Sandra M Malakauskas
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Recent Articles
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Molnar M, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Lott E, Lu J, Malakauskas S, Ma J, et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol
. 2013 Nov;
63(7):650-658.
PMID: 24269363
Objectives: The study objective was to assess the association between angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI)/angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) use and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Background: There is...
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Cechova S, Zeng Q, Billaud M, Mutchler S, Rudy C, Straub A, et al.
Circulation
. 2013 Sep;
128(16):1770-80.
PMID: 24048198
Background: Collectrin is an orphan member of the renin-angiotensin system and is a homolog of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, sharing ≈50% sequence identity. Unlike angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, collectrin lacks any catalytic...
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Kovesdy C, Lott E, Lu J, Malakauskas S, Ma J, Molnar M, et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol
. 2013 Mar;
61(15):1626-33.
PMID: 23500283
Objectives: This study sought to compare the association of microalbuminuria with outcomes in patients with different comorbidities. Background: The risk of adverse outcomes associated with lower levels proteinuria has been...
4.
Balogun R, Abdel-Rahman E, Balogun S, Lott E, Lu J, Malakauskas S, et al.
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol
. 2012 Aug;
7(11):1793-800.
PMID: 22904119
Background And Objectives: Depression is common and is associated with higher mortality in patients with ESRD or CKD (stage 5). Less information is available on earlier stages of CKD. This...
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Kovesdy C, Lott E, Lu J, Malakauskas S, Ma J, Molnar M, et al.
Circulation
. 2012 Jan;
125(5):677-84.
PMID: 22223429
Background: Hyponatremia is common in patients with conditions such as congestive heart failure and is associated with increased mortality in hospitalized patients. Congestive heart failure is common in patients with...
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Kovesdy C, Lu J, Malakauskas S, Andress D, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Ahmadzadeh S
Am J Kidney Dis
. 2011 Sep;
59(1):58-66.
PMID: 21885174
Background: The efficacy of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) supplementation versus vitamin D receptor activators for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 3 or...
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Payne J, Sharma S, De Leon D, Lu J, Alemu F, Balogun R, et al.
Nephrol Dial Transplant
. 2011 May;
27(2):694-700.
PMID: 21613387
Background: The interrelationship of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) with ejection fraction (EF) and their impact on mortality in non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (NDD-CKD) is unclear. Methods: We examined the associations...
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Zhang Q, Shi Y, Wada J, Malakauskas S, Liu M, Ren Y, et al.
PLoS One
. 2010 Jul;
5(7):e11709.
PMID: 20661431
Diabetic nephropathy is a complex and poorly understood disease process, and our current treatment options are limited. It remains critical, then, to identify novel therapeutic targets. Recently, a developmental protein...
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Yang Y, Parsons K, Chi L, Malakauskas S, Le T
Hypertension
. 2009 Oct;
54(6):1360-8.
PMID: 19822795
Glutathione S-transferase-micro1, GSTM1, belongs to a superfamily of glutathione S-transferases that metabolizes a broad range of reactive oxygen species and xenobiotics. Across species, genetic variants that result in decreased expression...
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Malakauskas S, Kourany W, Zhang X, Lu D, Stevens R, Koves T, et al.
Mol Endocrinol
. 2009 Feb;
23(6):881-92.
PMID: 19246514
Collectrin is a downstream target of the transcription factor hepatocyte nuclear factor-1alpha (HNF-1alpha), which is mutated in maturity-onset diabetes of the young subtype 3 (MODY3). Evidence from transgenic mouse models...