Uric acid causes kidney injury through inducing fibroblast expansion, Endothelin-1 expression, and inflammation

Direct Action of Endothelin-1 on Podocytes Promotes Diabetic Glomerulosclerosis

(2014) O. Lenoir et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

ET-1 deletion from endothelial cells protects the kidney during the extension phase of ischemia/reperfusion injury

(2012) Nur Arfian et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Uric Acid Induces Renal Inflammation via Activating Tubular NF-κB Signaling Pathway

(2012) Yang Zhou et al.   PLoS One

Dysfunction of fibroblasts of extrarenal origin underlies renal fibrosis and renal anemia in mice

(2011) Nariaki Asada et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

The origin of interstitial myofibroblasts in chronic kidney disease

(2011) Ivica Grgic et al.   PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY

Uric acid promotes an acute inflammatory response to sterile cell death in mice

(2010) Hajime Kono et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Uric acid stimulates endothelin-1 gene expression associated with NADPH oxidase in human aortic smooth muscle cells

(2009) Hung-hsing Chao et al.   ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA SINICA

Fate Tracing Reveals the Pericyte and Not Epithelial Origin of Myofibroblasts in Kidney Fibrosis

(2009) Benjamin D. Humphreys et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Uric acid stimulates vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and oxidative stress via the vascular renin–angiotensin system

(2009) Dalila B Corry et al.   JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Pericytes and Perivascular Fibroblasts Are the Primary Source of Collagen-Producing Cells in Obstructive Fibrosis of the Kidney

(2008) Shuei-Liong Lin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Uric acid: bystander or culprit in hypertension and progressive renal disease?

(2008) Paolo Menè et al.   JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Elevated Uric Acid Increases the Risk for Kidney Disease

(2008) R. P. Obermayr et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Uric Acid and Cardiovascular Risk

(2008) Daniel I. Feig et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE