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Jürgen Floege is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany, contributing extensively in the field of medicine, with a particular emphasis on nephrology. Their research portfolio includes over 600 publications primarily focused on renal and related disorders.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Within this broad discipline, their work is especially concentrated in these subfields:

  • Nephrology
  • Hematology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases

The primary topics that characterize their research focus are:

  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research

Jürgen Floege has published frequently in several key journals, which include:

  • Kidney International
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Kidney International Reports
  • Clinical Kidney Journal

Their recent notable papers exemplify their focus on nephrology and kidney-related diseases:

  • KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Glomerular Diseases, 2021, Kidney International
  • Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease, 2021, Circulation
  • Executive summary of the KDIGO 2021 Guideline for the Management of Glomerular Diseases, 2021, Kidney International
  • Decoding myofibroblast origins in human kidney fibrosis, 2020, Nature
  • WNT-β-catenin signalling - a versatile player in kidney injury and repair, 2020, Nature Reviews Nephrology

The scientist's collaborative network includes frequent coauthors such as:

  • Jonathan Barratt
  • Brad H. Rovin
  • Vladimír Tesař
  • Richard Lafayette
  • Matthias Schmid

Best Publications

  • KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Glomerular Diseases

    Brad H. Rovin;Sharon G. Adler;Jonathan Barratt;Frank Bridoux

  • Mycophenolate Mofetil versus Cyclophosphamide for Induction Treatment of Lupus Nephritis

    Gerald B. Appel;Gabriel Contreras;Mary Anne Dooley;Ellen M. Ginzler

  • Joint European League Against Rheumatism and European Renal Association–European Dialysis and Transplant Association (EULAR/ERA-EDTA) recommendations for the management of adult and paediatric lupus nephritis

    George K Bertsias;Maria Tektonidou;Zahir Amoura;Martin Aringer

  • Association of low fetuin-A (AHSG) concentrations in serum with cardiovascular mortality in patients on dialysis: a cross-sectional study

    Markus Ketteler;Philipp Bongartz;Ralf Westenfeld;Joachim Ernst Wildberger

  • The serum protein α2–Heremans-Schmid glycoprotein/fetuin-A is a systemically acting inhibitor of ectopic calcification

    Cora Schäfer;Alexander Heiss;Anke Schwarz;Ralf Westenfeld

  • Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease: Pathophysiological Insights and Therapeutic Options.

    Joachim Jankowski;Jürgen Floege;Danilo Fliser;Michael Böhm

  • Kidney disease: Improving global outcomes (KDIGO) glomerulonephritis work group. KDIGO clinical practice guideline for glomerulonephritis

    Daniel C. Cattran;John Feehally;H. Terence Cook;Zhi Hong Liu

  • Decoding myofibroblast origins in human kidney fibrosis

    Christoph Kuppe;Mahmoud M. Ibrahim;Mahmoud M. Ibrahim;Jennifer Kranz;Jennifer Kranz;Xiaoting Zhang

  • Discovery of new risk loci for IgA nephropathy implicates genes involved in immunity against intestinal pathogens

    Krzysztof Kiryluk;Yifu Li;Francesco Scolari;Simone Sanna-Cherchi

  • Renal fibrosis: novel insights into mechanisms and therapeutic targets

    Peter Boor;Tammo Ostendorf;Jürgen Floege

  • Renal injury from angiotensin II-mediated hypertension.

    Richard J. Johnson;Charles E. Alpers;Ashio Yoshimura;Donna Lombardi

  • The ADVANCE study: a randomized study to evaluate the effects of cinacalcet plus low-dose vitamin D on vascular calcification in patients on hemodialysis

    Paolo Raggi;Glenn M. Chertow;Pablo Urena Torres;Botond Csiky

  • Serum iPTH, calcium and phosphate, and the risk of mortality in a European haemodialysis population

    Jürgen Floege;Joseph Kim;Elizabeth Ireland;Charles Chazot

  • Intensive Supportive Care plus Immunosuppression in IgA Nephropathy

    Jürgen Floege;Thomas Rauen;Frank Eitner

  • Executive summary of the KDIGO 2021 Guideline for the Management of Glomerular Diseases.

    Brad H. Rovin;Sharon G. Adler;Jonathan Barratt;Frank Bridoux

  • Recruitment of Podocytes from Glomerular Parietal Epithelial Cells

    Daniel Appel;David B. Kershaw;Bart Smeets;Bart Smeets;Gang Yuan

  • Glomerular cell proliferation and PDGF expression precede glomerulosclerosis in the remnant kidney model

    Jürgen Floege;Mark W. Burns;Charles E. Alpers;Ashio Yoshimura

  • Effect of Oral Methylprednisolone on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With IgA Nephropathy The TESTING Randomized Clinical Trial

    Jicheng Lv;Jicheng Lv;Hong Zhang;Muh Geot Wong;Meg J. Jardine

  • Early events leading to renal injury in obese Zucker (fatty) rats with type II diabetes

    Terezila Machado Coimbra;Ulf Janssen;Ulf Janssen;Ulf Janssen;Hermann Joseph Gröne;Tammo Ostendorf;Tammo Ostendorf;Tammo Ostendorf

  • Cellular events in the evolution of experimental diabetic nephropathy

    B A Young;R J Johnson;C E Alpers;E Eng

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Boor
Peter Boor RWTH Aachen University
Markus Ketteler
Markus Ketteler RWTH Aachen University
Thomas Rauen
Thomas Rauen RWTH Aachen University
Richard J. Johnson
Richard J. Johnson University of Colorado Denver
David C. Wheeler
David C. Wheeler University College London
Charles E. Alpers
Charles E. Alpers University of Washington
Kai-Uwe Eckardt
Kai-Uwe Eckardt Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Gérard M. London
Gérard M. London Grenoble Alpes University
Willi Jahnen-Dechent
Willi Jahnen-Dechent RWTH Aachen University
Tilman B. Drüeke
Tilman B. Drüeke University of Paris-Saclay

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