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Table 4 List of the top 100 most cited articles

From: The evolution and future of diabetic kidney disease research: a bibliometric analysis

Number

Year

Author

Title

Journal

CT (ACT)

Subcategory

Topic

1

2001

Brenner BM, et al

Effects of losartan on renal and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy

N Engl J Med

4699 (234.95)

CS

RAAS

2

2001

Parving HH, et al

The effect of irbesartan on the development of diabetic nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes

N Engl J Med

2229 (111.45)

CS

RAAS

3

2008

Parving HH, et al

Aliskiren combined with losartan in type 2 diabetes and nephropathy

N Engl J Med

769 (59.15)

CS

RAAS

4

2003

Steffes MW, et al

Sustained effect of intensive treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus on development and progression of diabetic nephropathy - the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) study

JAMA

751 (41.72)

ES

Undefined

5

2006

Susztak K, et al

Glucose-induced reactive oxygen species cause apoptosis of podocytes and podocyte depletion at the onset of diabetic nephropathy

Diabetes

731 (48.73)

MG

OS

6

2000

Ziyadeh FN, et al

Long-term prevention of renal insufficiency excess matrix gene expression and glomerular mesangial matrix expansion by treatment with monoclonal antitransforming growth factor-beta antibody in db/db diabetic mice

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

707 (33.67)

MG

TGF-β

7

2004

de Zeeuw D, et al

Proteinuria, a target for renoprotection in patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy: lessons from RENAAL

Kidney Int

676 (39.76)

CS

RAAS

8

2002

Schrier RW, et al

Effects of aggressive blood pressure control in normotensive type 2 diabetic patients on albuminuria, retinopathy and strokes

Kidney Int

571 (30.05)

CS

BP

9

2013

Fried LF, et al.

Combined angiotensin inhibition for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy

Kidney Int

552 (69.00)

CS

RAAS

10

2004

de Zeeuw D, et al

Albuminuria, a therapeutic target for cardiovascular protection in type 2 diabetic patients with nephropathy

Circulation

544 (32.00)

CS

RAAS

11

2010

Tervaert TWC, et al

Pathologic classification of diabetic nephropathy

J Am Soc Nephrol

539 (49.00)

PP

Undefined

12

2008

Zeisberg EM, et al

Fibroblasts in kidney fibrosis emerge via endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition

J Am Soc Nephrol

533 (40.92)

MG

Fibroblast

13

2007

Kato M, et al

MicroRNA-192 in diabetic kidney glomeruli and its function in TGF-beta-induced collagen expression via inhibition of E-box repressors

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

518 (36.93)

MG

MiR

14

2003

Perkins BA, et al

Regression of microalbuminuria in type 1 diabetes

N Engl J Med

497 (27.61)

CS

T1DM

15

2011

Haller H, et al

Olmesartan for the delay or prevention of microalbuminuria in type 2 diabetes

N Engl J Med

494 (49.40)

CS

RAAS

16

2011

de Boer IH, et al

Temporal trends in the prevalence of diabetic kidney disease in the United States

JAMA

493 (49.30)

ES

Undefined

17

2010

de Zeeuw D, et al

Selective vitamin D receptor activation with paricalcitol for reduction of albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes (VITAL study): a randomised controlled trial

Lancet

482 (43.82)

CS

RAAS

18

2013

de Zeeuw D, et al

Bardoxolone methyl in type 2 diabetes and stage 4 chronic kidney disease

N Engl J Med

476 (59.50)

CS

OS

19

2003

Wendt TM, et al

RAGE drives the development of glomerulosclerosis and implicates podocyte activation in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy

Am J Pathol

438 (24.33)

MG

AGEs/RAGE

20

2009

Kato M, Y, et al

TGF-beta activates Akt kinase through a microRNA-dependent amplifying circuit targeting PTEN

Nat Cell Biol

427 (35.58)

MG

MiR

21

2001

Yamamoto Y, et al

Development and prevention of advanced diabetic nephropathy in RAGE-overexpressing mice

J Clin Invest

390 (19.50)

MG

AGEs/RAGE

22

2005

Gorin Y, et al

Nox4 NAD(P)H oxidase mediates hypertrophy and fibronectin expression in the diabetic kidney

J Biol Chem

382 (23.88)

MG

OS

23

2001

De Vriese, A, et al

Antibodies against vascular endothelial growth factor improve early renal dysfunction in experimental diabetes

J Am Soc Nephrol

361 (18.05)

MG

VEGF

24

2000

Koya D, et al

Amelioration of accelerated diabetic mesangial expansion by treatment with a PKC beta inhibitor in diabetic db/db mice, a rodent model for type 2 diabetes

FASEB J

356 (16.95)

MG

OS

25

2004

Ichihara A, et al

Inhibition of diabetic nephropathy by a decoy peptide corresponding to the “handle” region for nonproteolytic activation of prorenin

J Clin Invest

352 (20.71)

MG

RAAS

26

2009

Groop PH, et al

The presence and severity of chronic kidney disease predicts all-cause mortality in type 1 diabetes

Diabetes

348 (29.00)

ES

Undefined

27

2003

Keane WF, et al

The risk of developing end-stage renal disease in patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy: the RENAAL Study

Kidney Int

345 (19.17)

CS

RAAS

28

1999

Cooper ME, et al

Increased renal expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor VEGFR-2 in experimental diabetes

Diabetes

345 (15.68)

MG

VEGF

29

2015

Kang HM, et al

Defective fatty acid oxidation in renal tubular epithelial cells has a key role in kidney fibrosis development

Nat Med

344 (57.33)

MG

Metabolism

30

2000

Tanji N, et al

Expression of advanced glycation end products and their cellular receptor RAGE in diabetic nephropathy and nondiabetic renal disease

J Am Soc Nephrol

343 (16.33)

MG

AGEs/RAGE

31

2004

Chow F, et al

Macrophages in mouse type 2 diabetic nephropathy: Correlation with diabetic state and progressive renal injury

Kidney Int

341 (20.06)

MG

Inflammation

32

2017

Mann JFE, et al

Liraglutide and renal outcomes in type 2 diabetes

N Engl J Med

337 (84.00)

CS

GLP-1

33

2011

Inoki K, et al

mTORC1 activation in podocytes is a critical step in the development of diabetic nephropathy in mice

J Clin Invest

335 (33.50)

MG

Podocyte

34

2012

Wang B, et al

Suppression of microRNA-29 expression by TGF-beta 1 promotes collagen expression and renal fibrosis

J Am Soc Nephrol

329 (36.44)

MG

MiR

35

2003

Sato A, et al

Effectiveness of aldosterone blockade in patients with diabetic nephropathy

Hypertension

326 (18.11)

CS

RAAS

36

2013

Yale JF, et al

Efficacy and safety of canagliflozin in subjects with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease

Diabetes Obes Metab

324 (40.38)

CS

SGLT-2

37

2011

Godel M, et al

Role of mTOR in podocyte function and diabetic nephropathy in humans and mice

J Clin Invest

316 (31.60)

MG

Podocyte

38

2001

Oldfield MD, et al

Advanced glycation end products cause epithelial-myofibroblast transdifferentiation via the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE)

J Clin Invest

316 (15.80)

MG

AGEs/RAGE

39

2002

Onozato ML, et al

Oxidative stress and nitric oxide synthase in rat diabetic nephropathy: effects of ACEI and ARB

Kidney Int

314 (16.53)

MG

RAAS

40

1999

Murphy M, et al

Suppression subtractive hybridization identifies high glucose levels as a stimulus for expression of connective tissue growth factor and other genes in human mesangial cells

J Biol Chem

313 (14.23)

MG

CTGF

41

2003

Berl T, et al

Cardiovascular outcomes in the Irbesartan Diabetic Nephropathy Trial of patients with type 2 diabetes and overt nephropathy

Ann Intern Med

306 (17.00)

CS

RAAS

42

2000

Riser BL, et al

Regulation of connective tissue growth factor activity in cultured rat mesangial cells and its expression in experimental diabetic glomerulosclerosis

J Am Soc Nephrol

305 (14.52)

MG

CTGF

43

2006

Chow FY, et al

Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 promotes the development of diabetic renal injury in streptozotocin-treated mice

Kidney Int

304 (20.27)

MG

Inflammation

44

2004

Bolton WK, et al

Randomized trial of an inhibitor of formation of advanced glycation end products in diabetic nephropathy

Am J Nephrol

302 (17.76)

CS

AGEs/RAGE

45

2011

Zheng HT, et al

Therapeutic potential of Nrf2 activators in streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy

Diabetes

302 (30.10)

MG

OS

46

2006

Parving HH, et al

Prevalence and risk factors for microalbuminuria in a referred cohort of type II diabetic patients: a global perspective

Kidney Int

299 (19.93)

ES

Undefined

47

2001

Steffes MW, et al

Glomerular cell number in normal subjects and in type 1 diabetic patients

Kidney Int

289 (14.45)

PP

Undefined

48

2008

Wang Q, et al

MicroRNA-377 is up-regulated and can lead to increased fibronectin production in diabetic nephropathy

FASEB J

288 (22.15)

MG

MiR

49

2006

Schmid H, et al

Modular activation of nuclear factor-kappa B transcriptional programs in human diabetic nephropathy

Diabetes

279 (18.60)

MG

TF

50

2010

Mann JFE, et al

Avosentan for overt diabetic nephropathy

J Am Soc Nephrol

277 (25.18)

CS

RAAS

51

2002

Yamagishi S, et al

Advanced glycation end product-induced apoptosis and overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in human-cultured mesangial cells

J Biol Chem

275 (14.47)

MG

AGEs/RAGE

52

2003

Bakris GL, et al

Effects of blood pressure level on progression of diabetic nephropathy - results from the RENAAL study

Arch Intern Med

274 (15.22)

CS

RAAS

53

2007

Isermann B, et al

Activated protein C protects against diabetic nephropathy by inhibiting endothelial and podocyte apoptosis

Nat Med

266 (19.00)

MG

Inflammation

54

2008

Niranjan T, et al

The Notch pathway in podocytes plays a role in the development of glomerular disease

Nat Med

264 (20.23)

MG

Podocyte

55

2007

Nakagawa T, et al

Diabetic endothelial nitric oxide synthase knockout mice develop advanced diabetic nephropathy

J Am Soc Nephrol

262 (18.71)

MG

OS

56

2003

Babaei-Jadidi R, et al

Prevention of incipient diabetic nephropathy by high-dose thiamine and benfotiamine

Diabetes

262 (14.56)

MG

Metabolism

57

2010

Krupa A, et al

Loss of MicroRNA-192 promotes fibrogenesis in diabetic nephropathy

J Am Soc Nephrol

259 (23.55)

MG

MiR

58

2005

Thorn LM, et al

Metabolic syndrome in type 1 diabetes - association with diabetic nephropathy and glycemic control (the FinnDiane study)

Diabetes Care

259 (16.19)

ES

Undefined

59

2003

Doublier S, et al

Nephrin expression is reduced in human diabetic nephropathy - evidence for a distinct role for glycated albumin and angiotensin II

Diabetes

259 (14.39)

MG

Podocyte

60

2009

Coughlan MT, et al

RAGE-induced cytosolic ROS promote mitochondrial superoxide generation in diabetes

J Am Soc Nephrol

258 (21.50)

MG

AGEs/RAGE

61

2004

Mezzano S, et al

NF-kappa B activation and overexpression of regulated genes in human diabetic nephropathy

Nephrol Dial Transplant

256 (15.06)

MG

TF

62

2005

Atkins RC, et al

Proteinuria reduction and progression to renal failure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and overt nephropathy

Am J Kidney Dis

252 (15.75)

CS

RAAS

63

2005

Satoh M, et al

NAD(P)H oxidase and uncoupled nitric oxide synthase are major sources of glomerular superoxide in rats with experimental diabetic nephropathy

Am J Physiol Renal Physiol

251 (15.69)

MG

OS

64

2005

Pohl MA, et al

Independent and additive impact of blood pressure control and angiotensin II receptor blockade on renal outcomes in the Irbesartan Diabetic Nephropathy Trial: clinical implications and limitations

J Am Soc Nephrol

248 (15.50)

CS

RAAS

65

2013

Sharma K, et al

Metabolomics reveals signature of mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetic kidney disease

J Am Soc Nephrol

247 (30.88)

MG

Metabolism

66

2007

Perkins BA, et al

Microalbuminuria and the risk for early progressive renal function decline in type 1 diabetes

J Am Soc Nephrol

247 (17.64)

CS

T1DM

67

2010

Sedeek M, et al

Critical role of Nox4-based NADPH oxidase in glucose-induced oxidative stress in the kidney: implications in type 2 diabetic nephropathy

Am J Physiol Renal Physiol

246 (22.36)

MG

OS

68

2000

Wada T, et al

Up-regulation of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in tubulointerstitial lesions of human diabetic nephropathy

Kidney Int

246 (11.71)

MG

Inflammation

69

2011

Woroniecka KI, et al

Transcriptome analysis of human diabetic kidney disease

Diabetes

242 (24.20)

MG

TF

70

2003

Kiritoshi S, et al

Reactive oxygen species from mitochondria induce cyclooxygenase-2 gene expression in human mesangial cells - potential role in diabetic nephropathy

Diabetes

240 (13.33)

MG

OS

71

2003

Tikellis C, et al

Characterization of renal angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in diabetic nephropathy

Hypertension

239 (13.28)

MG

RAAS

72

2012

Wang WJ, et al

Mitochondrial fission triggered by hyperglycemia Is mediated by ROCK1 activation in podocytes and endothelial cells

Cell Metab

238 (26.44)

MG

OS

73

2010

Jiang T, et al

The protective role of Nrf2 in streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy

Diabetes

238 (21.55)

MG

OS

74

2002

Flyvbjerg A, et al

Amelioration of long-term renal changes in obese type 2 diabetic mice by a neutralizing vascular endothelial growth factor antibody

Diabetes

237 (12.47)

MG

VEGF

75

2007

Eijkelkamp WBA, et al

Albuminuria is a target for renoprotective therapy independent from blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy: post hoc analysis from the reduction of endpoints in NIDDM with the angiotensin II antagonist losartan (RENAAL) trial

J Am Soc Nephrol

236 (16.86)

CS

RAAS

76

2003

Young BA, et al

Racial differences in diabetic nephropathy, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in a national population of veterans

Diabetes Care

236 (13.11)

ES

Undefined

77

2008

Li YJ, et al

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition is a potential pathway leading to podocyte dysfunction and proteinuria

Am J Pathol

235 (18.08)

MG

Podocyte

78

2011

Wang B, et al.

MiR-200a prevents renal fibrogenesis through repression of TGF-beta 2 expression

Diabetes

234 (23.40)

MG

MiR

79

2012

Niewczas MA, et al

Circulating TNF receptors 1 and 2 predict ESRD in type 2 diabetes

J Am Soc Nephrol

233 (25.89)

MG

Inflammation

80

2009

Mehdi UF, et al

Addition of angiotensin receptor blockade or mineralocorticoid antagonism to maximal angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in diabetic nephropathy

J Am Soc Nephrol

232 (19.33)

CS

RAAS

81

2008

Thallas-Bonke V, et al

Inhibition of NADPH oxidase prevents advanced glycation end product-mediated damage in diabetic nephropathy through a protein kinase C-alpha-dependent pathway

Diabetes

232 (17.85)

MG

OS

82

2005

Jiang T, et al

Diet-induced obesity in C57BL/6 J mice causes increased renal lipid accumulation and glomerulosclerosis via a sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c-dependent pathway

J Biol Chem

232 (14.50)

MG

Metabolism

83

2012

Putta S, et al

Inhibiting microRNA-192 ameliorates renal fibrosis in diabetic nephropathy

J Am Soc Nephrol

231 (25.67)

MG

MiR

84

2008

Feldman DL, et al

Effects of aliskiren on blood pressure, albuminuria, and (pro)renin receptor expression in diabetic TG(mRen-2)27 rats

Hypertension

231 (17.77)

MG

RAAS

85

2006

Zhao HJ, et al

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase deficiency produces accelerated nephropathy in diabetic mice

J Am Soc Nephrol

231 (15.40)

MG

OS

86

2005

Berl T, et al

Impact of achieved blood pressure on cardiovascular outcomes in the irbesartan diabetic nephropathy trial

J Am Soc Nephrol

228 (14.25)

CS

RAAS

87

2000

Nakamura T, et al

Urinary excretion of podocytes in patients with diabetic nephropathy

Nephrol Dial Transplant

228 (10.86)

MG

Podocyte

88

2011

Palsamy P, et al

Resveratrol protects diabetic kidney by attenuating hyperglycemia-mediated oxidative stress and renal inflammatory cytokines via Nrf2-Keap1 signaling

Biochim Biophys Acta

227 (22.70)

MG

OS

89

2013

Dugan LL, et al

AMPK dysregulation promotes diabetes-related reduction of superoxide and mitochondrial function

J Clin Invest

226 (28.25)

MG

OS

90

2003

Okada S, et al

Intercellular adhesion molecule-1-deficient mice are resistant against renal injury after induction of diabetes

Diabetes

226 (12.56)

MG

Inflammation

91

2005

Asaba K, et al

Effects of NADPH oxidase inhibitor in diabetic nephropathy

Kidney Int

225 (14.06)

MG

OS

92

2002

Forbes JM, et al

Reduction of the accumulation of advanced glycation end products by ACE inhibition in experimental diabetic nephropathy

Diabetes

223 (11.74)

MG

RAAS

93

2015

Bakris GL, et al

Effect of finerenone on albuminuria in patients with diabetic nephropathy: a randomized clinical trial

JAMA

221 (36.83)

CS

RAAS

94

2002

Ha HJ, et al

Role of high glucose-induced nuclear factor-kappa B activation in monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression by mesangial cells

J Am Soc Nephrol

221 (11.63)

MG

TF

95

2006

Ichihara A, et al

Prorenin receptor blockade inhibits development of glomerulosclerosis in diabetic angiotensin II type 1a receptor-deficient mice

J Am Soc Nephrol

220 (14.67)

MG

RAAS

96

2014

Vallon V, et al

SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin reduces renal growth and albuminuria in proportion to hyperglycemia and prevents glomerular hyperfiltration in diabetic Akita mice

Am J Physiol Renal Physiol

219 (31.29)

MG

SGLT-2

97

2008

Zhang Z, et al

Combination therapy with AT1 blocker and vitamin D analog markedly ameliorates diabetic nephropathy: blockade of compensatory renin increase

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

218 (16.77)

MG

RAAS

98

2016

Afkarian M, et al

Clinical manifestations of kidney disease among US adults with diabetes, 1988–2014

JAMA

217 (43.40)

ES

Undefined

99

2013

Zhong X, et al

MiR-21 is a key therapeutic target for renal injury in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes

Diabetologia

217 (27.13)

MG

MiR

100

2011

Kitada M, et al

Resveratrol improves oxidative stress and protects against diabetic nephropathy through normalization of Mn-SOD dysfunction in AMPK/SIRT1-independent pathway

Diabetes

217 (27.13)

MG

OS