Cell junction-associated proteins IQGAP1, MAGI-2, CASK, spectrins, and α-actinin are components of the nephrin multiprotein complex

Sanna Lehtonen, Jennifer J. Ryan, Krystyna Kudlicka, +3

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

High‐level expression of naked DNA delivered to rat liver via tail vein injection

Haruhiko Maruyama, Noboru Higuchi, Yuji Nishikawa, +9

The Journal of Gene Medicine

Evidence for megalin-mediated proximal tubular uptake of L-FABP, a carrier of potentially nephrotoxic molecules

Yuko Oyama, T. Takeda, Hitomi Hama, +13

Laboratory Investigation

Renal FunctionMolecular PhysiologyBiochemistryMedicineNephrotoxic Molecules +5

Megalin-mediated endocytosis of cystatin C in proximal tubule cells

Ryohei Kaseda, Noriaki Iino, Michihiro Hosojima, +9

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Molecular PhysiologyEndocytic PathwayIntracellular TraffickingCellular BiochemistryCystatin C +4

Expression of osteopontin in gentamicin-induced acute tubular necrosis and its recovery process

Yuansheng Xie, Shinichi Nishi, Seitaro Iguchi, +10

Kidney International

InflammationPharmacologyRecovery ProcessWound HealingMedicine

Kidney-Targeted Naked DNA Transfer by Retrograde Renal Vein Injection in Rats

Hiroki Maruyama, Noboru Higuchi, Yuji Nishikawa, +7

Human Gene Therapy

Renal PathologyGene DeliveryBiomedical EngineeringGlomerulonephritisRenal Function +17

Regulation of Megalin Expression in Cultured Proximal Tubule Cells by Angiotensin II Type 1A Receptor- and Insulin-Mediated Signaling Cross Talk

Michihiro Hosojima, Hiroyoshi Sato, Keiko Yamamoto, +14

Endocrinology

Glomerular DiseaseCellular PhysiologyInsulin SignalingGlomerulonephritisRenal Function +21

Immune checkpoint inhibitor (nivolumab)-associated kidney injury and the importance of recognizing concomitant medications known to cause acute tubulointerstitial nephritis: a case report

Ryo Koda, Hirofumi Watanabe, Masafumi Tsuchida, +5

BMC Nephrology

High-fat diet in low-dose-streptozotocin-treated heminephrectomized rats induces all features of human type 2 diabetic nephropathy: A new rat model of diabetic nephropathy

Mikio Sugano, Hideyuki Yamato, Tsutomu Hayashi, +10

Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Metabolic SyndromeRenal FunctionMedicineDiabetesPhysiology +10

Significance of Urinary Full-Length and Ectodomain Forms of Megalin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Shinya Ogasawara, Michihiro Hosojima, Ryohei Kaseda, +14

Diabetes Care