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Rivard CJ, Tanabe T, Lanaspa MA, Watanabe H, Nomura S, Andres-Hernando A, Garth K, Sekijima M, Ishimoto T, Ariyoshi Y, Garcia GE, Shah J, Lennan B, Tasaki M, Pomposelli T, Shimizu A, Sachs DH, Johnson RJ, Yamada K. Upregulation of CD80 on glomerular podocytes plays an important role in development of proteinuria following pig-to-baboon xeno-renal transplantation - an experimental study. Transpl Int. 2018 10; 31(10):1164-1177. PMID: 29722117.
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Kuwabara M, Bjornstad P, Hisatome I, Niwa K, Roncal-Jimenez CA, Andres-Hernando A, Jensen T, Milagres T, Sato Y, Garcia G, Ohno M, Lanaspa MA, Johnson RJ. Elevated Serum Uric Acid Level Predicts Rapid Decline in Kidney Function. Am J Nephrol. 2017; 45(4):330-337. PMID: 28285309.
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Truong LD, Trostel J, Garcia GE. Absence of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor a7 subunit amplifies inflammation and accelerates onset of fibrosis: an inflammatory kidney model. FASEB J. 2015 Aug; 29(8):3558-70. PMID: 25985801; PMCID: PMC4511204.
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Lanaspa MA, Cicerchi C, Garcia G, Li N, Roncal-Jimenez CA, Rivard CJ, Hunter B, Andrés-Hernando A, Ishimoto T, Sánchez-Lozada LG, Thomas J, Hodges RS, Mant CT, Johnson RJ. Counteracting roles of AMP deaminase and AMP kinase in the development of fatty liver. PLoS One. 2012; 7(11):e48801. PMID: 23152807; PMCID: PMC3494720.
Lanaspa MA, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Cicerchi C, Li N, Roncal-Jimenez CA, Ishimoto T, Le M, Garcia GE, Thomas JB, Rivard CJ, Andres-Hernando A, Hunter B, Schreiner G, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Sautin YY, Johnson RJ. Uric acid stimulates fructokinase and accelerates fructose metabolism in the development of fatty liver. PLoS One. 2012; 7(10):e47948. PMID: 23112875; PMCID: PMC3480441.
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