2022
Association of renalase with clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19
Safdar B, Wang M, Guo X, Cha C, Chun HJ, Deng Y, Dziura J, El-Khoury JM, Gorelick F, Ko AI, Lee AI, Safirstein R, Simonov M, Zhou B, Desir GV. Association of renalase with clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0264178. PMID: 35259186, PMCID: PMC8903289, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 patientsRenalase levelsIntensive care unit admissionHospitalized COVID-19 patientsMean age 64 yearsCOVID-19Cox proportional hazards modelCare unit admissionPrimary composite outcomeRetrospective cohort studyUse of vasopressorsSevere COVID-19IL-6 levelsAge 64 yearsRisk of deathCOVID-19 subjectsInitial disease severityProportional hazards modelCOVID-19 diseasePlasma renalaseUnit admissionICU admissionCohort studyComposite outcomeCytokine levels
2002
Expression of KCNA10, a voltage-gated K channel, in glomerular endothelium and at the apical membrane of the renal proximal tubule.
Yao X, Tian S, Chan HY, Biemesderfer D, Desir GV. Expression of KCNA10, a voltage-gated K channel, in glomerular endothelium and at the apical membrane of the renal proximal tubule. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2002, 13: 2831-9. PMID: 12444201, DOI: 10.1097/01.asn.0000036866.37886.c5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular smooth muscle cellsProximal tubular cellsSmooth muscle cellsApical membraneImportant cellular functionsSitu hybridization experimentsVascular toneVoltage-activated K channelsTubular cellsMuscle cellsImmunocytochemical studyCellular functionsHuman proximal tubular cellsRat proximal tubular cellsSubcellular localizationHybridization experimentsVoltage-gated K channelsK channelsNorthern blotRenal proximal tubulesCell membrane voltageVascular endothelial cellsKCNA10Cell membrane potentialVascular tissue