Treatment with 1, 25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Preserves Glomerular Slit Diaphragm-Associated Protein Expression in Experimental Glomerulonephritis

Positionally Cloned Gene for a Novel Glomerular Protein—Nephrin—Is Mutated in Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome

1998 • 1,822 citations

1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 prevents the in vivo induction of murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

1991 • 475 citations

Mesangial cell apoptosis: the major mechanism for resolution of glomerular hypercellularity in experimental mesangial proliferative nephritis.

1994 • 406 citations

Nephrin Expression Is Reduced in Human Diabetic Nephropathy

2003 • 338 citations

Expression of Podocyte-Associated Molecules in Acquired Human Kidney Diseases

2003 • 286 citations

Glomerulonephritis induced by monoclonal anti-Thy 1.1 antibodies. A sequential histological and ultrastructural study in the rat.

1986 • 262 citations

Effect of 1,25(OH)2 vitamin D3 on glomerulosclerosis in subtotally nephrectomized rats

1998 • 248 citations

Nephrin Redistribution on Podocytes Is a Potential Mechanism for Proteinuria in Patients with Primary Acquired Nephrotic Syndrome

2001 • 247 citations

1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D ₃ Attenuates of Expression of Experimental Murine Lupus of MRL/1 Mice

1992 • 243 citations

Molecular basis of glomerular permselectivity

2001 • 229 citations

Proteinuria and the expression of the podocyte slit diaphragm protein, nephrin, in diabetic nephropathy: effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition

2002 • 224 citations

1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D₃decreases podocyte loss and podocyte hypertrophy in the subtotally nephrectomized rat

2004 • 221 citations

Immunologic studies in IgA nephropathy

1980 • 215 citations

Cloning of rat nephrin: Expression in developing glomeruli and in proteinuric states

2000 • 202 citations

Interactions of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 and the immune system

1985 • 181 citations

Nephritogenic mAb 5-1-6 is directed at the extracellular domain of rat nephrin

1999 • 181 citations

Apoptosis in the repair process of experimental proliferative glomerulonephritis

1995 • 163 citations

Changes in the Expression of Nephrin Gene and Protein in Experimental Diabetic Nephropathy

2001 • 149 citations

Nephrin in experimental glomerular disease

2000 • 141 citations

Glomerular expression of nephrin is decreased in acquired human nephrotic syndrome

1999 • 137 citations

Causes and consequences of proteinuria: the kidney filtration barrier and progressive renal failure

2003 • 119 citations

Inhibition of production and function of interleukin-6 by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3

1991 • 117 citations

Effects of 1,25(OH)2D3 in experimental mesangial proliferative nephritis in rats

2001 • 116 citations

Nephrin Dissociates from Actin, and Its Expression Is Reduced in Early Experimental Membranous Nephropathy

2002 • 115 citations

Modulation of nephrin in the diabetic kidney: association with systemic hypertension and increasing albuminuria

2002 • 90 citations

Calcitriol modulates in vivo and in vitro cytokine production: A role for intracellular calcium

1998 • 89 citations

Variable expression of desmin in rat glomerular epithelial cells.

1990 • 88 citations

Platelet-activating factor-induced loss of glomerular anionic charges

1984 • 87 citations

Paracrine role for calcitriol in the immune system and skin creates new therapeutic possibilities for vitamin D analogs

1995 • 80 citations

Partial prevention of active Heymann nephritis by 1α, 25 dihydroxyvitamin D3

1993 • 75 citations

Expression of nephrin in acquired human glomerular disease

2002 • 69 citations

Complement mediates nephrin redistribution and actin dissociation in experimental membranous nephropathy

2003 • 67 citations

The induction of systemic and mucosal immune responses following the subcutaneous immunization of mature adult mice: characterization of the antibodies in mucosal secretions of animals immunized with antigen formulations containing a vitamin D3 adjuvant

1999 • 62 citations

Single and combined effects of the vitamin D analogue KH1060 and cyclosporin A on mercuric-chloride-induced autoimmune disease in the BN rat

1992 • 56 citations

Pharmacokinetics and systemic effect on calcium homeostasis of 1α,24-dihydroxyvitamin D2 in rats comparison with 1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin d2, calcitriol, and calcipotriol

1997 • 52 citations

Localization of neutrophil cationic proteins and loss of anionic charges in glomeruli of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus glomerulonephritis

1982 • 48 citations

Immune-Signalling by Orally-Delivered Probiotic Bacteria: Effects on Common Mucosal Immunoresponses and Protection at Distal Mucosal Sites

2004 • 46 citations

Localization of cationic proteins derived from platelets and polymorphonuclear neutrophils and local loss of anionic sites in glomeruli of rabbits with experimentally-induced acute serum sickness.

1986 • 35 citations

Inhibitory Effect of Retinoic Acid on Proliferation, Maturation and Tryptase Level in Human Leukemic Mast Cells (HMC-1)

2003 • 31 citations

Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Induction in Thy 1 Glomerulonephritis Is Complement and Reactive Oxygen Species Dependent

1999 • 30 citations

Actions of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 on Human Mesangial Cells

1991 • 30 citations

Effect of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 on mesangial cell proliferation.

1991 • 20 citations

VITAMIN D AND HUMAN LEUKAEMIA

1989 • 17 citations

Inhibition of growth by calcitriol in a proximal tubular cell line (OK)

1994 • 17 citations

Tissue distribution and activity studies of 1,24-dihydroxyvitamin D2, a metabolite of vitamin D2 with low calcemic activity in vivo

2004 • 14 citations

Conjugated Linoleic Acid: A Functional Food?

2003 • 12 citations

A Scavenger Role for Nitric Oxide in the Aged Rat Kidney

2004 • 6 citations