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Single-cell analysis highlights differences in druggable pathways underlying adaptive or fibrotic kidney regeneration. Michael S. Balzer, Tomohito Doke, Ya-Wen Yang, Daniel L. Aldridge, Hailong Hu, Hung Mai, Dhanunjay Mukhi, Ziyuan Ma, Rojesh Shrestha, Matthew B. Palmer, Christopher A. Hunter and Katalin Susztak. Nature Communications (2022)

Epigenomic and transcriptomic analyses define core cell types, genes and targetable mechanisms for kidney disease. Hongbo Liu, Tomohito Doke, Dong Guo, Xin Sheng, Ziyuan Ma, Joseph Park, Ha My T. Vy, Girish N. Nadkarni, Amin Abedini, Zhen Miao, Matthew Palmer, Benjamin F. Voight, Hongzhe Li, Christopher D. Brown, Marylyn D. Ritchie, Yan Shu and Katalin Susztak. Nature Genetics (2022)

Linking genetic variants to kidney disease via the epigenome. Hongbo Liu and Katalin Susztak. Nature Genetics (2022)

Single-cell analysis identifies the interaction of altered renal tubules with basophils orchestrating kidney fibrosis. Tomohito Doke, Amin Abedini, Daniel L Aldridge, Ya-Wen Yang, Jihwan Park, Christina M Hernandez, Michael S Balzer, Rojesh Shrestra, Gaia Coppock, Juan M Inclan Rico, Seung Yub Han, Junhyong Kim, Sheng Xin, Adrian M Piliponsky, Marco Angelozzi, Veronique Lefebvre, Mark C Siracusa, Christopher A Hunter, Katalin Susztak. Nature Immunology (2022)

The multifaceted role of kidney tubule mitochondrial dysfunction in kidney disease development. Tomohito Doke and Katalin Susztak, Trends in Cell Biology (2022)

Antisense oligonucleotides ameliorate kidney dysfunction in podocyte-specific APOL1 risk variant mice. Ya-Wen Yang, Bibek Poudel, Julia Frederick, Poonam Dhillon, Rojesh Shrestha, Ziyuan Ma, Junnan Wu, Koji Okamoto, Jeffrey B Kopp, Sheri L Booten, Danielle Gattis, Andrew T Watt, Matthew Palmer, Mariam Aghajan, Katalin Susztak. Molecular Therapy (2022)

How Many Cell Types Are in the Kidney and What Do They Do? Michael S Balzer, Tibor Rohacs, Katalin Susztak. Annual review of physiology (2022)

From mapping kidney function to mechanism and prediction. Daigoro Hirohama, Katalin Susztak. Nature Reviews Nephrology (2022)

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APOL1 risk variants in individuals of African genetic ancestry drive endothelial cell defects that exacerbate sepsis. Junnan Wu, Ziyuan Ma, Archana Raman, Pazit Beckerman, Poonam Dhillon, Dhanunjay Mukhi, Matthew Palmer, Hua Chang Chen, Cassiane Robinson Cohen, Thomas Dunn, John P Reilly, Nuala J Meyer, Michael GS Shashaty, Zoltan Arany, György Haskó, Krzysztof Laudanski, Adriana Hung, Katalin Susztak. Immunity (2021)

Genome-wide association studies identify the role of caspase-9 in kidney disease. Tomohito Doke, Shizheng Huang, Chengxiang Qiu, Xin Sheng, Matthew Seasock, Hongbo Liu, Ziyuan Ma, Matthew Palmer, Katalin Susztak. Science advances (2021)

Renal histologic analysis provides complementary information to kidney function measurement for patients with early diabetic or hypertensive disease. Ghazal Z Quinn, Amin Abedini, Hongbo Liu, Ziyuan Ma, Andrew Cucchiara, Andrea Havasi, Jon Hill, Matthew B Palmer, Katalin Susztak. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (2021)

The key role of NLRP3 and STING in APOL1-associated podocytopathy. Junnan Wu, Archana Raman, Nathan J Coffey, Xin Sheng, Joseph Wahba, Matthew J Seasock, Ziyuan Ma, Pazit Beckerman, Dorottya Laczkó, Matthew B Palmer, Jeffrey B Kopp, Jay J Kuo, Steven S Pullen, Carine M Boustany-Kari, Andreas Linkermann, Katalin Susztak. The Journal of clinical investigation (2021)

Mapping the genetic architecture of human traits to cell types in the kidney identifies mechanisms of disease and potential treatments. Xin Sheng, Yuting Guan, Ziyuan Ma, Junnan Wu, Hongbo Liu, Chengxiang Qiu, Steven Vitale, Zhen Miao, Matthew J Seasock, Matthew Palmer, Myung K Shin, Kevin L Duffin, Steven S Pullen, Todd L Edwards, Jacklyn N Hellwege, Adriana M Hung, Mingyao Li, Benjamin F Voight, Thomas M Coffman, Christopher D Brown, Katalin Susztak. Nature Genetics (2021)

A single genetic locus controls both expression of DPEP1/CHMP1A and kidney disease development via ferroptosis. Yuting Guan, Xiujie Liang, Ziyuan Ma, Hailong Hu, Hongbo Liu, Zhen Miao, Andreas Linkermann, Jacklyn N Hellwege, Benjamin F Voight, Katalin Susztak. Nature communications (2021)

Transcriptome-wide association analysis identifies DACH1 as a kidney disease risk gene that contributes to fibrosis. Tomohito Doke, Shizheng Huang, Chengxiang Qiu, Hongbo Liu, Yuting Guan, Hailong Hu, Ziyuan Ma, Junnan Wu, Zhen Miao, Xin Sheng, Jianfu Zhou, Aili Cao, Jianhua Li, Lewis Kaufman, Adriana Hung, Christopher D Brown, Richard Pestell, Katalin Susztak. The Journal of Clinical Investigation (2021)

Single cell regulatory landscape of the mouse kidney highlights cellular differentiation programs and disease targets. Zhen Miao, Michael S Balzer, Ziyuan Ma, Hongbo Liu, Junnan Wu, Rojesh Shrestha, Tamas Aranyi, Amy Kwan, Ayano Kondo, Marco Pontoglio, Junhyong Kim, Mingyao Li, Klaus H Kaestner, Katalin Susztak. Nature communications (2021)

Defining the lineage of thermogenic perivascular adipose tissue.
Angueira AR, Sakers AP, Holman CD, Cheng L, Arbocco MN, Shamsi F, Lynes MD, Shrestha R, Okada C, Batmanov K, Susztak K, Tseng YH, Liaw L, Seale P.
Nat Metab. 2021 Apr 12. doi: 10.1038/s42255-021-00380-0. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33846639

APOL1 at ten years: Progress and next steps.
Freedman BI, Kopp JB, Sampson MG, Susztak K.
Kidney Int. 2021 Mar 29:S0085-2538(21)00300-8. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.03.013. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33794228

How to Get Started with Single Cell RNA Sequencing Data Analysis.
Balzer MS, Ma Z, Zhou J, Abedini A, Susztak K.
J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Mar 15:ASN.2020121742. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020121742. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33722930 Review.

Urinary Single-Cell Profiling Captures the Cellular Diversity of the Kidney.
Abedini A, Zhu YO, Chatterjee S, Halasz G, Devalaraja-Narashimha K, Shrestha R, Balzer MS, Park J, Zhou T, Ma Z, Sullivan KM, Hu H, Sheng X, Liu H, Wei Y, Boustany-Kari CM, Patel U, Almaani S, Palmer M, Townsend R, Blady S, Hogan J; TRIDENT Study Investigators,, Morton L, Susztak K; TRIDENT Study Investigators.
J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Mar;32(3):614-627. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020050757. Epub 2021 Feb 2. PMID: 33531352

Renal tubule Cpt1a overexpression protects from kidney fibrosis by restoring mitochondrial homeostasis.
Miguel V, Tituaña J, Herrero JI, Herrero L, Serra D, Cuevas P, Barbas C, Puyol DR, Márquez-Expósito L, Ruiz-Ortega M, Castillo C, Sheng X, Susztak K, Ruiz-Canela M, Salas-Salvadó J, González MAM, Ortega S, Ramos R, Lamas S.
J Clin Invest. 2021 Mar 1;131(5):e140695. doi: 10.1172/JCI140695. PMID: 33465052 Free article.

Kidney disease genetic risk variants alter lysosomal beta-mannosidase (MANBA) expression and disease severity.
Gu X, Yang H, Sheng X, Ko YA, Qiu C, Park J, Huang S, Kember R, Judy RL, Park J, Damrauer SM, Nadkarni G, Loos RJF, My VTH, Chaudhary K, Bottinger EP, Paranjpe I, Saha A, Brown C, Akilesh S, Hung AM, Palmer M, Baras A, Overton JD, Reid J, Ritchie M, Rader DJ, Susztak K.
Sci Transl Med. 2021 Jan 13;13(576):eaaz1458. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaz1458. PMID: 33441424

The Nuclear Receptor ESRRA Protects from Kidney Disease by Coupling Metabolism and Differentiation.
Dhillon P, Park J, Hurtado Del Pozo C, Li L, Doke T, Huang S, Zhao J, Kang HM, Shrestra R, Balzer MS, Chatterjee S, Prado P, Han SY, Liu H, Sheng X, Dierickx P, Batmanov K, Romero JP, Prósper F, Li M, Pei L, Kim J, Montserrat N, Susztak K.
Cell Metab. 2021 Feb 2;33(2):379-394.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2020.11.011. Epub 2020 Dec 9. PMID: 33301705

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Systematic integrated analysis of genetic and epigenetic variation in diabetic kidney disease.
Sheng X, Qiu C, Liu H, Gluck C, Hsu JY, He J, Hsu CY, Sha D, Weir MR, Isakova T, Raj D, Rincon-Choles H, Feldman HI, Townsend R, Li H, Susztak K.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Nov 17;117(46):29013-29024. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2005905117. Epub 2020 Nov 3.PMID: 33144501
 
The transcriptomic signature of the aging podocyte.
Mukhi D, Susztak K.
Kidney Int. 2020 Nov;98(5):1079-1081. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.08.004.PMID: 33126968
 
Discovery of 318 new risk loci for type 2 diabetes and related vascular outcomes among 1.4 million participants in a multi-ancestry meta-analysis.
Vujkovic M, Keaton JM, Lynch JA, Miller DR, Zhou J, Tcheandjieu C, Huffman JE, Assimes TL, Lorenz K, Zhu X, Hilliard AT, Judy RL, Huang J, Lee KM, Klarin D, Pyarajan S, Danesh J, Melander O, Rasheed A, Mallick NH, Hameed S, Qureshi IH, Afzal MN, Malik U, Jalal A, Abbas S, Sheng X, Gao L, Kaestner KH, Susztak K, Sun YV, DuVall SL, Cho K, Lee JS, Gaziano JM, Phillips LS, Meigs JB, Reaven PD, Wilson PW, Edwards TL, Rader DJ, Damrauer SM, O'Donnell CJ, Tsao PS; HPAP Consortium; Regeneron Genetics Center; VA Million Veteran Program, Chang KM, Voight BF, Saleheen D.
Nat Genet. 2020 Jul;52(7):680-691. doi: 10.1038/s41588-020-0637-y. Epub 2020 Jun 15.PMID: 32541925 Free PMC article.
 
Loss of IL-27Rα Results in Enhanced Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis Associated with Elevated Th17 Responses.
Coppock GM, Aronson LR, Park J, Qiu C, Park J, DeLong JH, Radaelli E, Suszták K, Hunter CA.J 
Immunol. 2020 Jul 15;205(2):377-386. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1901463. Epub 2020 Jun 10.PMID: 32522836
 
The interdependence of renal epithelial and endothelial metabolism and cell state.
Balzer MS, Susztak K.
Sci Signal. 2020 Jun 9;13(635):eabb8834. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.abb8834.PMID: 32518144 Review.
 
Unravelling the complex genetics of common kidney diseases: from variants to mechanisms.
Sullivan KM, Susztak K.
Nat Rev Nephrol. 2020 Nov;16(11):628-640. doi: 10.1038/s41581-020-0298-1. Epub 2020 Jun 8.PMID: 32514149 Review.
 
Complexities of Understanding Function from CKD-Associated DNA Variants.
Lin J, Susztak K.
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Jul 1;15(7):1028-1040. doi: 10.2215/CJN.15771219. Epub 2020 Jun 8.PMID: 32513823
 
Deep learning enables accurate clustering with batch effect removal in single-cell RNA-seq analysis.
Li X, Wang K, Lyu Y, Pan H, Zhang J, Stambolian D, Susztak K, Reilly MP, Hu G, Li M.
Nat Commun. 2020 May 11;11(1):2338. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15851-3.PMID: 32393754 Free PMC article.
 
ASEP: Gene-based detection of allele-specific expression across individuals in a population by RNA sequencing.
Fan J, Hu J, Xue C, Zhang H, Susztak K, Reilly MP, Xiao R, Li M.
PLoS Genet. 2020 May 11;16(5):e1008786. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008786. eCollection 2020 May.PMID: 32392242 Free PMC article.

The Feasibility and Safety of Obtaining Research Kidney Biopsy Cores in Patients with Diabetes: An Interim Analysis of the TRIDENT Study.
Hogan JJ, Owen JG, Blady SJ, Almaani S, Avasare RS, Bansal S, Lenz O, Luciano RL, Parikh SV, Ross MJ, Sharma D, Szerlip H, Wadhwani S, Townsend RR, Palmer MB, Susztak K, Mottl AK; TRIDENT Study Investigators.
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Jul 1;15(7):1024-1026. doi: 10.2215/CJN.13061019. Epub 2020 Apr 27.PMID: 32341009 No abstract available.
 
A kinome-wide screen identifies a CDKL5-SOX9 regulatory axis in epithelial cell death and kidney injury.
Kim JY, Bai Y, Jayne LA, Hector RD, Persaud AK, Ong SS, Rojesh S, Raj R, Feng MJHH, Chung S, Cianciolo RE, Christman JW, Campbell MJ, Gardner DS, Baker SD, Sparreboom A, Govindarajan R, Singh H, Chen T, Poi M, Susztak K, Cobb SR, Pabla NS.
Nat Commun. 2020 Apr 21;11(1):1924. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15638-6.PMID: 32317630 Free PMC article.
 
It Takes Two to Tango: The Role of Dysregulated Metabolism and Inflammation in Kidney Disease Development.
Quinn GZ, Dhillon P, Susztak K.
Semin Nephrol. 2020 Mar;40(2):199-205. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2020.01.010.PMID: 32303282 Free PMC article. Review.
 
Single cell transcriptomics identifies a unique adipose lineage cell population that regulates bone marrow environment.
Zhong L, Yao L, Tower RJ, Wei Y, Miao Z, Park J, Shrestha R, Wang L, Yu W, Holdreith N, Huang X, Zhang Y, Tong W, Gong Y, Ahn J, Susztak K, Dyment N, Li M, Long F, Chen C, Seale P, Qin L.
Elife. 2020 Apr 14;9:e54695. doi: 10.7554/eLife.54695.PMID: 32286228 Free PMC article.
 
Phenome-wide association analysis suggests the APOL1 linked disease spectrum primarily drives kidney-specific pathways.
Bajaj A, Ihegword A, Qiu C, Small AM, Wei WQ, Bastarache L, Feng Q, Kember RL, Risman M, Bloom RD, Birtwell DL, Williams H, Shaffer CM, Chen J, Center RG, Denny JC, Rader DJ, Stein CM, Damrauer SM, Susztak K.
Kidney Int. 2020 May;97(5):1032-1041. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.01.027. Epub 2020 Feb 17.PMID: 32247630
 
Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b-Decommissioned Fetal Enhancers are Linked to Kidney Disease.
Guan Y, Liu H, Ma Z, Li SY, Park J, Sheng X, Susztak K.J
Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Apr;31(4):765-782. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2019080797. Epub 2020 Mar 3.PMID: 32127410 Free PMC article.
 
Inhibition of Endothelial PHD2 Suppresses Post-Ischemic Kidney Inflammation through Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1.
Rajendran G, Schonfeld MP, Tiwari R, Huang S, Torosyan R, Fields T, Park J, Susztak K, Kapitsinou PP.J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Mar;31(3):501-516. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2019050523. Epub 2020 Jan 29.PMID: 31996410 
 
Iterative transfer learning with neural network for clustering and cell type classification in single-cell RNA-seq analysis.
Hu J, Li X, Hu G, Lyu Y, Susztak K, Li M.
Nat Mach Intell. 2020 Oct;2(10):607-618. doi: 10.1038/s42256-020-00233-7. Epub 2020 Oct 5. PMID: 33817554 Free PMC article.

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Chung KW, Dhillon P, Huang S, et al (2019) Mitochondrial damage and activation of the STING pathway lead to renal inflammation and fibrosis. Cell Metab 30:784-799.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2019.08.003

Park J, Guan Y, Sheng X, et al (2019) Functional methylome analysis of human diabetic kidney disease. JCI Insight

Gluck C, Qiu C, Han SY, et al (2019) Kidney cytosine methylation changes improve renal function decline estimation in patients with diabetic kidney disease. Nat Commun 10:2461. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10378-8

Li S-Y, Park J, Guan Y, et al (2019) DNMT1 in six2 progenitor cells is essential for transposable element silencing and kidney development. J Am Soc Nephrol 30:594–609. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2018070687

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Park J, Shrestha R, Qiu C, et al (2018) Single-cell transcriptomics of the mouse kidney reveals potential cellular targets of kidney disease. Science 360:758–763. doi: 10.1126/science.aar2131

Qiu C, Huang S, Park J, et al (2018) Renal compartment-specific genetic variation analyses identify new pathways in chronic kidney disease. Nat Med 24:1721–1731. doi: 10.1038/s41591-018-0194-4

Qiu C, Hanson RL, Fufaa G, et al (2018) Cytosine methylation predicts renal function decline in American Indians. Kidney Int 93:1417–1431. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2018.01.036

Huang S, Park J, Qiu C, et al (2018) Jagged1/Notch2 controls kidney fibrosis via Tfam-mediated metabolic reprogramming. PLoS Biol 16:e2005233. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005233

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1. Bhagat TD, Zou Y, Huang S, Park J, Palmer MB, Hu C, Li W, Shenoy N, Giricz O, Choudhary G, Yu Y, Ko YA, Izquierdo MC, Park AS, Vallumsetla N, Laurence R, Lopez R, Suzuki M, Pullman J, Kaner J, Gartrell B, Hakimi AA, Greally JM, Patel B, Benhadji K, Pradhan K, Verma A, Susztak K. Notch Pathway Is Activated via Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations and Is a Therapeutic Target in Clear Cell Renal Cancer. J Biol Chem. 2017 Jan 20;292(3):837-846. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.745208. Epub 2016 Dec 1. PubMed PMID: 27909050.
2. Lee HW, Khan SQ, Khaliqdina S, Altintas MM, Grahammer F, Zhao JL, Koh KH, Tardi NJ, Faridi MH, Geraghty T, Cimbaluk DJ, Susztak K, Moita LF, Baltimore D, Tharaux PL, Huber TB, Kretzler M, Bitzer M, Reiser J, Gupta V. Absence of miR-146a in Podocytes Increases Risk of Diabetic Glomerulopathy via Up-regulation of ErbB4 and Notch-1. J Biol Chem. 2017 Jan 13;292(2):732-747. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.753822. Epub 2016 Dec 2. PubMed PMID: 27913625.
3. Breyer MD, Susztak K. Developing Treatments for Chronic Kidney Disease in the 21st Century. Semin Nephrol. 2016 Nov;36(6):436-447. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2016.08.001. Review. PubMed PMID: 27987541.
4. Li M, Carey J, Cristiano S, Susztak K, Coresh J, Boerwinkle E, Kao WH, Beaty TH, Köttgen A, Scharpf RB. Genome-Wide Association of Copy Number Polymorphisms and Kidney Function. PLoS One. 2017 Jan 30;12(1):e0170815. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170815. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28135296.
5. Beckerman P, Bi-Karchin J, Park AS, Qiu C, Dummer PD, Soomro I, Boustany-Kari CM, Pullen SS, Miner JH, Hu CA, Rohacs T, Inoue K, Ishibe S, Saleem MA, Palmer MB, Cuervo AM, Kopp JB, Susztak K. Transgenic expression of human APOL1 risk variants in podocytes induces kidney disease in mice. Nat Med. 2017 Apr;23(4):429-438. doi: 10.1038/nm.4287. Epub 2017 Feb 20. PubMed PMID: 28218918.
6. Gluck C, Ko YA, Susztak K. Precision Medicine Approaches to Diabetic Kidney Disease: Tissue as an Issue. Curr Diab Rep. 2017 May;17(5):30. doi: 10.1007/s11892-017-0854-7. Review.PubMed PMID: 28364354.
7. Heymann J, Winkler CA, Hoek M, Susztak K, Kopp JB. Therapeutics for APOL1 nephropathies: putting out the fire in the podocyte. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2017 Jan 1;32(suppl_1):i65-i70. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfw402. PubMed PMID: 28391347.
8. Scerbo D, Son NH, Sirwi A, Zeng L, Sas KM, Cifarelli V, Schoiswohl G, Huggins LA, Gumaste N, Hu Y, Pennathur S, Abumrad NA, Kershaw EE, Hussain MM, Susztak K, Goldberg IJ. Kidney triglyceride accumulation in the fasted mouse is dependent upon serum free fatty acids. J Lipid Res. 2017 Apr 12. pii: jlr.M074427. doi: 10.1194/jlr.M074427. PubMed PMID: 28404638.

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1. Breyer MD, Susztak K. Developing Treatments for Chronic Kidney Disease in the 21st Century. Semin Nephrol. 2016 Nov;36(6):436-447. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2016.08.001. Review. PubMed PMID: 27987541.
2. Lee HW, Khan SQ, Khaliqdina S, Altintas MM, Grahammer F, Zhao JL, Koh K, Tardi NJ, Faridi MH, Geraghty T, Cimbaluk DJ, Susztak K, Moita LF, Baltimore D, Tharaux PL, Huber TB, Kretzler M, Bitzer M, Reiser J, Gupta V. Absence of miR-146a in podocytes increases risk of diabetic glomerulopathy via upregulation of erbb4 and notch-1. J Biol Chem. 2016 Dec 2. pii: jbc.M116.753822. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27913625.
3. Bhagat TD, Zou Y, Huang S, Park J, Palmer MB, Hu C, Li W, Shenoy N, Giricz O, Choudhary G, Yu Y, Ko YA, Izquierdo MC, Park AS, Vallumsetla N, Laurence R, Lopez R, Suzuki M, Pullman J, Kaner J, Gartrell B, Hakimi AA, Greally JM, Patel B, Benhadji K, Pradhan K, Verma A, Susztak K. Notch pathway is activated via genetic and epigenetic alterations and is a therapeutic target in clear cell renal cancer. J Biol Chem. 2016 Dec 1. pii: jbc.M116.745208. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27909050.
4. Li SY, Susztak K. The long noncoding RNA Tug1 connects metabolic changes with kidney disease in podocytes. J Clin Invest. 2016 Nov 1;126(11):4072-4075. doi: 10.1172/JCI90828. PubMed PMID: 27760046; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5096895.
5. Breyer MD, Susztak K. The next generation of therapeutics for chronic kidney disease. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2016 Aug;15(8):568-88. doi: 10.1038/nrd.2016.67. PubMed PMID: 27230798.
6. Akchurin O, Du Z, Ramkellawan N, Dalal V, Han SH, Pullman J, Müsch A, Susztak K, Reidy KJ. Partitioning-Defective 1a/b Depletion Impairs Glomerular and Proximal Tubule Development. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Dec;27(12):3725-3737. PubMed PMID: 27185860; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5118470.
7. Edeling M, Ragi G, Huang S, Pavenstädt H, Susztak K. Developmental signalling pathways in renal fibrosis: the roles of Notch, Wnt and Hedgehog. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2016 Jul;12(7):426-39. doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2016.54. Review. PubMed PMID: 27140856.
8. Li SY, Susztak K. Fat Burning Problem in Cystic Kidneys: an Emerging Common Mechanism of Chronic Kidney Disease. EBioMedicine. 2016 Feb 23;5:22-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.02.035. PubMed PMID: 27077105; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4816831.
9. Lin JS, Susztak K. Podocytes: the Weakest Link in Diabetic Kidney Disease? Curr Diab Rep. 2016 May;16(5):45. doi: 10.1007/s11892-016-0735-5. Review. PubMed PMID: 27053072; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5064850.
10. Pattaro C, Teumer A, Gorski M, Chu AY, Li M, Mijatovic V, Garnaas M, Tin A, Sorice R, Li Y, Taliun D, Olden M, Foster M, Yang Q, Chen MH, Pers TH, Johnson AD, Ko YA, Fuchsberger C, Tayo B, Nalls M, Feitosa MF, Isaacs A, Dehghan A, d'Adamo P, Adeyemo A, Dieffenbach AK, Zonderman AB, Nolte IM, van der Most PJ, Wright AF, Shuldiner AR, Morrison AC, Hofman A, Smith AV, Dreisbach AW, Franke A, Uitterlinden AG, Metspalu A, Tonjes A, Lupo A, Robino A, Johansson Å, Demirkan A, Kollerits B, Freedman BI, Ponte B, Oostra BA, Paulweber B, Krämer BK, Mitchell BD, Buckley BM, Peralta CA, Hayward C, Helmer C, Rotimi CN, Shaffer CM, Müller C, Sala C, van Duijn CM, Saint-Pierre A, Ackermann D, Shriner D, Ruggiero D, Toniolo D, Lu Y, Cusi D, Czamara D, Ellinghaus D, Siscovick DS, Ruderfer D, Gieger C, Grallert H, Rochtchina E, Atkinson EJ, Holliday EG, Boerwinkle E, Salvi E, Bottinger EP, Murgia F, Rivadeneira F, Ernst F, Kronenberg F, Hu FB, Navis GJ, Curhan GC, Ehret GB, Homuth G, Coassin S, Thun GA, Pistis G, Gambaro G, Malerba G, Montgomery GW, Eiriksdottir G, Jacobs G, Li G, Wichmann HE, Campbell H, Schmidt H, Wallaschofski H, Völzke H, Brenner H, Kroemer HK, Kramer H, Lin H, Leach IM, Ford I, Guessous I, Rudan I, Prokopenko I, Borecki I, Heid IM, Kolcic I, Persico I, Jukema JW, Wilson JF, Felix JF, Divers J, Lambert JC, Stafford JM, Gaspoz JM, Smith JA, Faul JD, Wang JJ, Ding J, Hirschhorn JN, Attia J, Whitfield JB, Chalmers J, Viikari J, Coresh J, Denny JC, Karjalainen J, Fernandes JK, Endlich K, Butterbach K, Keene KL, Lohman K, Portas L, Launer LJ, Lyytikäinen LP, Yengo L, Franke L, Ferrucci L, Rose LM, Kedenko L, Rao M, Struchalin M, Kleber ME, Cavalieri M, Haun M, Cornelis MC, Ciullo M, Pirastu M, de Andrade M, McEvoy MA, Woodward M, Adam M, Cocca M, Nauck M, Imboden M, Waldenberger M, Pruijm M, Metzger M, Stumvoll M, Evans MK, Sale MM, Kähönen M, Boban M, Bochud M, Rheinberger M, Verweij N, Bouatia-Naji N, Martin NG, Hastie N, Probst-Hensch N, Soranzo N, Devuyst O, Raitakari O, Gottesman O, Franco OH, Polasek O, Gasparini P, Munroe PB, Ridker PM, Mitchell P, Muntner P, Meisinger C, Smit JH; ICBP Consortium.; AGEN Consortium.; CARDIOGRAM.; CHARGe-Heart Failure Group.; ECHOGen Consortium., Kovacs P, Wild PS, Froguel P, Rettig R, Mägi R, Biffar R, Schmidt R, Middelberg RP, Carroll RJ, Penninx BW, Scott RJ, Katz R, Sedaghat S, Wild SH, Kardia SL, Ulivi S, Hwang SJ, Enroth S, Kloiber S, Trompet S, Stengel B, Hancock SJ, Turner ST, Rosas SE, Stracke S, Harris TB, Zeller T, Zemunik T, Lehtimäki T, Illig T, Aspelund T, Nikopensius T, Esko T, Tanaka T, Gyllensten U, Völker U, Emilsson V, Vitart V, Aalto V, Gudnason V, Chouraki V, Chen WM, Igl W, März W, Koenig W, Lieb W, Loos RJ, Liu Y, Snieder H, Pramstaller PP, Parsa A, O'Connell JR, Susztak K, Hamet P, Tremblay J, de Boer IH, Böger CA, Goessling W, Chasman DI, Köttgen A, Kao WH, Fox CS. Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function. Nat Commun. 2016 Jan 21;7:10023. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10023. PubMed PMID: 26831199; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4735748.
11. Reiner AP, Susztak K. APOL1 Variants: From Parasites to Kidney Function to Cardiovascular Disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2016 Feb;36(2):219-20. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.115.306794. PubMed PMID: 26819463; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4732577.
12. Kang HM, Huang S, Reidy K, Han SH, Chinga F, Susztak K. Sox9-Positive Progenitor Cells Play a Key Role in Renal Tubule Epithelial Regeneration in Mice. Cell Rep. 2016 Feb 2;14(4):861-71. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.12.071. PubMed PMID: 26776520; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4854207.
13. Huang S, Susztak K. Epithelial Plasticity versus EMT in Kidney Fibrosis. Trends Mol Med. 2016 Jan;22(1):4-6. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2015.11.009. PubMed PMID: 26700490; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4854190.
14. Teumer A, Tin A, Sorice R, Gorski M, Yeo NC, Chu AY, Li M, Li Y, Mijatovic V, Ko YA, Taliun D, Luciani A, Chen MH, Yang Q, Foster MC, Olden M, Hiraki LT, Tayo BO, Fuchsberger C, Dieffenbach AK, Shuldiner AR, Smith AV, Zappa AM, Lupo A, Kollerits B, Ponte B, Stengel B, Krämer BK, Paulweber B, Mitchell BD, Hayward C, Helmer C, Meisinger C, Gieger C, Shaffer CM, Müller C, Langenberg C, Ackermann D, Siscovick D; DCCT/EDIC., Boerwinkle E, Kronenberg F, Ehret GB, Homuth G, Waeber G, Navis G, Gambaro G, Malerba G, Eiriksdottir G, Li G, Wichmann HE, Grallert H, Wallaschofski H, Völzke H, Brenner H, Kramer H, Mateo Leach I, Rudan I, Hillege HL, Beckmann JS, Lambert JC, Luan J, Zhao JH, Chalmers J, Coresh J, Denny JC, Butterbach K, Launer LJ, Ferrucci L, Kedenko L, Haun M, Metzger M, Woodward M, Hoffman MJ, Nauck M, Waldenberger M, Pruijm M, Bochud M, Rheinberger M, Verweij N, Wareham NJ, Endlich N, Soranzo N, Polasek O, van der Harst P, Pramstaller PP, Vollenweider P, Wild PS, Gansevoort RT, Rettig R, Biffar R, Carroll RJ, Katz R, Loos RJ, Hwang SJ, Coassin S, Bergmann S, Rosas SE, Stracke S, Harris TB, Corre T, Zeller T, Illig T, Aspelund T, Tanaka T, Lendeckel U, Völker U, Gudnason V, Chouraki V, Koenig W, Kutalik Z, O'Connell JR, Parsa A, Heid IM, Paterson AD, de Boer IH, Devuyst O, Lazar J, Endlich K, Susztak K, Tremblay J, Hamet P, Jacob HJ, Böger CA, Fox CS, Pattaro C, Köttgen A. Genome-wide Association Studies Identify Genetic Loci Associated With Albuminuria in Diabetes. Diabetes. 2016 Mar;65(3):803-17. doi: 10.2337/db15-1313. PubMed PMID: 26631737; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4764151.
15. Hakimi AA, Ostrovnaya I, Jacobsen A, Susztak K, Coleman JA, Russo P, Winer AG, Mano R, Sankin AI, Motzer RJ, Voss MH, Offit K, Purdue M, Pomerantz M, Freedman M, Choueiri TK, Hsieh JJ, Klein RJ. Validation and genomic interrogation of the MET variant rs11762213 as a predictor of adverse outcomes in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Cancer. 2016 Feb 1;122(3):402-10. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29765. PubMed PMID: 26505625; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4803437.
16. Han SH, Malaga-Dieguez L, Chinga F, Kang HM, Tao J, Reidy K, Susztak K. Deletion of Lkb1 in Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells Leads to CKD by Altering Metabolism. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Feb;27(2):439-53. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2014121181. PubMed PMID: 26054542; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4731117.

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1. Kang HM, Huang S, Reidy K, Han SH, Chinga F, Susztak K. Sox9-Positive Progenitor Cells Play a Key Role in Renal Tubule Epithelial Regeneration in Mice. Cell Rep. 2016 Feb 2;14(4):861-71. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.12.071. PubMed PMID: 26776520; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4854207.
2. Huang S, Susztak K. Epithelial Plasticity versus EMT in Kidney Fibrosis. Trends Mol Med. 2016 Jan;22(1):4-6. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2015.11.009. PubMed PMID: 26700490; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4854190.
3. Lin J, Zhang X, Xue C, Zhang H, Shashaty MG, Gosai SJ, Meyer N, Grazioli A, Hinkle C, Caughey J, Li W, Susztak K, Gregory BD, Li M, Reilly MP. The long noncoding RNA landscape in hypoxic and inflammatory renal epithelial injury. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2015 Dec 1;309(11):F901-13. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00290.2015. PubMed PMID: 26400545; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4669357.
4. Sweetwyne MT, Gruenwald A, Niranjan T, Nishinakamura R, Strobl LJ, Susztak K. Notch1 and Notch2 in Podocytes Play Differential Roles During Diabetic Nephropathy Development. Diabetes. 2015 Dec;64(12):4099-111. doi: 10.2337/db15-0260. PubMed PMID: 26293507; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4657584.
5. Shenoy N, Vallumsetla N, Zou Y, Galeas JN, Shrivastava M, Hu C, Susztak K, Verma A. Role of DNA methylation in renal cell carcinoma. J Hematol Oncol. 2015 Jul 22;8:88. doi: 10.1186/s13045-015-0180-y. Review. PubMed PMID: 26198328; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4511443.
6. Na J, Sweetwyne MT, Park AS, Susztak K, Cagan RL. Diet-Induced Podocyte Dysfunction in Drosophila and Mammals. Cell Rep. 2015 Jul 28;12(4):636-47. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.06.056. PubMed PMID: 26190114; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4532696.
7. Stadler K, Goldberg IJ, Susztak K. The evolving understanding of the contribution of lipid metabolism to diabetic kidney disease. Curr Diab Rep. 2015 Jul;15(7):40. doi: 10.1007/s11892-015-0611-8. Review. PubMed PMID: 25957525; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4548922.
8. Thomas MC, Brownlee M, Susztak K, Sharma K, Jandeleit-Dahm KA, Zoungas S, Rossing P, Groop PH, Cooper ME. Diabetic kidney disease. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2015 Jul 30;1:15018. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2015.18. PubMed PMID: 27188921.
9. Germain M, Pezzolesi MG, Sandholm N, McKnight AJ, Susztak K, Lajer M, Forsblom C, Marre M, Parving HH, Rossing P, Toppila I, Skupien J, Roussel R, Ko YA, Ledo N, Folkersen L, Civelek M, Maxwell AP, Tregouet DA, Groop PH, Tarnow L, Hadjadj S. SORBS1 gene, a new candidate for diabetic nephropathy: results from a multi-stage genome-wide association study in patients with type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia. 2015 Mar;58(3):543-8. doi: 10.1007/s00125-014-3459-6. PubMed PMID: 25476525.
10. Kang HM, Ahn SH, Choi P, Ko YA, Han SH, Chinga F, Park AS, Tao J, Sharma K, Pullman J, Bottinger EP, Goldberg IJ, Susztak K. Defective fatty acid oxidation in renal tubular epithelial cells has a key role in kidney fibrosis development. Nat Med. 2015 Jan;21(1):37-46. doi: 10.1038/nm.3762. PubMed PMID: 25419705; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4444078.
11. Ledo N, Ko YA, Park AS, Kang HM, Han SY, Choi P, Susztak K. Functional genomic annotation of genetic risk loci highlights inflammation and epithelial biology networks in CKD. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Mar;26(3):692-714. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2014010028. PubMed PMID: 25231882; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4341476.
     

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1. Sweetwyne MT, Tao J, Susztak K. Kick it up a notch: Notch signaling and kidney fibrosis. Kidney Int Suppl (2011). 2014 Nov;4(1):91-96. Review. PubMed PMID: 26312157; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4536967.
2. Han SH, Malaga-Dieguez L, Chinga F, Kang HM, Tao J, Reidy K, Susztak K. Deletion of Lkb1 in Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells Leads to CKD by Altering Metabolism. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Feb;27(2):439-53. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2014121181. PubMed PMID: 26054542; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4731117.
3. Susztak K, Cifra A. 'Back and forth' from models to patients to understand kidney disease: an interview with Katalin Susztak. Dis Model Mech. 2014 Dec;7(12):1317-9. doi: 10.1242/dmm.018911. PubMed PMID: 25481011; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4257000.
4. Ledo N, Ko YA, Park AS, Kang HM, Han SY, Choi P, Susztak K. Functional genomic annotation of genetic risk loci highlights inflammation and epithelial biology networks in CKD. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Mar;26(3):692-714. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2014010028. PubMed PMID: 25231882; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4341476.
5. Scharpf RB, Mireles L, Yang Q, Köttgen A, Ruczinski I, Susztak K, Halper-Stromberg E, Tin A, Cristiano S, Chakravarti A, Boerwinkle E, Fox CS, Coresh J, Linda Kao WH. Copy number polymorphisms near SLC2A9 are associated with serum uric acid concentrations. BMC Genet. 2014 Jul 9;15:81. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-15-81. PubMed PMID: 25007794; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4118309.
6. Hu CY, Mohtat D, Yu Y, Ko YA, Shenoy N, Bhattacharya S, Izquierdo MC, Park AS, Giricz O, Vallumsetla N, Gundabolu K, Ware K, Bhagat TD, Suzuki M, Pullman J, Liu XS, Greally JM, Susztak K, Verma A. Kidney cancer is characterized by aberrant methylation of tissue-specific enhancers that are prognostic for overall survival. Clin Cancer Res. 2014 Aug 15;20(16):4349-60. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-14-0494. PubMed PMID: 24916699; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4424050.
7. Reidy K, Kang HM, Hostetter T, Susztak K. Molecular mechanisms of diabetic kidney disease. J Clin Invest. 2014 Jun;124(6):2333-40. doi: 10.1172/JCI72271. Review. PubMed PMID: 24892707; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4089448.
8. Beckerman P, Susztak K. Sweet debate: fructose versus glucose in diabetic kidney disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Nov;25(11):2386-8. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2014050433. PubMed PMID: 24876119; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4214542.
9. Beckerman P, Ko YA, Susztak K. Epigenetics: a new way to look at kidney diseases. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014 Oct;29(10):1821-7. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfu026. Review. PubMed PMID: 24675284; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4173816.
10. Wing MR, Devaney JM, Joffe MM, Xie D, Feldman HI, Dominic EA, Guzman NJ, Ramezani A, Susztak K, Herman JG, Cope L, Harmon B, Kwabi-Addo B, Gordish-Dressman H, Go AS, He J, Lash JP, Kusek JW, Raj DS; Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study.. DNA methylation profile associated with rapid decline in kidney function: findings from the CRIC study. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014 Apr;29(4):864-72. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gft537. PubMed PMID: 24516231; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3967834.
11. Dember LM, Susztak K. Notch ties a knot on fistula maturation. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Apr;25(4):648-50. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2014010005. PubMed PMID: 24480826; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3968513.
12. Han SH, Susztak K. The hyperglycemic and hyperinsulinemic combo gives you diabetic kidney disease immediately. Focus on "Combined acute hyperglycemic and hyperinsulinemic clamp induced profibrotic and proinflammatory responses in the kidney". Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2014 Feb 1;306(3):C198-9. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00371.2013. PubMed PMID: 24336650; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3919999.
13. Tao J, Polumbo C, Reidy K, Sweetwyne M, Susztak K. A multicolor podocyte reporter highlights heterogeneous podocyte changes in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Kidney Int. 2014 Apr;85(4):972-80. doi: 10.1038/ki.2013.463. PubMed PMID: 24284512; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3987991.
14. Susztak K. Understanding the epigenetic syntax for the genetic alphabet in the kidney. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Jan;25(1):10-7. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2013050461. Review. PubMed PMID: 24179169; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3871782.
     

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1. Hackl MJ, Burford JL, Villanueva K, Lam L, Suszták K, Schermer B, Benzing T, Peti-Peterdi J. Tracking the fate of glomerular epithelial cells in vivo using serial multiphoton imaging in new mouse models with fluorescent lineage tags. Nat Med. 2013 Dec;19(12):1661-6. doi: 10.1038/nm.3405. PubMed PMID: 24270544; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3884556.
2. Malaga-Dieguez L, Susztak K. ADCK4 "reenergizes" nephrotic syndrome. J Clin Invest. 2013 Dec;123(12):4996-9. doi: 10.1172/JCI73168. PubMed PMID: 24270414; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3859427.
3. Nihalani D, Susztak K. Sirt1-Claudin-1 crosstalk regulates renal function. Nat Med. 2013 Nov;19(11):1371-2. doi: 10.1038/nm.3386. PubMed PMID: 24202384.
4. Ko YA, Mohtat D, Suzuki M, Park AS, Izquierdo MC, Han SY, Kang HM, Si H, Hostetter T, Pullman JM, Fazzari M, Verma A, Zheng D, Greally JM, Susztak K. Cytosine methylation changes in enhancer regions of core pro-fibrotic genes characterize kidney fibrosis development. Genome Biol. 2013;14(10):R108. PubMed PMID: 24098934; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4053753.
5. Ko YA, Susztak K. Epigenomics: the science of no-longer-junk DNA. Why study it in chronic kidney disease? Semin Nephrol. 2013 Jul;33(4):354-62. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2013.05.007. Review. PubMed PMID: 24011577; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3815533.
6. Breyer MD, Coffman TM, Flessner MF, Fried LF, Harris RC, Ketchum CJ, Kretzler M, Nelson RG, Sedor JR, Susztak K; Kidney Research National Dialogue (KRND).. Diabetic nephropathy: a national dialogue. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 Sep;8(9):1603-5. doi: 10.2215/CJN.03640413. PubMed PMID: 23788618; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3805071.
7. Sweetwyne MT, Susztak K. For better or worse: a niche for Notch in parietal epithelial cell activation. Kidney Int. 2013 Jun;83(6):988-90. doi: 10.1038/ki.2013.66. PubMed PMID: 23728000; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3671494.
8. Wang Y, Wu B, Chamberlain AA, Lui W, Koirala P, Susztak K, Klein D, Taylor V, Zhou B. Endocardial to myocardial notch-wnt-bmp axis regulates early heart valve development. PLoS One. 2013;8(4):e60244. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060244. PubMed PMID: 23560082; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3613384.
9. Rutkowski JM, Wang ZV, Park AS, Zhang J, Zhang D, Hu MC, Moe OW, Susztak K, Scherer PE. Adiponectin promotes functional recovery after podocyte ablation. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 Feb;24(2):268-82. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2012040414. PubMed PMID: 23334396; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3559480.
10. Kato H, Susztak K. Repair problems in podocytes: Wnt, Notch, and glomerulosclerosis. Semin Nephrol. 2012 Jul;32(4):350-6. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2012.06.006. Review. PubMed PMID: 22958489; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3466477.
11. Huber TB, Edelstein CL, Hartleben B, Inoki K, Jiang M, Koya D, Kume S, Lieberthal W, Pallet N, Quiroga A, Ravichandran K, Susztak K, Yoshida S, Dong Z. Emerging role of autophagy in kidney function, diseases and aging. Autophagy. 2012 Jul 1;8(7):1009-31. doi: 10.4161/auto.19821. Review. PubMed PMID: 22692002; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3429540.
12. Bonegio R, Susztak K. Notch signaling in diabetic nephropathy. Exp Cell Res. 2012 May 15;318(9):986-92. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.02.036. Review. PubMed PMID: 22414874; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3677813.
13. Sirin Y, Susztak K. Notch in the kidney: development and disease. J Pathol. 2012 Jan;226(2):394-403. doi: 10.1002/path.2967. Review. PubMed PMID: 21952830; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3677191.
14. Woroniecka KI, Park AS, Mohtat D, Thomas DB, Pullman JM, Susztak K. Transcriptome analysis of human diabetic kidney disease. Diabetes. 2011 Sep;60(9):2354-69. doi: 10.2337/db10-1181. PubMed PMID: 21752957; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3161334.
15. Kato H, Gruenwald A, Suh JH, Miner JH, Barisoni-Thomas L, Taketo MM, Faul C, Millar SE, Holzman LB, Susztak K. Wnt/β-catenin pathway in podocytes integrates cell adhesion, differentiation, and survival. J Biol Chem. 2011 Jul 22;286(29):26003-15. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.223164. PubMed PMID: 21613219; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3138306.
16. Chang GY, Park AS, Susztak K. Tracing the footsteps of glomerular insulin signaling in diabetic kidney disease. Kidney Int. 2011 Apr;79(8):802-4. doi: 10.1038/ki.2010.559. PubMed PMID: 21451535; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3677185.
17. Woroniecki R, Gaikwad AB, Susztak K. Fetal environment, epigenetics, and pediatric renal disease. Pediatr Nephrol. 2011 May;26(5):705-11. doi: 10.1007/s00467-010-1714-8. Review. PubMed PMID: 21174217; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3063864.
18. Sharma S, Sirin Y, Susztak K. The story of Notch and chronic kidney disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2011 Jan;20(1):56-61. doi: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e3283414c88. Review. PubMed PMID: 21088575; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3164509.
19. Mohtat D, Susztak K. Fine tuning gene expression: the epigenome. Semin Nephrol. 2010 Sep;30(5):468-76. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2010.07.004. Review. Erratum in: Semin Nephrol. 2011 Jan;31(1):123. PubMed PMID: 21044758; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3164355.
20. Bielesz B, Sirin Y, Si H, Niranjan T, Gruenwald A, Ahn S, Kato H, Pullman J, Gessler M, Haase VH, Susztak K. Epithelial Notch signaling regulates interstitial fibrosis development in the kidneys of mice and humans. J Clin Invest. 2010 Nov;120(11):4040-54. doi: 10.1172/JCI43025. PubMed PMID: 20978353; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2964979.
21. Ahn SH, Susztak K. Getting a notch closer to understanding diabetic kidney disease. Diabetes. 2010 Aug;59(8):1865-7. doi: 10.2337/db10-0077. PubMed PMID: 20668292; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2911058.
22. Murea M, Park JK, Sharma S, Kato H, Gruenwald A, Niranjan T, Si H, Thomas DB, Pullman JM, Melamed ML, Susztak K. Expression of Notch pathway proteins correlates with albuminuria, glomerulosclerosis, and renal function. Kidney Int. 2010 Sep;78(5):514-22. doi: 10.1038/ki.2010.172. PubMed PMID: 20531454; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3164583.
23. Chua S Jr, Li Y, Liu SM, Liu R, Chan KT, Martino J, Zheng Z, Susztak K, D'Agati VD, Gharavi AG. A susceptibility gene for kidney disease in an obese mouse model of type II diabetes maps to chromosome 8. Kidney Int. 2010 Sep;78(5):453-62. doi: 10.1038/ki.2010.160. PubMed PMID: 20520596; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3998677.
24. Reidy K, Susztak K. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and podocyte loss in diabetic kidney disease. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Oct;54(4):590-3. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.07.003. PubMed PMID: 19781451; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2761212.
25. Brosius FC 3rd, Alpers CE, Bottinger EP, Breyer MD, Coffman TM, Gurley SB, Harris RC, Kakoki M, Kretzler M, Leiter EH, Levi M, McIndoe RA, Sharma K, Smithies O, Susztak K, Takahashi N, Takahashi T; Animal Models of Diabetic Complications Consortium.. Mouse models of diabetic nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Dec;20(12):2503-12. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2009070721. Review. PubMed PMID: 19729434; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4075053.
26. Niranjan T, Murea M, Susztak K. The pathogenic role of Notch activation in podocytes. Nephron Exp Nephrol. 2009;111(4):e73-9. doi: 10.1159/000209207. Review. PubMed PMID: 19293596; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2851161.
27. Si H, Banga RS, Kapitsinou P, Ramaiah M, Lawrence J, Kambhampati G, Gruenwald A, Bottinger E, Glicklich D, Tellis V, Greenstein S, Thomas DB, Pullman J, Fazzari M, Susztak K. Human and murine kidneys show gender- and species-specific gene expression differences in response to injury. PLoS One. 2009;4(3):e4802. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004802. PubMed PMID: 19277126; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2652077.
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29. Lorenzen J, Shah R, Biser A, Staicu SA, Niranjan T, Garcia AM, Gruenwald A, Thomas DB, Shatat IF, Supe K, Woroniecki RP, Susztak K. The role of osteopontin in the development of albuminuria. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 May;19(5):884-90. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2007040486. PubMed PMID: 18443355; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2386721.
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