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Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe is affiliated with the Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas in Venezuela. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Nephrology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Surgery.

The scientist's published work covers several main topics, including:

  • Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Case Reports on Hematomas
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts

Rodriguez-Iturbe has contributed to the following recent papers:

  • "Uric Acid and Hypertension: An Update With Recommendations," 2020, American Journal of Hypertension
  • "Hyperuricemia in Kidney Disease: A Major Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Events, Vascular Calcification, and Renal Damage," 2020, Seminars in Nephrology
  • "Climate change and nephrology," 2021, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • "Cerebral Fructose Metabolism as a Potential Mechanism Driving Alzheimer's Disease," 2020, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • "Endogenous Fructose Metabolism Could Explain the Warburg Effect and the Protection of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Chronic Kidney Disease," 2021, Frontiers in Immunology

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • American Journal of Hypertension
  • Seminars in Nephrology

Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Laura Gabriela Sánchez-Lozada
  • Richard J. Johnson
  • Miguel A. Lanaspa
  • Magdalena Madero
  • Takahiko Nakagawa

Best Publications

  • Is There a Pathogenetic Role for Uric Acid in Hypertension and Cardiovascular and Renal Disease

    Richard J. Johnson;Duk Hee Kang;Daniel Feig;Salah Kivlighn

  • Mild hyperuricemia induces vasoconstriction and maintains glomerular hypertension in normal and remnant kidney rats.

    Laura G. Sanchez-Lozada;Edilia Tapia;Jose Santamaria;Carmen Avila-Casado

  • Uric Acid Induces Hepatic Steatosis by Generation of Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress POTENTIAL ROLE IN FRUCTOSE-DEPENDENT AND -INDEPENDENT FATTY LIVER

    Miguel A. Lanaspa;Laura G. Sanchez-Lozada;Yea Jin Choi;Christina Cicerchi

  • Subtle acquired renal injury as a mechanism of salt-sensitive hypertension.

    Richard J Johnson;Jaime Herrera-Acosta;George F Schreiner;Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • Mechanisms of Disease: oxidative stress and inflammation in the pathogenesis of hypertension

    Nosratola D Vaziri;Bernardo Rodríguez-Iturbe

  • The role of uric acid in the pathogenesis of human cardiovascular disease

    Mehmet Kanbay;Mark Segal;Baris Afsar;Duk Hee Kang

  • Mild hyperuricemia induces glomerular hypertension in normal rats

    Laura G. Sánchez-Lozada;Edilia Tapia;Carmen Avila-Casado;Virgilia Soto

  • Hyperuricemia causes glomerular hypertrophy in the rat.

    Takahiko Nakagawa;Marilda Mazzali;Duk Hee Kang;John Kanellis

  • Essential Hypertension, Progressive Renal Disease, and Uric Acid: A Pathogenetic Link?

    Richard J. Johnson;Mark S. Segal;Titte Srinivas;Ahsan Ejaz

  • Role of oxidative stress in the renal abnormalities induced by experimental hyperuricemia

    Laura G. Sánchez-Lozada;Virgilia Soto;Edilia Tapia;Carmen Avila-Casado

  • Role of the Immune System in Hypertension

    Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe;Hector Pons;Richard J. Johnson

  • Oxidative stress, renal infiltration of immune cells, and salt-sensitive hypertension: all for one and one for all.

    Bernardo Rodríguez-Iturbe;Nosratola D. Vaziri;Jaime Herrera-Acosta;Richard J. Johnson

  • Organ trafficking and transplant tourism and commercialism : the declaration of Istanbul

    Mustafa Al-Mousawi;Ali Abdulkareem Alobaidli;Mona Nasir Al-Rukhaimi;Alireza Bagheri

  • Uric Acid Stimulates Fructokinase and Accelerates Fructose Metabolism in the Development of Fatty Liver

    Miguel A. Lanaspa;Laura G. Sanchez-Lozada;Christina Cicerchi;Nanxing Li

  • Reduction of renal immune cell infiltration results in blood pressure control in genetically hypertensive rats

    Bernardo Rodríguez-Iturbe;Yasmir Quiroz;Mayerly Nava;Lizzette Bonet

  • Opposing effects of fructokinase C and A isoforms on fructose-induced metabolic syndrome in mice

    Takuji Ishimoto;Miguel A. Lanaspa;MyPhuong T. Le;Gabriela E. Garcia

  • A unifying pathway for essential hypertension

    Richard J. Johnson;Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe;Duk Hee Kang;Daniel I. Feig

  • Antioxidant-Rich Diet Relieves Hypertension and Reduces Renal Immune Infiltration in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

    Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe;Chang-De Zhan;Yasmir Quiroz;Ram K. Sindhu

  • Mycophenolate mofetil treatment improves hypertension in patients with psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis.

    Jose Herrera;Atilio Ferrebuz;Ernesto García MacGregor;Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • High salt intake causes leptin resistance and obesity in mice by stimulating endogenous fructose production and metabolism

    Miguel A. Lanaspa;Masanari Kuwabara;Ana Andres-Hernando;Nanxing Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Johnson
Richard J. Johnson University of Colorado Denver
Nosratola D. Vaziri
Nosratola D. Vaziri University of California, Irvine
José Pedraza-Chaverri
José Pedraza-Chaverri National Autonomous University of Mexico
Giuseppe Remuzzi
Giuseppe Remuzzi Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Mark Haas
Mark Haas Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Toshio Miyata
Toshio Miyata Tohoku University
Lee S. Newman
Lee S. Newman University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Norbert Lameire
Norbert Lameire Ghent University Hospital
Alexander Morgan Capron
Alexander Morgan Capron University of Southern California
Kenneth E. Bernstein
Kenneth E. Bernstein Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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