Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as the real-time indicator of active kidney damage

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as a biomarker for acute renal injury after cardiac surgery

2005 • 2,301 citations

Serum retinol binding protein 4 contributes to insulin resistance in obesity and type 2 diabetes

2005 • 2,028 citations

Lipocalin 2 mediates an innate immune response to bacterial infection by sequestrating iron

2004 • 1,715 citations

Identification of Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin as a Novel Early Urinary Biomarker for Ischemic Renal Injury

2003 • 1,677 citations

The Neutrophil Lipocalin NGAL Is a Bacteriostatic Agent that Interferes with Siderophore-Mediated Iron Acquisition

2002 • 1,291 citations

Isolation and primary structure of NGAL, a novel protein associated with human neutrophil gelatinase

1993 • 1,226 citations

Update on Mechanisms of Ischemic Acute Kidney Injury

2006 • 979 citations

Uncoupling of Obesity from Insulin Resistance Through a Targeted Mutation in aP2 , the Adipocyte Fatty Acid Binding Protein

1996 • 900 citations

Endocytic delivery of lipocalin-siderophore-iron complex rescues the kidney from ischemia-reperfusion injury

2005 • 881 citations

Enterobactin: An archetype for microbial iron transport

2003 • 847 citations

The lipocalin protein family: structural and sequence overview

2000 • 838 citations

The High Molecular Weight Urinary Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) Activity Is a Complex of Gelatinase B/MMP-9 and Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin (NGAL)

2001 • 642 citations

An Iron Delivery Pathway Mediated by a Lipocalin

2002 • 619 citations

A Cell-Surface Receptor for Lipocalin 24p3 Selectively Mediates Apoptosis and Iron Uptake

2005 • 613 citations

Association between Increases in Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase–associated Lipocalin and Acute Renal Dysfunction after Adult Cardiac Surgery

2006 • 565 citations

Lipocalin-2 Is an Inflammatory Marker Closely Associated with Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Hyperglycemia in Humans

2006 • 535 citations

Amelioration of Ischemic Acute Renal Injury by Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin

2004 • 514 citations

Differential gene expression following early renal ischemia/reperfusion

2003 • 456 citations

Lipocalin 2-deficient mice exhibit increased sensitivity toEscherichia coliinfection but not to ischemia-reperfusion injury

2006 • 434 citations

Megalin Knockout Mice as an Animal Model of Low Molecular Weight Proteinuria

1999 • 432 citations

Induction of Apoptosis by a Secreted Lipocalin That is Transcriptionally Regulated by IL-3 Deprivation

2001 • 375 citations

Enhanced tolerance of rice to low iron availability in alkaline soils using barley nicotianamine aminotransferase genes

2001 • 350 citations

Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin Is Up-Regulated in Human Epithelial Cells by IL-1β, but Not by TNF-α

2003 • 334 citations

The endocytic receptor megalin binds the iron transporting neutrophil‐gelatinase‐associated lipocalin with high affinity and mediates its cellular uptake

2004 • 329 citations

Mesenchymal to Epithelial Conversion in Rat Metanephros Is Induced by LIF

1999 • 277 citations

Identification of a New Acute Phase Protein

1995 • 245 citations

Siderocalin (Lcn 2) Also Binds Carboxymycobactins, Potentially Defending against Mycobacterial Infections through Iron Sequestration

2005 • 234 citations

The individual regulation of granule protein mRNA levels during neutrophil maturation explains the heterogeneity of neutrophil granules

1999 • 233 citations

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin-mediated iron traffic in kidney epithelia

2006 • 231 citations

Human Tear Lipocalin Exhibits Antimicrobial Activity by Scavenging Microbial Siderophores

2004 • 191 citations

M<scp>EGALIN</scp>- <scp>AND</scp> C<scp>UBILIN</scp>-M<scp>EDIATED</scp> E<scp>NDOCYTOSIS OF</scp> P<scp>ROTEIN</scp>-B<scp>OUND</scp> V<scp>ITAMINS</scp>, L<scp>IPIDS</scp>, <scp>AND</scp> H<scp>ORMONES IN</scp> P<scp>OLARIZED</scp> E<scp>PITHELIA</scp>

2001 • 176 citations

Expression of Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin Regulates Epithelial Morphogenesis in Vitro

2005 • 163 citations

Prevention of Kidney Ischemia/Reperfusion-induced Functional Injury, MAPK and MAPK Kinase Activation, and Inflammation by Remote Transient Ureteral Obstruction

2002 • 157 citations

Identification by microsequencing of lipopolysaccharide-induced proteins secreted by mouse macrophages.

1993 • 125 citations

Lipocalin 2 Diminishes Invasiveness and Metastasis of Ras-transformed Cells

2005 • 122 citations

Accelerated Glucose Intolerance, Nephropathy, and Atherosclerosis in Prostaglandin D2 Synthase Knock-out Mice

2005 • 110 citations

Effects of Mouse and Human Lipocalin Homologues 24p3/lcn2 and Neutrophil Gelatinase–Associated Lipocalin on Gastrointestinal Mucosal Integrity and Repair

2006 • 95 citations

Lipocalin 2 functions as a negative regulator of red blood cell production in an autocrine fashion

2005 • 73 citations

Detection of intracellular iron by its regulatory effect

2004 • 53 citations

Ureteric bud controls multiple steps in the conversion of mesenchyme to epithelia

2003 • 31 citations