Published in Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens on May 01, 2008
Patterning a complex organ: branching morphogenesis and nephron segmentation in kidney development. Dev Cell (2010) 3.78
Human nephron number: implications for health and disease. Pediatr Nephrol (2011) 2.03
A comparison of nephron number, glomerular volume and kidney weight in Senegalese Africans and African Americans. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2010) 1.56
Etv4 and Etv5 are required downstream of GDNF and Ret for kidney branching morphogenesis. Nat Genet (2009) 1.55
Dicer regulates the development of nephrogenic and ureteric compartments in the mammalian kidney. Kidney Int (2010) 1.54
Defining and redefining the nephron progenitor population. Pediatr Nephrol (2011) 1.23
Genetic controls and cellular behaviors in branching morphogenesis of the renal collecting system. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol (2013) 1.19
Association of kidney function and metabolic risk factors with density of glomeruli on renal biopsy samples from living donors. Mayo Clin Proc (2011) 1.15
MRI-based glomerular morphology and pathology in whole human kidneys. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol (2014) 1.14
GDNF/Ret signaling and renal branching morphogenesis: From mesenchymal signals to epithelial cell behaviors. Organogenesis (2011) 1.08
The long-term renal and cardiovascular consequences of prematurity. Nat Rev Nephrol (2012) 1.03
Proximal nephron. Compr Physiol (2013) 1.02
Maternal diabetes programs hypertension and kidney injury in offspring. Pediatr Nephrol (2010) 0.93
Serum creatinine levels are significantly influenced by renal size in the normal pediatric population. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol (2010) 0.92
The Substantial Loss of Nephrons in Healthy Human Kidneys with Aging. J Am Soc Nephrol (2016) 0.90
Podocyte Number in Children and Adults: Associations with Glomerular Size and Numbers of Other Glomerular Resident Cells. J Am Soc Nephrol (2015) 0.89
Estimating individual glomerular volume in the human kidney: clinical perspectives. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2011) 0.87
Induction and patterning of the metanephric nephron. Semin Cell Dev Biol (2014) 0.86
APOL1 Risk Alleles Are Associated with Exaggerated Age-Related Changes in Glomerular Number and Volume in African-American Adults: An Autopsy Study. J Am Soc Nephrol (2015) 0.85
Low nephron number and its clinical consequences. Rambam Maimonides Med J (2011) 0.85
Fetal programming of renal function. Pediatr Nephrol (2011) 0.85
Pathological influence of obesity on renal structural changes in chronic kidney disease. Clin Exp Nephrol (2009) 0.84
Fetal and infant growth patterns and kidney function at school age. J Am Soc Nephrol (2014) 0.83
Factors associated with a vicious cycle involving a low nephron number, hypertension and chronic kidney disease. Hypertens Res (2015) 0.83
Common variants of the glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor gene do not influence kidney size of the healthy newborn. Pediatr Nephrol (2009) 0.83
The Impact of Kidney Development on the Life Course: A Consensus Document for Action. Nephron (2017) 0.82
Fetal hypoxia results in programming of aberrant angiotensin ii receptor expression patterns and kidney development. Int J Med Sci (2013) 0.82
Kidney size and function in a multi-ethnic population-based cohort of school-age children. Pediatr Nephrol (2014) 0.82
Clinicopathological assessment of the nephron number. Clin Kidney J (2014) 0.81
Nephron number and its determinants in early life: a primer. Pediatr Nephrol (2014) 0.81
Glomerular hypertrophy in subjects with low nephron number: contributions of sex, body size and race. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2014) 0.80
Childhood kidney outcomes in relation to fetal blood flow and kidney size. J Am Soc Nephrol (2014) 0.79
Morphometric analysis of nonsclerosed Glomeruli size and connective tissue content during the aging process. ScientificWorldJournal (2012) 0.78
Glomerular Density and Volume in Renal Biopsy Specimens of Children with Proteinuria Relative to Preterm Birth and Gestational Age. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol (2017) 0.78
Progression of glomerular and tubular disease in pediatrics. Semin Nephrol (2009) 0.77
Biochemical parameters of renal impairment/injury and surrogate markers of nephron number in intrauterine growth-restricted and preterm neonates at 30-40 days of postnatal corrected age. Pediatr Nephrol (2016) 0.76
p53 Enables metabolic fitness and self-renewal of nephron progenitor cells. Development (2015) 0.76
Missense Mutation of POU Domain Class 3 Transcription Factor 3 in Pou3f3L423P Mice Causes Reduced Nephron Number and Impaired Development of the Thick Ascending Limb of the Loop of Henle. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Glomerular Function and Structure in Living Donors: Lessons from Single Nephron Studies. Curr Transplant Rep (2016) 0.75
Fetal first trimester growth is not associated with kidney outcomes in childhood. Pediatr Nephrol (2016) 0.75
The Role of Endothelin System in Renal Structure and Function during the Postnatal Development of the Rat Kidney. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Blood pressure evaluation in children treated with laser surgery for twin-twin transfusion syndrome at 2-year follow-up. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2015) 0.75
Advancing Cardiovascular, Neurovascular, and Renal Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Small Rodents Using Cryogenic Radiofrequency Coil Technology. Front Pharmacol (2015) 0.75
Preserved Nephrogenesis Following Partial Nephrectomy in Early Neonates. Sci Rep (2016) 0.75
Exposure to placental ischemia impairs postpartum maternal renal and cardiac function in rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (2017) 0.75
Developmental Origins and Nephron Endowment in Hypertension. Front Pediatr (2017) 0.75
Glomerular number and size in autopsy kidneys: the relationship to birth weight. Kidney Int (2003) 2.40
Human nephron number: implications for health and disease. Pediatr Nephrol (2011) 2.03
Endothelial-myofibroblast transition contributes to the early development of diabetic renal interstitial fibrosis in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. Am J Pathol (2009) 2.01
A stereological study of glomerular number and volume: preliminary findings in a multiracial study of kidneys at autopsy. Kidney Int Suppl (2003) 1.90
A high-resolution anatomical ontology of the developing murine genitourinary tract. Gene Expr Patterns (2007) 1.77
Effect of fetal and child health on kidney development and long-term risk of hypertension and kidney disease. Lancet (2013) 1.73
Role of microRNAs in kidney homeostasis and disease. Kidney Int (2012) 1.72
Is there such a thing as a renal stem cell? J Am Soc Nephrol (2009) 1.61
Nephron number, hypertension, renal disease, and renal failure. J Am Soc Nephrol (2005) 1.57
Renal biopsy findings among Indigenous Australians: a nationwide review. Kidney Int (2012) 1.56
A comparison of nephron number, glomerular volume and kidney weight in Senegalese Africans and African Americans. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2010) 1.56
Blockade of endothelial-mesenchymal transition by a Smad3 inhibitor delays the early development of streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy. Diabetes (2010) 1.48
Antioxidant treatment prevents renal damage and dysfunction and reduces arterial pressure in salt-sensitive hypertension. Hypertension (2005) 1.42
The contribution of bone marrow-derived cells to the development of renal interstitial fibrosis. Stem Cells (2006) 1.40
Renal structural and functional repair in a mouse model of reversal of ureteral obstruction. J Am Soc Nephrol (2005) 1.40
Nephron number, renal function, and arterial pressure in aged GDNF heterozygous mice. Hypertension (2003) 1.37
Prenatal corticosterone exposure results in altered AT1/AT2, nephron deficit and hypertension in the rat offspring. J Physiol (2007) 1.34
Resveratrol inhibits renal fibrosis in the obstructed kidney: potential role in deacetylation of Smad3. Am J Pathol (2010) 1.33
Accelerated maturation and abnormal morphology in the preterm neonatal kidney. J Am Soc Nephrol (2011) 1.31
In vitro differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells toward a renal lineage. Differentiation (2007) 1.31
Determinants of glomerular volume in different cortical zones of the human kidney. J Am Soc Nephrol (2005) 1.31
NADPH oxidase contributes to renal damage and dysfunction in Dahl salt-sensitive hypertension. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (2008) 1.31
Associations of glomerular number and birth weight with clinicopathological features of African Americans and whites. Am J Kidney Dis (2008) 1.30
Renal cilia display length alterations following tubular injury and are present early in epithelial repair. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2007) 1.28
A common RET variant is associated with reduced newborn kidney size and function. J Am Soc Nephrol (2008) 1.24
Does nephron number matter in the development of kidney disease? Ethn Dis (2006) 1.19
Measuring glomerular number and size in perfused kidneys using MRI. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol (2011) 1.15
Deletion of Frs2alpha from the ureteric epithelium causes renal hypoplasia. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol (2009) 1.12
Review: Endothelial-myofibroblast transition, a new player in diabetic renal fibrosis. Nephrology (Carlton) (2010) 1.11
Glomerular number and size variability and risk for kidney disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens (2011) 1.10
Quantification of glomerular number and size distribution in normal rat kidneys using magnetic resonance imaging. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2011) 1.10
Glomerular endothelial cell injury and damage precedes that of podocytes in adriamycin-induced nephropathy. PLoS One (2013) 1.10
Augmented and accelerated nephrogenesis in TGF-beta2 heterozygous mutant mice. Pediatr Res (2008) 1.09
Three-dimensional imaging reveals ureteric and mesenchymal defects in Fgfr2-mutant kidneys. J Am Soc Nephrol (2009) 1.08
Compensatory renal growth after unilateral nephrectomy in the ovine fetus. J Am Soc Nephrol (2002) 1.06
Combined prenatal and postnatal protein restriction influences adult kidney structure, function, and arterial pressure. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (2006) 1.05
A stereological study of the renal glomerular vasculature in the db/db mouse model of diabetic nephropathy. J Anat (2005) 1.04
Glomerular size and glomerulosclerosis: relationships to disease categories, glomerular solidification, and ischemic obsolescence. Am J Kidney Dis (2002) 1.03
Effects of dietary protein restriction on nephron number in the mouse. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (2007) 1.02
Subfractionation of differentiating human embryonic stem cell populations allows the isolation of a mesodermal population enriched for intermediate mesoderm and putative renal progenitors. Stem Cells Dev (2010) 1.02
Exogenous BMP-4 amplifies asymmetric ureteric branching in the developing mouse kidney in vitro. Kidney Int (2005) 1.01
Is nephrogenesis affected by preterm birth? Studies in a non-human primate model. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol (2009) 1.01
Estimation of glomerular podocyte number: a selection of valid methods. J Am Soc Nephrol (2013) 1.00
CKD in Aboriginal Australians. Am J Kidney Dis (2010) 0.99
Human papillomavirus genotyping and p16INK4a expression in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia of adolescents. Mod Pathol (2005) 0.99
Bone morphogenetic protein signaling in the developing kidney: present and future. Differentiation (2008) 0.99
Towards a definition of glomerulomegaly: clinical-pathological and methodological considerations. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2010) 0.99
Nephron number and individual glomerular volumes in male Caucasian and African American subjects. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2009) 0.97
Renal pathology, glomerular number and volume in a West African urban community. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2008) 0.97
Mutagenesis of the epithelial polarity gene, discs large 1, perturbs nephrogenesis in the developing mouse kidney. Kidney Int (2005) 0.94
N-Acetylcysteine improves renal dysfunction, ameliorates kidney damage and decreases blood pressure in salt-sensitive hypertension. J Hypertens (2006) 0.94
Is there an association between level of adult blood pressure and nephron number or renal filtration surface area? Kidney Int (2004) 0.94
The where, what and why of the developing renal stroma. Nephron Exp Nephrol (2005) 0.94
Estimating total nephron number in the adult kidney using the physical disector/fractionator combination. Methods Mol Biol (2012) 0.93
Distribution of volumes of individual glomeruli in kidneys at autopsy: association with physical and clinical characteristics and with ethnic group. Am J Nephrol (2011) 0.93
Betaglycan is required for the establishment of nephron endowment in the mouse. PLoS One (2011) 0.93
The emerging role of MRI in quantitative renal glomerular morphology. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol (2013) 0.93
Spatial gene expression in the T-stage mouse metanephros. Gene Expr Patterns (2006) 0.92
Blockade of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and TGF-beta1/Smad signaling pathways rescues bone marrow-derived peritubular capillary endothelial cells in adriamycin-induced nephrosis. J Am Soc Nephrol (2006) 0.91
White adipocytes: more than just fat depots. Int J Biochem Cell Biol (2011) 0.91
Associations between age, body size and nephron number with individual glomerular volumes in urban West African males. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2008) 0.91
BMPs and BMP receptors in mouse metanephric development: in vivo and in vitro studies. Int J Dev Biol (2002) 0.90
Effects of dexamethasone exposure on rat metanephric development: in vitro and in vivo studies. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol (2007) 0.90
Ureteric branching morphogenesis in BMP4 heterozygous mutant mice. J Anat (2006) 0.90
Regulation of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase enzymes in the rat kidney by estradiol. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab (2003) 0.90
Angiogenesis occurs by vessel elongation in proliferative phase human endometrium. Hum Reprod (2002) 0.89
How many glomerular profiles must be measured to obtain reliable estimates of mean glomerular areas in human renal biopsies? J Am Soc Nephrol (2006) 0.89
Expression of fibronectin and HIF-1alpha in renal cell carcinomas: relationship to von Hippel-Lindau gene inactivation. Cancer Genet Cytogenet (2004) 0.89
Expression patterns and roles of periostin during kidney and ureter development. J Urol (2011) 0.89
Increased capillary branching contributes to angiotensin type 1 receptor blocker (ARB)-induced regression of sclerosis. Am J Pathol (2011) 0.88
Fatal enteritis necroticans (pigbel) in a diabetic adult. Mod Pathol (2002) 0.88
Repeated ethanol exposure during late gestation decreases nephron endowment in fetal sheep. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (2008) 0.88
Estimating individual glomerular volume in the human kidney: clinical perspectives. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2011) 0.87
Prenatal glucocorticoid exposure in the sheep alters renal development in utero: implications for adult renal function and blood pressure control. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (2011) 0.87
The predictive value of p16(INK4a) and hybrid capture 2 human papillomavirus testing for high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Am J Clin Pathol (2004) 0.87
A design-based method for estimating glomerular number in the developing kidney. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol (2011) 0.86
Why and how we determine nephron number. Pediatr Nephrol (2014) 0.86
Kidney development: core curriculum 2011. Am J Kidney Dis (2011) 0.86
Cauli: a mouse strain with an Ift140 mutation that results in a skeletal ciliopathy modelling Jeune syndrome. PLoS Genet (2013) 0.86
Breast cancer in Kurdish women of northern Iraq: incidence, clinical stage, and case control analysis of parity and family risk. BMC Womens Health (2009) 0.85