: 15076175.
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    505. Jefferson JA, Simoni J, Escudero E, Hurtado ME, Swenson ER, Wesson DE, Schreiner GF, Schoene RB, Johnson RJ, Hurtado A. Increased oxidative stress following acute and chronic high altitude exposure. High Alt Med Biol. 2004; 5(1):61-9. PMID: 15072717.
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    506. Kanellis J, Bick R, Garcia G, Truong L, Tsao CC, Etemadmoghadam D, Poindexter B, Feng L, Johnson RJ, Sheikh-Hamad D. Stanniocalcin-1, an inhibitor of macrophage chemotaxis and chemokinesis. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2004 Feb; 286(2):F356-62. PMID: 14570698.
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    507. Taneda S, Hudkins KL, Topouzis S, Gilbertson DG, Ophascharoensuk V, Truong L, Johnson RJ, Alpers CE. Obstructive uropathy in mice and humans: potential role for PDGF-D in the progression of tubulointerstitial injury. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2003 Oct; 14(10):2544-55. PMID: 14514732.
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    508. Bravo J, Quiroz Y, Pons H, Parra G, Herrera-Acosta J, Johnson RJ, Rodr?guez-Iturbe B. Vimentin and heat shock protein expression are induced in the kidney by angiotensin and by nitric oxide inhibition. Kidney Int Suppl. 2003 Oct; (86):S46-51. PMID: 12969127.
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    509. Quiroz Y, Bravo J, Herrera-Acosta J, Johnson RJ, Rodr?guez-Iturbe B. Apoptosis and NFkappaB activation are simultaneously induced in renal tubulointerstitium in experimental hypertension. Kidney Int Suppl. 2003 Oct; (86):S27-32. PMID: 12969124.
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    510. S?nchez-Lozada LG, Tapia E, Johnson RJ, Rodr?guez-Iturbe B, Herrera-Acosta J. Glomerular hemodynamic changes associated with arteriolar lesions and tubulointerstitial inflammation. Kidney Int Suppl. 2003 Oct; (86):S9-14. PMID: 12969121.
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    511. Johnson RJ, Hurtado A, Merszei J, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Feng L. Hypothesis: dysregulation of immunologic balance resulting from hygiene and socioeconomic factors may influence the epidemiology and cause of glomerulonephritis worldwide. Am J Kidney Dis. 2003 Sep; 42(3):575-81. PMID: 12955687.
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    512. Feig DI, Johnson RJ. Hyperuricemia in childhood primary hypertension. Hypertension. 2003 Sep; 42(3):247-52. PMID: 12900431.
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    513. Matsui K, Nagy-Bojarsky K, Laakkonen P, Krieger S, Mechtler K, Uchida S, Geleff S, Kang DH, Johnson RJ, Kerjaschki D, Kang DH. Lymphatic microvessels in the rat remnant kidney model of renal fibrosis: aminopeptidase p and podoplanin are discriminatory markers for endothelial cells of blood and lymphatic vessels. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2003 Aug; 14(8):1981-9. PMID: 12874451.
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    514. Kanellis J, Johnson RJ. Editorial comment--Elevated uric acid and ischemic stroke: accumulating evidence that it is injurious and not neuroprotective. Stroke. 2003 Aug; 34(8):1956-7. PMID: 12843345.
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    515. Garcia GE, Xia Y, Ku G, Johnson RJ, Wilson CB, Feng L. IL-18 translational inhibition restricts IFN-gamma expression in crescentic glomerulonephritis. Kidney Int. 2003 Jul; 64(1):160-9. PMID: 12787406.
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    516. Kanellis J, Nakagawa T, Herrera-Acosta J, Schreiner GF, Rodr?guez-Iturbe B, Johnson RJ. A single pathway for the development of essential hypertension. Cardiol Rev. 2003 Jul-Aug; 11(4):180-96. PMID: 12852795.
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    517. Lan HY, Mu W, Tomita N, Huang XR, Li JH, Zhu HJ, Morishita R, Johnson RJ. Inhibition of renal fibrosis by gene transfer of inducible Smad7 using ultrasound-microbubble system in rat UUO model. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2003 Jun; 14(6):1535-48. PMID: 12761254.
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    518. Mazzali M, Jefferson JA, Ni Z, Vaziri ND, Johnson RJ. Microvascular and tubulointerstitial injury associated with chronic hypoxia-induced hypertension. Kidney Int. 2003 Jun; 63(6):2088-93. PMID: 12753295.
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    519. Kanellis J, Watanabe S, Li JH, Kang DH, Li P, Nakagawa T, Wamsley A, Sheikh-Hamad D, Lan HY, Feng L, Johnson RJ. Uric acid stimulates monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 production in vascular smooth muscle cells via mitogen-activated protein kinase and cyclooxygenase-2. Hypertension. 2003 Jun; 41(6):1287-93. PMID: 12743010.
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    520. Nakagawa T, Kang DH, Ohashi R, Suga S, Herrera-Acosta J, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Johnson RJ. Tubulointerstitial disease: role of ischemia and microvascular disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2003 May; 12(3):233-41. PMID: 12698060.
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    521. Johnson RJ, Rodr?guez-Iturbe B, Herrera-Acosta J. Nephron number and primary hypertension. N Engl J Med. 2003 Apr 24; 348(17):1717-9; author reply 1717-9. PMID: 12711751.
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    522. Hare JM, Johnson RJ. Uric acid predicts clinical outcomes in heart failure: insights regarding the role of xanthine oxidase and uric acid in disease pathophysiology. Circulation. 2003 Apr 22; 107(15):1951-3. PMID: 12707249.
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    523. Li JH, Huang XR, Zhu HJ, Oldfield M, Cooper M, Truong LD, Johnson RJ, Lan HY. Advanced glycation end products activate Smad signaling via TGF-beta-dependent and independent mechanisms: implications for diabetic renal and vascular disease. FASEB J. 2004 Jan; 18(1):176-8. PMID: 12709399.
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    524. Johnson RJ, Kang DH, Feig D, Kivlighn S, Kanellis J, Watanabe S, Tuttle KR, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Herrera-Acosta J, Mazzali M. Is there a pathogenetic role for uric acid in hypertension and cardiovascular and renal disease? Hypertension. 2003 Jun; 41(6):1183-90. PMID: 12707287.
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    525. Garcia GE, Xia Y, Harrison J, Wilson CB, Johnson RJ, Bacon KB, Feng L. Mononuclear cell-infiltrate inhibition by blocking macrophage-derived chemokine results in attenuation of developing crescentic glomerulonephritis. Am J Pathol. 2003 Apr; 162(4):1061-73. PMID: 12651599.
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    526. Suga S, Yasui N, Yoshihara F, Horio T, Kawano Y, Kangawa K, Johnson RJ. Endothelin a receptor blockade and endothelin B receptor blockade improve hypokalemic nephropathy by different mechanisms. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2003 Feb; 14(2):397-406. PMID: 12538740.
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    527. Kang DH, Johnson RJ. Vascular endothelial growth factor: a new player in the pathogenesis of renal fibrosis. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2003 Jan; 12(1):43-9. PMID: 12496665.
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    528. Wesson JA, Johnson RJ, Mazzali M, Beshensky AM, Stietz S, Giachelli C, Liaw L, Alpers CE, Couser WG, Kleinman JG, Hughes J. Osteopontin is a critical inhibitor of calcium oxalate crystal formation and retention in renal tubules. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2003 Jan; 14(1):139-47. PMID: 12506146.
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    529. Rodr?guez-Iturbe B, Herrera-Acosta J, Johnson RJ. Interstitial inflammation, sodium retention, and the pathogenesis of nephrotic edema: a unifying hypothesis. Kidney Int. 2002 Oct; 62(4):1379-84. PMID: 12234309.
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    530. Nangaku M, Yamada K, Gariepy CE, Miyata T, Inagi R, Kurokawa K, Yanagisawa M, Fujita T, Johnson RJ. ET(B) receptor protects the tubulointerstitium in experimental thrombotic microangiopathy. Kidney Int. 2002 Sep; 62(3):922-8. PMID: 12164874.
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    531. Watanabe S, Kang DH, Feng L, Nakagawa T, Kanellis J, Lan H, Mazzali M, Johnson RJ. Uric acid, hominoid evolution, and the pathogenesis of salt-sensitivity. Hypertension. 2002 Sep; 40(3):355-60. PMID: 12215479.
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    532. Kang DH, Nakagawa T, Feng L, Johnson RJ. Nitric oxide modulates vascular disease in the remnant kidney model. Am J Pathol. 2002 Jul; 161(1):239-48. PMID: 12107108.
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    533. Mazzali M, Hughes J, Dantas M, Liaw L, Steitz S, Alpers CE, Pichler RH, Lan HY, Giachelli CM, Shankland SJ, Couser WG, Johnson RJ. Effects of cyclosporine in osteopontin null mice. Kidney Int. 2002 Jul; 62(1):78-85. PMID: 12081566.
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    534. Li JH, Zhu HJ, Huang XR, Lai KN, Johnson RJ, Lan HY. Smad7 inhibits fibrotic effect of TGF-Beta on renal tubular epithelial cells by blocking Smad2 activation. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2002 Jun; 13(6):1464-72. PMID: 12039975.
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    535. Mazzali M, Kanellis J, Han L, Feng L, Xia YY, Chen Q, Kang DH, Gordon KL, Watanabe S, Nakagawa T, Lan HY, Johnson RJ. Hyperuricemia induces a primary renal arteriolopathy in rats by a blood pressure-independent mechanism. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2002 Jun; 282(6):F991-7. PMID: 11997315.
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    536. Johnson RJ, Herrera-Acosta J, Schreiner GF, Rodriguez-Iturbe B. Subtle acquired renal injury as a mechanism of salt-sensitive hypertension. N Engl J Med. 2002 Mar 21; 346(12):913-23. PMID: 11907292.
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    537. Kang DH, Kanellis J, Hugo C, Truong L, Anderson S, Kerjaschki D, Schreiner GF, Johnson RJ. Role of the microvascular endothelium in progressive renal disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2002 Mar; 13(3):806-816. PMID: 11856789.
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    538. Rodr?guez-Iturbe B, Quiroz Y, Nava M, Bonet L, Ch?vez M, Herrera-Acosta J, Johnson RJ, Pons HA. Reduction of renal immune cell infiltration results in blood pressure control in genetically hypertensive rats. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2002 Feb; 282(2):F191-201. PMID: 11788432.
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    539. Shao J, Miyata T, Yamada K, Hanafusa N, Wada T, Gordon KL, Inagi R, Kurokawa K, Fujita T, Johnson RJ, Nangaku M. Protective role of nitric oxide in a model of thrombotic microangiopathy in rats. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2001 Oct; 12(10):2088-2097. PMID: 11562407.
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    540. Kang DH, Hughes J, Mazzali M, Schreiner GF, Johnson RJ. Impaired angiogenesis in the remnant kidney model: II. Vascular endothelial growth factor administration reduces renal fibrosis and stabilizes renal function. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2001 Jul; 12(7):1448-1457. PMID: 11423573.
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    541. Kang DH, Joly AH, Oh SW, Hugo C, Kerjaschki D, Gordon KL, Mazzali M, Jefferson JA, Hughes J, Madsen KM, Schreiner GF, Johnson RJ. Impaired angiogenesis in the remnant kidney model: I. Potential role of vascular endothelial growth factor and thrombospondin-1. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2001 Jul; 12(7):1434-1447. PMID: 11423572.
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