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Martin R Pollak

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1 Association of trypanolytic ApoL1 variants with kidney disease in African Americans. Science 2010 16.00
2 Stem cell engraftment at the endosteal niche is specified by the calcium-sensing receptor. Nature 2005 5.54
3 TRPC6 is a glomerular slit diaphragm-associated channel required for normal renal function. Nat Genet 2005 5.53
4 Mutations in the formin gene INF2 cause focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Nat Genet 2009 3.20
5 The apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) gene and nondiabetic nephropathy in African Americans. J Am Soc Nephrol 2010 3.15
6 Population-based risk assessment of APOL1 on renal disease. J Am Soc Nephrol 2011 2.81
7 A risk allele for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in African Americans is located within a region containing APOL1 and MYH9. Kidney Int 2010 2.22
8 Increased burden of cardiovascular disease in carriers of APOL1 genetic variants. Circ Res 2013 1.82
9 NPHS2 mutations in late-onset focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: R229Q is a common disease-associated allele. J Clin Invest 2002 1.81
10 Mutational and Biological Analysis of alpha-actinin-4 in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. J Am Soc Nephrol 2005 1.80
11 Promoter polymorphism of the erythropoietin gene in severe diabetic eye and kidney complications. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 1.70
12 Genetic variation in APOL1 associates with younger age at hemodialysis initiation. J Am Soc Nephrol 2011 1.70
13 Genetics of kidney failure and the evolving story of APOL1. J Clin Invest 2011 1.69
14 Mice deficient in alpha-actinin-4 have severe glomerular disease. J Clin Invest 2003 1.69
15 A SNP streak model for the identification of genetic regions identical-by-descent. Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol 2008 1.63
16 Metabolite profiling identifies markers of uremia. J Am Soc Nephrol 2010 1.63
17 Deficiency of the calcium-sensing receptor in the kidney causes parathyroid hormone-independent hypocalciuria. J Am Soc Nephrol 2012 1.59
18 Alpha-actinin-4 is required for normal podocyte adhesion. J Biol Chem 2006 1.58
19 Alpha-actinin-4-mediated FSGS: an inherited kidney disease caused by an aggregated and rapidly degraded cytoskeletal protein. PLoS Biol 2004 1.58
20 Disease-associated mutant alpha-actinin-4 reveals a mechanism for regulating its F-actin-binding affinity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 1.53
21 The calcium-sensing receptor is required for normal calcium homeostasis independent of parathyroid hormone. J Clin Invest 2003 1.53
22 Mutations causing medullary cystic kidney disease type 1 lie in a large VNTR in MUC1 missed by massively parallel sequencing. Nat Genet 2013 1.52
23 APOL1 variants and kidney disease in people of recent African ancestry. Nat Rev Nephrol 2013 1.43
24 Using population admixture to help complete maps of the human genome. Nat Genet 2013 1.35
25 NPHS2 R229Q functional variant is associated with microalbuminuria in the general population. Kidney Int 2004 1.35
26 The calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) defends against hypercalcemia independently of its regulation of parathyroid hormone secretion. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2009 1.32
27 TRPC6 mutations associated with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis cause constitutive activation of NFAT-dependent transcription. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2009 1.21
28 Plasma apolipoprotein L1 levels do not correlate with CKD. J Am Soc Nephrol 2013 1.15
29 Comparative linkage analysis and visualization of high-density oligonucleotide SNP array data. BMC Genet 2005 1.14
30 Calcium-sensing receptor is a physiologic multimodal chemosensor regulating gastric G-cell growth and gastrin secretion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 1.13
31 α-actinin-4 is essential for maintaining the spreading, motility and contractility of fibroblasts. PLoS One 2010 1.11
32 Rho activation of mDia formins is modulated by an interaction with inverted formin 2 (INF2). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 1.10
33 Mutations in the INF2 gene account for a significant proportion of familial but not sporadic focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis. Kidney Int 2012 1.10
34 Biophysical properties of normal and diseased renal glomeruli. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2010 1.07
35 NPHS2 variation in focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis. BMC Nephrol 2008 1.04
36 Dynamic viscoelasticity of actin cross-linked with wild-type and disease-causing mutant alpha-actinin-4. Biophys J 2008 1.02
37 Patients with ACTN4 mutations demonstrate distinctive features of glomerular injury. J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 0.97
38 Inverted formin 2 regulates actin dynamics by antagonizing Rho/diaphanous-related formin signaling. J Am Soc Nephrol 2013 0.97
39 Cultured podocytes establish a size-selective barrier regulated by specific signaling pathways and demonstrate synchronized barrier assembly in a calcium switch model of junction formation. J Am Soc Nephrol 2005 0.97
40 Cross-link-governed dynamics of biopolymer networks. Phys Rev Lett 2010 0.95
41 Crystal structure of the actin-binding domain of alpha-actinin-4 Lys255Glu mutant implicated in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. J Mol Biol 2007 0.93
42 TRPC6 in glomerular health and disease: what we know and what we believe. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2006 0.93
43 Improved IBD detection using incomplete haplotype information. BMC Genet 2010 0.92
44 Genetic diagnosis in consanguineous families with kidney disease by homozygosity mapping coupled with whole-exome sequencing. Am J Kidney Dis 2011 0.91
45 The calcium-sensing receptor mediates bone turnover induced by dietary calcium and parathyroid hormone in neonates. J Bone Miner Res 2011 0.91
46 The calcium-sensing receptor complements parathyroid hormone-induced bone turnover in discrete skeletal compartments in mice. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012 0.87
47 Stress-enhanced gelation: a dynamic nonlinearity of elasticity. Phys Rev Lett 2013 0.87
48 The genetic basis of human glomerular disease. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 2006 0.87
49 Health disparities in kidney disease--emerging data from the human genome. N Engl J Med 2013 0.87
50 Frequency of rare allelic variation in candidate genes among individuals with low and high urinary calcium excretion. PLoS One 2013 0.87
51 Alterations in phosphorus, calcium and PTHrP contribute to defects in dental and dental alveolar bone formation in calcium-sensing receptor-deficient mice. Development 2010 0.86
52 Novel mutations in NPHP4 in a consanguineous family with histological findings of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Am J Kidney Dis 2007 0.86
53 Calcium receptor stimulates chemotaxis and secretion of MCP-1 in GnRH neurons in vitro: potential impact on reduced GnRH neuron population in CaR-null mice. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2006 0.85
54 Renin-angiotensin axis blockade reduces proteinuria in presymptomatic patients with familial FSGS. Pediatr Nephrol 2007 0.84
55 Nonlinear viscoelasticity of actin transiently cross-linked with mutant α-actinin-4. J Mol Biol 2011 0.83
56 Gα12 activation in podocytes leads to cumulative changes in glomerular collagen expression, proteinuria and glomerulosclerosis. Lab Invest 2012 0.81
57 Kidney disease and African ancestry. Nat Genet 2008 0.80
58 A suPAR circulating factor causes kidney disease. Nat Med 2011 0.80
59 Surprising results following conditional podocyte inactivation. J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 0.78
60 Parathyroid hormone ablation alters erythrocyte parameters that are rescued by calcium-sensing receptor gene deletion. Eur J Haematol 2013 0.77
61 SNF8, a member of the ESCRT-II complex, interacts with TRPC6 and enhances its channel activity. BMC Cell Biol 2012 0.77
62 Functional genetic variation in aminopeptidase A (ENPEP): lack of clear association with focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Gene 2007 0.76
63 Renin-angiotensin system polymorphisms and risk of hypertension: influence of environmental factors. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2008 0.76
64 Idiopathic pediatric chronic kidney disease: can genomic technology crack the case? J Clin Invest 2015 0.75
65 VEGF receptors and glomerular function. J Am Soc Nephrol 2010 0.75
66 The role of the calcium-sensing receptor in disorders of abnormal calcium handling and cardiovascular disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2014 0.75
67 Pregnancy-associated polyuria in familial renal glycosuria. Am J Kidney Dis 2013 0.75