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Helmut G. Rennke is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital in the United States and has contributed extensively to medical research, particularly in the field of nephrology. Their work encompasses a broad range of topics within medicine, with a strong focus on renal diseases and related conditions.

The scientist's primary field of study is Medicine, with a specific concentration in Nephrology. Subfields in which they have substantial publications include Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics, and Immunology. Their research interests span multiple critical topics such as Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies, Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, Amyloidosis, the Complement System in Diseases, Renal and Related Cancers, and Nephrotoxicity and Medicinal Plants.

Helmut G. Rennke's frequently published venues reflect the focus and impact of their research. These include:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Kidney International Reports
  • Kidney International
  • American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Rennke include:

  • Histopathologic and Ultrastructural Findings in Postmortem Kidney Biopsy Material in 12 Patients with AKI and COVID-19 (2020), Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • The Safety and Efficacy of Checkpoint Inhibitors in Transplant Recipients: A Case Series and Systematic Review of Literature (2020), The Oncologist
  • Mayo Clinic consensus report on membranous nephropathy: proposal for a novel classification (2023), Kidney International
  • Clinicopathologic predictors of renal outcomes in light chain cast nephropathy: a multicenter retrospective study (2020), Blood
  • Deposition of the Membrane Attack Complex in Healthy and Diseased Human Kidneys (2021), Frontiers in Immunology

Rennke has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, contributing to their fields of study and expanding interdisciplinary knowledge. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Sushrut S. Waikar
  • Astrid Weins
  • Isaac E. Stillman
  • Insa M. Schmidt
  • Gearoid M. McMahon

Best Publications

  • K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: Evaluation, classification, and stratification

    Andrew S. Levey;Josef Coresh;Kline Bolton;Bruce Culleton

  • Hyperfiltration in remnant nephrons : a potentially adverse response to renal ablation

    T. H. Hostetter;J. L. Olson;H. G. Rennke;M. A. Venkatachalam

  • Mutations in ACTN4, encoding alpha-actinin-4, cause familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.

    Joshua M. Kaplan;Sung Han Kim;Kathryn N. North;Helmut Rennke

  • Therapeutic advantage of converting enzyme inhibitors in arresting progressive renal disease associated with systemic hypertension in the rat.

    S Anderson;H G Rennke;B M Brenner

  • Prevention of diabetic glomerulopathy by pharmacological amelioration of glomerular capillary hypertension.

    R Zatz;B R Dunn;T W Meyer;S Anderson

  • Control of glomerular hypertension limits glomerular injury in rats with reduced renal mass.

    S Anderson;T W Meyer;H G Rennke;B M Brenner

  • Podocyte loss and progressive glomerular injury in type II diabetes.

    Maria Enrica Pagtalunan;Peter L. Miller;Sara Jumping-Eagle;Sara Jumping-Eagle;Robert G. Nelson

  • The case for intrarenal hypertension in the initiation and progression of diabetic and other glomerulopathies.

    Thomas H. Hostetter;Helmut G. Rennke;Barry M. Brenner

  • Alpha 3 beta 1 integrin has a crucial role in kidney and lung organogenesis

    Jordan A. Kreidberg;Michael J. Donovan;Stuart L. Goldstein;Helmut Rennke

  • Predominance of hemodynamic rather than metabolic factors in the pathogenesis of diabetic glomerulopathy.

    Roberto Zatz;Timothy W. Meyer;Helmut G. Rennke;Barry M. Brenner

  • Aldosterone: A Mediator of Myocardial Necrosis and Renal Arteriopathy

    Ricardo Rocha;Charles T. Stier;Imre Kifor;Margarita R. Ochoa-Maya

  • Role of molecular charge in glomerular permeability. Tracer studies with cationized ferritins.

    H. G. Rennke;R. S. Cotran;Manjeri A Venkatachalam

  • Altered glomerular permselectivity and progressive sclerosis following extreme ablation of renal mass

    Jean L. Olson;Thomas H. Hostetter;Helmut G. Rennke;Barry M. Brenner

  • Globotriaosylceramide accumulation in the Fabry kidney is cleared from multiple cell types after enzyme replacement therapy

    Beth L. Thurberg;Helmut Rennke;Helmut Rennke;Helmut Rennke;Robert B. Colvin;Robert B. Colvin;Robert B. Colvin;Steven Dikman;Steven Dikman;Steven Dikman

  • Chronic effects of dietary protein in the rat with intact and reduced renal mass.

    Thomas H. Hostetter;Timothy W. Meyer;Helmut G. Rennke;Barry M. Brenner

  • Glomerular hypertrophy and epithelial cell injury modulate progressive glomerulosclerosis in the rat.

    J W Fries;D J Sandstrom;T W Meyer;H G Rennke

  • Short and long term effects of antihypertensive therapy in the diabetic rat.

    Sharon Anderson;Helmut G. Rennke;Diego L. Garcia;Barry M. Brenner

  • K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease

    Andrew S. Levey;Josef Coresh;Kline Bolton;Bruce Culleton

  • The single-cell transcriptomic landscape of early human diabetic nephropathy

    Parker C. Wilson;Haojia Wu;Yuhei Kirita;Kohei Uchimura

  • Immunologic tolerance to renal allografts after bone marrow transplants from the same donors

    Mohamed H. Sayegh;Neil A. Fine;John L. Smith;Helmut G. Rennke

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry M. Brenner
Barry M. Brenner Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sushrut S. Waikar
Sushrut S. Waikar Boston University
Anil Chandraker
Anil Chandraker Brigham and Women's Hospital
Benjamin D. Humphreys
Benjamin D. Humphreys Washington University in St. Louis
Sanjeev Sethi
Sanjeev Sethi Mayo Clinic
Stefan G. Tullius
Stefan G. Tullius Brigham and Women's Hospital
Robert B. Colvin
Robert B. Colvin Harvard University
Nicholas L. Tilney
Nicholas L. Tilney Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mohamed H. Sayegh
Mohamed H. Sayegh American University of Beirut
Francisco M. Marty
Francisco M. Marty Brigham and Women's Hospital

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