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| 1 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) | Autophagy | 2016 | 4,789 |
| 2 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy | Autophagy | 2012 | 3,158 |
| 3 | Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes guidelines on anaemia management in chronic kidney disease: a European Renal Best Practice position statement | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2013 | 641 |
| 4 | Clinical Characteristics and Results of Semen Tests Among Men With Coronavirus Disease 2019 | JAMA Network Open | 2020 | 574 |
| 5 | The definition of acute kidney injury and its use in practice | Kidney International | 2015 | 544 |
| 6 | Efficacy and safety of rituximab in B-cell post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorders: results of a prospective multicenter phase 2 study | Blood | 2006 | 391 |
| 7 | Recommendations on Acute Kidney Injury Biomarkers From the Acute Disease Quality Initiative Consensus Conference | JAMA Network Open | 2020 | 389 |
| 8 | Geographic Differences in Genetic Susceptibility to IgA Nephropathy: GWAS Replication Study and Geospatial Risk Analysis | PLoS Genetics | 2012 | 310 |
| 9 | A Role for Tubular Necroptosis in Cisplatin-Induced AKI | Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: JASN | 2015 | 281 |
| 10 | Aberrant gut microbiota alters host metabolome and impacts renal failure in humans and rodents | Gut | 2020 | 277 |
| 11 | Protein kinase D at the Golgi controls NLRP3 inflammasome activation | Journal of Experimental Medicine | 2017 | 213 |
| 12 | miR-335 and miR-34a Promote Renal Senescence by Suppressing Mitochondrial Antioxidative Enzymes | Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: JASN | 2011 | 199 |
| 13 | Anaemia management in patients with chronic kidney disease: a position statement by the Anaemia Working Group of European Renal Best Practice (ERBP) | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2008 | 178 |
| 14 | Ischemia-reperfusion induces renal tubule pyroptosis via the CHOP-caspase-11 pathway | American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology | 2014 | 178 |
| 15 | Acute kidney injury in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients | Critical Care | 2020 | 166 |
| 16 | Increased podocyte Sirtuin-1 function attenuates diabetic kidney injury | Kidney International | 2018 | 160 |
| 17 | Purpura of the ears: a distinctive vasculopathy with circulating autoantibodies complicating long-term treatment with levamisole in children | British Journal of Dermatology | 1999 | 154 |
| 18 | Changing bone patterns with progression of chronic kidney disease | Kidney International | 2016 | 151 |
| 19 | In Vivo Tracking of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Improving Mitochondrial Function in Renal Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury | ACS Nano | 2020 | 149 |
| 20 | Receptor for advanced glycation end-products promotes premature senescence of proximal tubular epithelial cells via activation of endoplasmic reticulum stress-dependent p21 signaling | Cellular Signalling | 2014 | 143 |
| 21 | Kidney and heavy metals - The role of environmental exposure | Molecular Medicine Reports | 2017 | 140 |
| 22 | Mesenchymal stem cells ameliorate rhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury via the activation of M2 macrophages | Stem Cell Research and Therapy | 2014 | 136 |
| 23 | Improving Mutation Screening in Familial Hematuric Nephropathies through Next Generation Sequencing | Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: JASN | 2014 | 135 |
| 24 | Supramolecular Nanofibers Containing Arginine-Glycine-Aspartate (RGD) Peptides Boost Therapeutic Efficacy of Extracellular Vesicles in Kidney Repair | ACS Nano | 2020 | 135 |
| 25 | MiR-34 modulates Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan via repressing the autophagy gene atg9 | Age | 2013 | 129 |
| 26 | Understanding the gut–kidney axis among biopsy-proven diabetic nephropathy, type 2 diabetes mellitus and healthy controls: an analysis of the gut microbiota composition | Acta Diabetologica | 2019 | 123 |
| 27 | Upregulation of a Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase With Thrombospondin Motifs-7 by miR-29 Repression Mediates Vascular Smooth Muscle Calcification | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology | 2012 | 114 |
| 28 | Very low protein diet supplemented with ketoanalogs improves blood pressure control in chronic kidney disease | Kidney International | 2007 | 113 |
| 29 | Effects of Fluid Resuscitation With 0.9% Saline Versus a Balanced Electrolyte Solution on Acute Kidney Injury in a Rat Model of Sepsis* | Critical Care Medicine | 2014 | 111 |
| 30 | Sensitive and specific detection of clinical bacteria via vancomycin-modified Fe3O4@Au nanoparticles and aptamer-functionalized SERS tags | Journal of Materials Chemistry B | 2018 | 108 |
| 31 | IL-17A improves the efficacy of mesenchymal stem cells in ischemic-reperfusion renal injury by increasing Treg percentages by the COX-2/PGE2 pathway | Kidney International | 2018 | 108 |
| 32 | Artificial Intelligence in Nephrology: Core Concepts, Clinical Applications, and Perspectives | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2019 | 108 |
| 33 | Common methods of biological age estimation | Clinical Interventions in Aging | 2017 | 103 |
| 34 | Efficacy and Safety of Abelmoschus manihot for Primary Glomerular Disease: A Prospective, Multicenter Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2014 | 102 |
| 35 | Yes-associated protein promotes tumour development in luminal epithelial derived breast cancer | European Journal of Cancer | 2012 | 99 |
| 36 | Mesenchymal stem cells attenuate ischemic acute kidney injury by inducing regulatory T cells through splenocyte interactions | Kidney International | 2013 | 99 |
| 37 | LRG1 Promotes Diabetic Kidney Disease Progression by Enhancing TGF-β–Induced Angiogenesis | Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: JASN | 2019 | 98 |
| 38 | MKS3/TMEM67mutations are a major cause of COACH Syndrome, a Joubert Syndrome related disorder with liver involvement | Human Mutation | 2009 | 97 |
| 39 | Cidea is an essential transcriptional coactivator regulating mammary gland secretion of milk lipids | Nature Medicine | 2012 | 97 |
| 40 | Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ameliorate Sepsis-associated Acute Kidney Injury in Mice | Shock | 2014 | 96 |
| 41 | Mesenchymal Stem Cells Attenuate Peritoneal Injury through Secretion of TSG-6 | PLoS ONE | 2012 | 96 |
| 42 | Blood coagulation system in patients with chronic kidney disease: a prospective observational study | BMJ Open | 2017 | 95 |
| 43 | Hyperuricemia induces endothelial dysfunction via mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchanger-mediated mitochondrial calcium overload | Cell Calcium | 2012 | 91 |
| 44 | Impact of ER stress-regulated ATF4/p16 signaling on the premature senescence of renal tubular epithelial cells in diabetic nephropathy | American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology | 2015 | 89 |
| 45 | Rapamycin Upregulates Autophagy by Inhibiting the mTOR-ULK1 Pathway, Resulting in Reduced Podocyte Injury | PLoS ONE | 2013 | 88 |
| 46 | C66 ameliorates diabetic nephropathy in mice by both upregulating NRF2 function via increase in miR-200a and inhibiting miR-21 | Diabetologia | 2016 | 85 |
| 47 | Assessment of arterial stiffness for clinical and epidemiological studies: methodological considerations for validation and entry into the European Renal and Cardiovascular Medicine registry | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2014 | 82 |
| 48 | Different Inactivating Mutations of the Mineralocorticoid Receptor in Fourteen Families Affected by Type I Pseudohypoaldosteronism | Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism | 2003 | 81 |
| 49 | Glycoprotein non-metastatic melanoma protein b (Gpnmb) is highly expressed in macrophages of acute injured kidney and promotes M2 macrophages polarization | Cellular Immunology | 2017 | 80 |
| 50 | Strategies for Phosphate Control in Patients With CKD | Kidney International Reports | 2019 | 80 |
