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L. Gabriel Navar

L. Gabriel Navar

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Medicine

D-Index
94
Citations
23392
World Ranking
10630
National Ranking
5466

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

L. Gabriel Navar is affiliated with Tulane University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on cardiovascular and renal research. Their primary areas of study encompass cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, nephrology, surgery, physiology, and molecular biology.

Their work frequently addresses topics such as the renin-angiotensin system, sodium intake and health, hormonal regulation and hypertension, xenotransplantation and immune response, chronic kidney disease and diabetes, adenosine and purinergic signaling, and organ donation and transplantation.

Recent publications by L. Gabriel Navar include the following:

  • The Role of P2X7 Purinergic Receptors in the Renal Inflammation Associated with Angiotensin II-Induced Hypertension (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Simulations of Glomerular Shear and Hoop Stresses in Diabetes, Hypertension, and Reduced Renal Mass using a Network Model of a Rat Glomerulus (2020, Physiological Reports)
  • The evolving complexity of the collecting duct renin-angiotensin system in hypertension (2021, Nature Reviews Nephrology)
  • Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system function in the pig-to-baboon kidney xenotransplantation model (2023, American Journal of Transplantation)
  • Physiologic homeostasis after pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation (2024, Kidney International)

L. Gabriel Navar collaborates frequently with several coauthors, indicating ongoing research partnerships. Notable frequent coauthors include Akemi Katsurada, Owen Richfield, Ricardo Cortez, Ryousuke Satou, and Martha Franco.

The scientist has published multiple works in several academic venues, with a particular concentration in the following journals:

  • Hypertension
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The FASEB Journal
  • American Journal of Transplantation
  • Physiological Reports

Recognition for their work includes being a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1996.

Best Publications

  • The Intrarenal Renin-Angiotensin System: From Physiology to the Pathobiology of Hypertension and Kidney Disease

    Hiroyuki Kobori;Masaomi Nangaku;L. Gabriel Navar;Akira Nishiyama

  • Regulation of Intrarenal Angiotensin II in Hypertension

    L. Gabriel Navar;Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard;Akira Nishiyama;Hiroyuki Kobori

  • Renal Interstitial Fluid Concentrations of Angiotensins I and II in Anesthetized Rats

    Akira Nishiyama;Dale M. Seth;L. Gabriel Navar

  • Enhancement of Intrarenal Angiotensinogen in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats on High Salt Diet

    Hiroyuki Kobori;Akira Nishiyama;Youichi Abe;L. Gabriel Navar

  • Urinary excretion of angiotensinogen reflects intrarenal angiotensinogen production.

    Hiroyuki Kobori;Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard;L. Gabriel Navar

  • Urinary Angiotensinogen as an Indicator of Intrarenal Angiotensin Status in Hypertension

    Hiroyuki Kobori;Akira Nishiyama;Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard;L. Gabriel Navar

  • Intratubular Renin-Angiotensin System in Hypertension

    L. Gabriel Navar;Hiroyuki Kobori;Minolfa C. Prieto;Romer A. Gonzalez-Villalobos

  • Enhancement of collecting duct renin in angiotensin II-dependent hypertensive rats

    Minolfa C. Prieto-Carrasquero;Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard;Hiroyuki Kobori;Yuri Ozawa

  • Actions of epoxygenase metabolites on the preglomerular vasculature.

    John D. Imig;L. G. Navar;Richard J. Roman;K. Kishta Reddy

  • Receptor-Mediated Intrarenal Angiotensin II Augmentation in Angiotensin II–Infused Rats

    Li-Xian Zou;John D. Imig;Annette M. Von Thun;Anka Hymel

  • Urinary angiotensinogen as a novel biomarker of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system status in hypertensive patients.

    Hiroyuki Kobori;A. Brent Alper;Rajesh Shenava;Akemi Katsurada

  • The absence of intrarenal ACE protects against hypertension

    Romer A. Gonzalez-Villalobos;Tea Janjoulia;Nicholas K. Fletcher;Jorge F. Giani

  • Enhancement of Angiotensinogen Expression in Angiotensin II–Dependent Hypertension

    Hiroyuki Kobori;Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard;L. Gabriel Navar

  • Ang II Accumulation in Rat Renal Endosomes During Ang II-Induced Hypertension: Role of AT1 Receptor

    Jia L. Zhuo;John D. Imig;Timothy G. Hammond;Sheyla Orengo

  • Nitric oxide in the control of renal hemodynamics and excretory function

    Dewan S.A Majid;L.Gabriel Navar

  • AT1 Receptor Mediated Augmentation of Intrarenal Angiotensinogen in Angiotensin II-Dependent Hypertension

    Hiroyuki Kobori;Minolfa C. Prieto-Carrasquero;Yuri Ozawa;L. Gabriel Navar

  • Intrarenal angiotensin II and its contribution to the genesis of chronic hypertension.

    L Gabriel Navar;Minolfa C Prieto;Ryousuke Satou;Hiroyuki Kobori

  • Absence of glomerular injury or nephron loss in a normotensive rat remnant kidney model

    Anil K. Bidani;Anil K. Bidani;Anil K. Bidani;Kenneth D. Mitchell;Kenneth D. Mitchell;Kenneth D. Mitchell;Melvin M. Schwartz;Melvin M. Schwartz;Melvin M. Schwartz;L. Gabriel Navar;L. Gabriel Navar;L. Gabriel Navar

  • Unraveling the Mystery of Goldblatt Hypertension.

    L. Gabriel Navar;Lixian Zou;Annette Von Thun;Chi Tarng Wang

  • Early diabetes mellitus stimulates proximal tubule renin mRNA expression in the rat.

    Joseph Zimpelmann;Joseph Zimpelmann;Dinender Kumar;Dinender Kumar;David Z. Levine;David Z. Levine;George Wehbi;George Wehbi

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroyuki Kobori
Hiroyuki Kobori International University of Health and Welfare
John D. Imig
John D. Imig Medical College of Wisconsin
Akira Nishiyama
Akira Nishiyama Kagawa University
Edward D. Frohlich
Edward D. Frohlich Ochsner Health System
Kenneth E. Bernstein
Kenneth E. Bernstein Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Vivian Fonseca
Vivian Fonseca Tulane University
Thomas M. Coffman
Thomas M. Coffman Duke University
Timothy G. Hammond
Timothy G. Hammond Veterans Health Administration
Oscar A. Carretero
Oscar A. Carretero Henry Ford Hospital
Mordecai P. Blaustein
Mordecai P. Blaustein University of Maryland, Baltimore

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