Kidney lipid dysmetabolism and lipid droplet accumulation in chronic kidney disease

A Mitrofanova, S Merscher, A Fornoni - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2023 - nature.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health problem with rising incidence and
prevalence. Among several pathogenetic mechanisms responsible for disease progression …

Lipidomic approaches to dissect dysregulated lipid metabolism in kidney disease

J Baek, C He, F Afshinnia, G Michailidis… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Dyslipidaemia is a hallmark of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The severity of dyslipidaemia
not only correlates with CKD stage but is also associated with CKD-associated …

Podocyte-targeted therapies—progress and future directions

K Meliambro, JC He, KN Campbell - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2024 - nature.com
Podocytes are the key target cells for injury across the spectrum of primary and secondary
proteinuric kidney disorders, which account for up to 90% of cases of kidney failure …

Empagliflozin reduces podocyte lipotoxicity in experimental Alport syndrome

M Ge, J Molina, JJ Kim, SK Mallela, A Ahmad… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Abstract Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) are anti-hyperglycemic agents
that prevent glucose reabsorption in proximal tubular cells. SGLT2i improves renal …

Metabolism at the crossroads of inflammation and fibrosis in chronic kidney disease

V Miguel, IW Shaw, R Kramann - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2025 - nature.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD), defined as persistent (> 3 months) kidney functional loss,
has a growing prevalence (> 10% worldwide population) and limited treatment options …

[HTML][HTML] The role of lipotoxicity in kidney disease: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic prospects

L Ren, H Cui, Y Wang, F Ju, Y Cai, X Gang… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lipotoxicity is the dysregulation of the lipid environment and/or intracellular composition that
leads to accumulation of harmful lipids and ultimately to organelle dysfunction, abnormal …

New insights into renal lipid dysmetabolism in diabetic kidney disease

A Mitrofanova, G Burke, S Merscher… - World journal of …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lipid dysmetabolism is one of the main features of diabetes mellitus and manifests by
dyslipidemia as well as the ectopic accumulation of lipids in various tissues and organs …

Novel therapies for Alport syndrome

E Chavez, J Rodriguez, Y Drexler, A Fornoni - Frontiers in medicine, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alport syndrome (AS) is a hereditary kidney disease associated with proteinuria, hematuria
and progressive kidney failure. It is characterized by a defective glomerular basement …

Compounds targeting OSBPL7 increase ABCA1-dependent cholesterol efflux preserving kidney function in two models of kidney disease

MB Wright, J Varona Santos, C Kemmer… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Impaired cellular cholesterol efflux is a key factor in the progression of renal, cardiovascular,
and autoimmune diseases. Here we describe a class of 5-arylnicotinamide compounds …

Mechanisms and implications of podocyte autophagy in chronic kidney disease

R Njeim, S Merscher, A Fornoni - American Journal of …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Autophagy is a protective mechanism through which cells degrade and recycle proteins and
organelles to maintain cellular homeostasis and integrity. An accumulating body of evidence …