"Nephrons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The functional units of the kidney, consisting of the glomerulus and the attached tubule.
| Descriptor ID |
D009399
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.810.453.736
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nephrons" by people in Profiles.
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Baldelomar EJ, Charlton JR, Keilhoz S, Kohn B, Wilson LD, Xiong LI, Garfinkel A, Bennett KM. Measuring nephron number in the healthy and diabetic rat kidney in vivo using MRI without contrast agents. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2026 Jun 01; 330(6):F643-F652.
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Baldelomar EJ, Charlton JR, Bennett KM. Mapping single-nephron filtration in the isolated, perfused rat kidney using magnetic resonance imaging. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2022 11 01; 323(5):F602-F611.
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Bennett KM, Baldelomar EJ, Charlton JR. Delivering on the potential of measuring nephron number in the clinic. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2022 05; 18(5):271-272.
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Morozov D, Parvin N, Conaway M, Oxley G, Baldelomar EJ, Cwiek A, deRonde K, Beeman SC, Charlton JR, Bennett KM. Estimating Nephron Number from Biopsies: Impact on Clinical Studies. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 01; 33(1):39-48.
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Cwiek A, Suzuki M, deRonde K, Conaway M, Bennett KM, El Dahr S, Reidy KJ, Charlton JR. Premature differentiation of nephron progenitor cell and dysregulation of gene pathways critical to kidney development in a model of preterm birth. Sci Rep. 2021 11 04; 11(1):21667.
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Charlton JR, Xu Y, Parvin N, Wu T, Gao F, Baldelomar EJ, Morozov D, Beeman SC, Derakhshan J, Bennett KM. Image analysis techniques to map pyramids, pyramid structure, glomerular distribution, and pathology in the intact human kidney from 3-D MRI. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2021 09 01; 321(3):F293-F304.
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Baldelomar EJ, Reichert DE, Shoghi KI, Beeman SC, Charlton JR, Strong L, Fettig N, Klaas A, Bennett KM. Mapping nephron mass in vivo using positron emission tomography. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2021 02 01; 320(2):F183-F192.
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Charlton JR, Baldelomar EJ, Hyatt DM, Bennett KM. Nephron number and its determinants: a 2020 update. Pediatr Nephrol. 2021 04; 36(4):797-807.
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Charlton JR, Baldelomar EJ, deRonde KA, Cathro HP, Charlton NP, Criswell SJ, Hyatt DM, Nam S, Pearl V, Bennett KM. Nephron loss detected by MRI following neonatal acute kidney injury in rabbits. Pediatr Res. 2020 06; 87(7):1185-1192.
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Baldelomar EJ, Charlton JR, deRonde KA, Bennett KM. In vivo measurements of kidney glomerular number and size in healthy and Os/+ mice using MRI. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2019 10 01; 317(4):F865-F873.