2024
VCAM-1 mediates proximal tubule-immune cell cross talk in failed tubule recovery during AKI-to-CKD transition
Melchinger I, Guo K, Li X, Guo J, Cantley L, Xu L. VCAM-1 mediates proximal tubule-immune cell cross talk in failed tubule recovery during AKI-to-CKD transition. American Journal Of Physiology. Renal Physiology 2024, 327: f610-f622. PMID: 39116349, PMCID: PMC11483080, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00076.2024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute kidney injuryChronic kidney diseaseVCAM-1 expressionProximal tubule cellsVCAM-1Tubule cellsKidney Precision Medicine ProjectProinflammatory cytokinesAcute kidney injury to chronic kidney diseaseModel of chronic kidney diseaseExpression of vascular cell adhesion protein 1Cell adhesion pathwaysInflammatory response to injuryInjured proximal tubule cellsVascular cell adhesion protein 1Mouse model of chronic kidney diseaseRisk of progressionChronic kidney disease transitionIncreased immune cell adhesionVCAM-1-positive cellsOverexpression of VCAM-1Inhibition of NF-kB signalingActivation of NF-kBImmune cell adhesionSingle-cell transcriptome analysis
2023
The ASSESS-AKI Study found urinary epidermal growth factor is associated with reduced risk of major adverse kidney events
Menez S, Wen Y, Xu L, Moledina D, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Hu D, Obeid W, Bhatraju P, Ikizler T, Siew E, Chinchilli V, Garg A, Go A, Liu K, Kaufman J, Kimmel P, Himmelfarb J, Coca S, Cantley L, Parikh C. The ASSESS-AKI Study found urinary epidermal growth factor is associated with reduced risk of major adverse kidney events. Kidney International 2023, 104: 1194-1205. PMID: 37652206, PMCID: PMC10840723, DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.08.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse kidney eventsUEGF/CrUrinary epidermal growth factorAdverse kidney eventsChronic kidney diseaseEpidermal growth factorKidney eventsKidney failureEGF expressionUrinary EGF/CrAcute Kidney Injury studyGrowth factorIschemia-reperfusion injuryProportional hazards regressionTubular healthKidney atrophyObservational cohortHospitalized participantsTubular functionClinical findingsHazards regressionKidney diseaseClinical variablesProgressive atrophyUrinary EGF
2022
Multi-Scalar Data Integration Links Glomerular Angiopoietin-Tie Signaling Pathway Activation With Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease
Liu J, Nair V, Zhao Y, Chang D, Limonte C, Bansal N, Fermin D, Eichinger F, Tanner E, Bellovich K, Steigerwalt S, Bhat Z, Hawkins J, Subramanian L, Rosas S, Sedor J, Vasquez M, Waikar S, Bitzer M, Pennathur S, Brosius F, De Boer I, Chen M, Kretzler M, Ju W, Group F, Knight R, Lecker S, Stillman I, Bogen S, Amodu A, Ilori T, Maikhor S, Schmidt I, Beck L, Henderson J, Onul I, Verma A, Waikar S, McMahon G, Valerius M, Waikar S, Weins A, Colona M, Greka A, Hacohen N, Hoover P, Marshall J, Aulisio M, Chen Y, Janowczyk A, Jayapandian C, Viswanathan V, Bush W, Crawford D, Madabhushi A, Bush L, Cooperman L, Gonzalez-Vicente A, Herlitz L, Jolly S, Nguyen J, O’toole J, Palmer E, Poggio E, Sedor J, Sendrey D, Spates-Harden K, Taliercio J, Bjornstad P, Pyle L, Vinovskis C, Appelbaum P, Barasch J, Bomback A, Canetta P, D’Agati V, Kiryluk K, Kudose S, Mehl K, Shang N, Balderes O, Bansal S, Alexandrov T, Rennke H, El-Achkar T, Barwinska D, Bledsoe S, Borner K, Bueckle A, Cheng Y, Dagher P, Dunn K, Eadon M, Ferkowicz M, Herr B, Kelly K, Ferreira R, Quardokus E, Record E, Rivera M, Su J, Sutton T, Williams J, Winfree S, Menez S, Parikh C, Rosenberg A, Corona-Villalobos C, Wen Y, Johansen C, Rosas S, Roy N, Sun J, Williams M, Azeloglu E, Hansen J, He C, Iyengar R, Xiong Y, Prasad P, Srivastava A, Madhavan S, Parikh S, Rovin B, Shapiro J, Anderton C, Lukowski J, Pasa-Tolic L, Velickovic D, Oliver G, Ardayfio J, Bebiak J, Brown K, Campbell T, Campbell C, Hayashi L, Jefferson N, Roberts G, Saul J, Shpigel A, Stutzke C, Koewler R, Pinkeney R, Sealfon R, Troyanskaya O, Wong A, Tuttle K, Pollack A, Goltsev Y, Lucarelli N, Sarder P, Lake B, Zhang K, Boada P, Laszik Z, Nolan G, Anjani K, Sarwal M, Mukatash T, Sigdel T, Alloway R, Burg A, Lee P, Rike A, Shi T, Woodle E, Balis U, Blanc V, Conser N, Eddy S, Frey R, He Y, Hodgin J, Kretzler M, Lienczewski C, Luo J, Mariani L, Menon R, Otto E, Schaub J, Steck B, Elder M, Gilliam M, Hall D, Murugan R, Palevsky P, Randhawa P, Rosengart M, Tublin M, Vita T, Kellum J, Winters J, Alpers C, Berglund A, Blank K, Carson J, Daniel S, De Boer I, Dighe A, Dowd F, Grewenow S, Himmelfarb J, Hoofnagle A, Limonte C, McClelland R, Mooney S, Rezaei K, Shankland S, Snyder J, Wang R, Wilcox A, Williams K, Park C, Bansal S, Montellano R, Pamreddy A, Sharma K, Venkatachalam M, Ye H, Zhang G, Hedayati S, Kermani A, Lee S, Lu C, Miller R, Moe O, Patel J, Pillai A, Sambandam K, Torrealba J, Toto R, Vazquez M, Wang N, Wen N, Zhang D, Park H, Caprioli R, Patterson N, Sharman K, Spraggins J, Van de Plas R, Basta J, Diettman S, Gaut J, Jain S, Rauchman M, Vijayan A, Cantley L, Kakade V, Moledina D, Shaw M, Ugwuowo U, Wilson F, Arora T, Bitzer M, Brosius F, Gadegbeku C, Gipson D, Hawkins J, Kretzler M, Lienczewski C, Pennathur S, Troost J, Gadegbeku C, Bellovich K, Bhat Z, Massengill S, Perumal K. Multi-Scalar Data Integration Links Glomerular Angiopoietin-Tie Signaling Pathway Activation With Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease. Diabetes 2022, 71: 2664-2676. PMID: 36331122, PMCID: PMC9750948, DOI: 10.2337/db22-0169.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage kidney diseaseDiabetic kidney diseaseKidney diseaseAngiopoietin-2ANGPT2 levelsChinese cohort studyChronic kidney diseaseGlomerular filtration rateCardiovascular Health StudyPlasma angiopoietin-2High receptor expressionStandard clinical parametersSignaling Pathway ActivationPathway scoresThree-marker panelKidney outcomesCohort studyComposite outcomeClinical parametersEndothelial biomarkersFiltration rateReceptor expressionPrognostic biomarkerClinical phenotypingHealth StudyImmune-mediated tubule atrophy promotes acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease transition
Xu L, Guo J, Moledina DG, Cantley LG. Immune-mediated tubule atrophy promotes acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease transition. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 4892. PMID: 35986026, PMCID: PMC9391331, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32634-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney injuryKidney injuryT cellsChronic kidney disease transitionIschemia-reperfusion kidney injuryKidney disease transitionChronic kidney diseaseDepletion of neutrophilsGlomerular filtration rateT cell recruitmentTubular cell lossMacrophage persistenceProinflammatory neutrophilsTubule damageKidney atrophyContralateral kidneyNeutrophil numbersContralateral nephrectomyKidney diseaseTubule atrophyFiltration rateCell recruitmentMore macrophagesDay 14Day 5
2021
Cadherin-11, Sparc-related modular calcium binding protein-2, and Pigment epithelium-derived factor are promising non-invasive biomarkers of kidney fibrosis
Schmidt I, Colona M, Kestenbaum B, Alexopoulos L, Palsson R, Srivastava A, Liu J, Stillman I, Rennke H, Vaidya V, Wu H, Humphreys B, Waikar S, Knight R, Lecker S, Stillman I, Bogen S, Amodu A, Ilori T, Maikhor S, Schmidt I, Beck L, Henderson J, Onul I, Verma A, McMahon G, Valerius M, Waikar S, Weins A, Colona M, Greka A, Hacohen N, Hoover P, Marshall J, Aulisio M, Chen Y, Janowczyk A, Jayapandian C, Viswanathan V, Bush W, Crawford D, Madabhushi A, Bush L, Cooperman L, Gonzalez-Vicente A, Herlitz L, Jolly S, Nguyen J, O’toole J, Palmer E, Poggio E, Sedor J, Sendrey D, Spates-Harden K, Taliercio J, Bjornstad P, Pyle L, Vinovskis C, Appelbaum P, Balderes O, Barasch J, Bomback A, Canetta P, D’Agati V, Kiryluk K, Kudose S, Mehl K, Shang N, Bansal S, Alexandrov T, Rennke H, El-Achkar T, Barwinska D, Bledso S, Borner K, Bueckle A, Cheng Y, Dagher P, Dunn K, Eadon M, Ferkowicz M, Herr B, Kelly K, Ferreira R, Quardokus E, Record E, Rivera M, Su J, Sutton T, Williams J, Winfree S, Jain Y, Menez S, Parikh C, Rosenberg A, Corona-Villalobos C, Wen Y, Johansen C, Rosas S, Roy N, Sun J, Williams M, Azeloglu E, Hansen J, He C, Iyengar R, Xiong Y, Prasad P, Srivastava A, Madhavan S, Parikh S, Rovin B, Shapiro J, Anderton C, Lukowski J, Pasa-Tolic L, Velickovic D, Oliver G, Ardayfio J, Bebiak J, Brown K, Campbell T, Campbell C, Hayashi L, Jefferson N, Roberts G, Saul J, Shpigel A, Stutzke C, Koewler R, Pinkeney R, Sealfon R, Troyanskaya O, Wong A, Tuttle K, Pollack A, Goltsev Y, Ginley B, Lucarelli N, Lutnick B, Sarder P, Lake B, Zhang K, Boada P, Laszik Z, Nolan G, Anjani K, Sarwal M, Mukatash T, Sigdel T, Alloway R, Burg A, Lee P, Rike A, Shi T, Woodle E, Ascani H, Balis U, Blanc V, Conser N, Eddy S, Frey R, He Y, Hodgin J, Kretzler M, Lienczewski C, Luo J, Mariani L, Menon R, Otto E, Schaub J, Steck B, Elder M, Gilliam M, Hall D, Murugan R, Palevsky P, Randhawa P, Rosengart M, Tublin M, Vita T, Winters J, Kellum J, Alpers C, Berglund A, Berry B, Blank K, Carson J, Daniel S, De Boer I, Dighe A, Dowd F, Grewenow S, Himmelfarb J, Hoofnagle A, Limonte C, McClelland R, Mooney S, Rezaei K, Shankland S, Snyder J, Wang R, Wilcox A, Williams K, Park C, Bansal S, Montellano R, Pamreddy A, Sharma K, Venkatachalam M, Ye H, Zhang G, Basit M, Hedayati S, Kermani A, Lee S, Lu C, Miller R, Moe O, Patel J, Pillai A, Sambandam K, Torrealba J, Toto R, Vazquez M, Wang N, Wen N, Zhang D, Park H, Caprioli R, Patterson N, Sharman K, Spraggins J, Van de Plas R, Basta J, Diettman S, Gaut J, Jain S, Rauchman M, Vijayan A, Cantley L, Kakade V, Moledina D, Shaw M, Ugwuowo U, Wilson F, Arora T. Cadherin-11, Sparc-related modular calcium binding protein-2, and Pigment epithelium-derived factor are promising non-invasive biomarkers of kidney fibrosis. Kidney International 2021, 100: 672-683. PMID: 34051265, PMCID: PMC8384690, DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.04.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPigment epithelium-derived factorBoston Kidney Biopsy CohortEnd-stage kidney diseaseChronic kidney diseaseModular calcium binding protein-2Seattle Kidney StudyKidney fibrosisKidney diseaseEpithelium-derived factorNon-invasive biomarkersBiopsy cohortTubular atrophyInterstitial fibrosisKidney StudyBinding protein 2Cox proportional hazards regression modelHuman chronic kidney diseaseProportional hazards regression modelsUrine biomarker levelsCohort of patientsHazards regression modelsPromising non-invasive biomarkerIndependent prospective cohortsAssociation of biomarkersNon-invasive assessment
2015
The Role of p204 in Kidney Injury
Marlier A, Huen S, Lengyel P, Cantley L. The Role of p204 in Kidney Injury. The FASEB Journal 2015, 29 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.807.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute kidney injuryIschemia-reperfusion injuryRenal ischemia-reperfusion injuryChronic kidney diseaseKidney injuryPeak serum creatinine levelClassical inflammatory stimuliSerum creatinine levelsTubular cell necrosisCD45-positive cellsWhole-body knockoutAKI biomarkersCreatinine levelsKidney diseaseCHI3L1 expressionKidney ischemiaKidney fibrosisInflammasome activationInflammatory stimuliReparative phasePositive cellsTherapeutic targetBone marrowWT controlsCell necrosis