2022
Associations of Long-Term Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability With Subclinical Kidney Damage and Albuminuria in Adulthood: a 30-Year Prospective Cohort Study
Wang Y, Zhao P, Chu C, Du MF, Zhang XY, Zou T, Hu GL, Zhou HW, Jia H, Liao YY, Chen C, Ma Q, Wang D, Yan Y, Sun Y, Wang KK, Niu ZJ, Zhang X, Man ZY, Wu YX, Wang L, Li HX, Zhang J, Li CH, Gao WH, Gao K, Lu WH, Desir GV, Delles C, Chen FY, Mu JJ. Associations of Long-Term Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability With Subclinical Kidney Damage and Albuminuria in Adulthood: a 30-Year Prospective Cohort Study. Hypertension 2022, 79: 1247-1256. PMID: 35360932, PMCID: PMC9093226, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.121.18658.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term blood pressure variabilitySubclinical kidney damageAverage real variabilityBlood pressure variabilityLong-term visitCreatinine ratioUrinary albuminMean BPKidney damageCardiovascular diseasePressure variabilityHigh riskCumulative exposureHanzhong Adolescent Hypertension StudyVisit blood pressure variabilityProspective cohort studyGlomerular filtration rateRisk of albuminuriaClinical characteristicsCohort studyOngoing cohortKidney diseaseHypertension StudyFiltration rateAlbuminuria
2013
Does Kidney Disease Cause Hypertension?
Peixoto AJ, Orias M, Desir GV. Does Kidney Disease Cause Hypertension? Current Hypertension Reports 2013, 15: 89-94. PMID: 23344662, DOI: 10.1007/s11906-013-0327-6.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsChronic kidney diseaseKidney diseaseRenal functionStructural kidney diseaseGlomerular filtration ratePlasmin-mediated activationExtracellular fluid volumeProteinuric glomerular diseasesPolycystic kidney diseaseChronic hypertensionHypertension increasesEpithelial sodium channelSodium retentionFiltration rateGlomerular diseaseHypertensionCurrent evidenceDiseaseSodium channelsFluid volumeDetectable changeSevere reductionMost casesProteinuriaPatients
2012
Human renalase: a review of its biology, function, and implications for hypertension
Desir GV, Wang L, Peixoto AJ. Human renalase: a review of its biology, function, and implications for hypertension. International Journal Of Cardiology Cardiovascular Risk And Prevention 2012, 6: 417-426. PMID: 23107895, DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2012.09.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMechanism of actionBlood pressureIschemic acute kidney injuryEnd-stage renal diseaseAcute kidney injuryHeart transplant recipientsChronic kidney diseaseAmbulatory blood pressureGlomerular filtration rateTarget organ injuryNormal control subjectsEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayCatecholamine-like substancesRenalase deficiencyRenalase levelsKidney injuryTransplant recipientsRenal dopamineAcute administrationChronic administrationRenal diseaseKidney diseaseControl subjectsFiltration ratePlasma levels
2009
Regulation of blood pressure and cardiovascular function by renalase
Desir GV. Regulation of blood pressure and cardiovascular function by renalase. Kidney International 2009, 76: 366-370. PMID: 19471322, DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.169.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic kidney diseaseGlomerular filtration rateBlood pressureKidney diseasePlasma catecholaminesCardiovascular functionKnockout miceEnd-stage kidney diseaseRenalase knockout mouseSingle nucleotide polymorphismsRenalase levelsCardiovascular riskEssential hypertensionFiltration rateCardiac functionCardiac ischemiaRenalase geneSignificant fallAnimal modelsRenalaseCatecholaminesHypertensionPatientsFold stimulationAbnormalities