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Overview

Leopoldo Raij is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States, focusing primarily on medical research. Their work spans various subfields within medicine, particularly emphasizing cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, nephrology, public health, nutrition, and epidemiology.

The most prominent topics explored in their research include:

  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Sodium Intake and Health
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Renal function and acid-base balance

Raij has contributed substantially to the following journals and publication venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • BMC Nephrology
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Raij include:

  • "Incidence of Hypertension Among US Hispanics/Latinos: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, 2008 to 2017," 2020, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • "Nicotine, smoking, podocytes, and diabetic nephropathy," 2021, American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology
  • "Results of the CARDIA study suggest that higher dietary potassium may be kidney protective," 2020, Kidney International
  • "Associations of sodium and potassium intake with chronic kidney disease in a prospective cohort study: findings from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, 2008-2017," 2022, BMC Nephrology
  • "Plasminogenuria is associated with podocyte injury, edema, and kidney dysfunction in incident glomerular disease," 2020, The FASEB Journal

Throughout their career, Raij has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Martha L. Daviglus
  • Tali Elfassy
  • Neil Schneiderman
  • James P. Lash
  • Daniela Sotres-Alvarez

The scientist's research integrates multiple disciplines to address conditions such as hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and dietary impacts on cardiovascular and renal health. By studying population-specific cohorts, such as US Hispanics/Latinos, Raij contributes to understanding health disparities and risk factors associated with these groups.

Best Publications

  • Kidney disease as a risk factor for development of cardiovascular disease: a statement from the American Heart Association Councils on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, High Blood Pressure Research, Clinical Cardiology, and Epidemiology and Prevention.

    Mark J. Sarnak;Andrew S. Levey;Anton C. Schoolwerth;Josef Coresh

  • Mesangial immune injury, hypertension, and progressive glomerular damage in Dahl rats

    Leopoldo Raij;Silvia Azar;William Keane

  • Design and Implementation of the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos

    Paul D. Sorlie;Larissa M. Avilés-Santa;Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller;Robert C. Kaplan

  • Endogenously synthesized nitric oxide prevents endotoxin-induced glomerular thrombosis.

    Pamela J. Shultz;Leopoldo Raij

  • Angiotensin II induces superoxide anion production by mesangial cells

    Edgar A. Jaimes;Josep Maria Galceran;Leopoldo Raij

  • Cardiovascular risk factors in chronic renal failure and hemodialysis populations

    King W. Ma;Edward L. Greene;Leopoldo Raij

  • Glomerular actions of nitric oxide

    Leopoldo Raij;Chris Baylis

  • RECURRENCE OF IDIOPATHIC NEPHROTIC SYNDROME AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION

    John R. Hoyer;Leopoldo Raij;Robert L. Vernier;Richard L. Simmons

  • The glomerular mesangium

    A. F. Michael;W. F. Keane;L. Raij;R. L. Vernier

  • Stable Compounds of Cigarette Smoke Induce Endothelial Superoxide Anion Production via NADPH Oxidase Activation

    Edgar A. Jaimes;Eugene G. DeMaster;Run Xia Tian;Leopoldo Raij

  • Role of endothelium-derived relaxing factor in regulation of renal hemodynamic responses.

    J. P. Tolins;R. M. J. Palmer;S. Moncada;L. Raij

  • Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction is enhanced by inhibition of the synthesis of an endothelium derived relaxing factor

    Stephen L. Archer;Jonathan P. Tolins;Leopoldo Raij;E.Kenneth Weir

  • The Link Among Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity, Endothelial Function, and Aortic and Ventricular Hypertrophy in Hypertension

    Hiroshi Hayakawa;Leopoldo Raij

  • Prevalence of hypertension, awareness, treatment, and control in the Hispanic community health study/study of Latinos

    Paul D. Sorlie;Matthew A. Allison;M. Larissa Avilés-Santa;Jianwen Cai

  • Cigarette smoke-induced endothelium dysfunction: role of superoxide anion.

    Leopoldo Raij;Eugene G. DeMaster;Edgar A. Jaimes

  • Incidence and type of infections occurring in 445 chronic hemodialysis patients.

    W. F. Keane;F. L. Shapiro;Leopoldo Raij

  • Endothelial Dysfunction and Cardiorenal Injury in Experimental Salt-Sensitive Hypertension Effects of Antihypertensive Therapy

    Hiroshi Hayakawa;Karen Coffee;Leopoldo Raij

  • Glomerular mesangium: its function and relationship to angiotensin II.

    Leopoldo Raij;William F. Keane

  • Nicotine: the link between cigarette smoking and the progression of renal injury?

    Edgar A. Jaimes;Run Xia Tian;Leopoldo Raij

  • Abnormal renal hemodynamic response to reduced renal perfusion pressure in diabetic rats: role of NO.

    J. P. Tolins;P. J. Shultz;Leopoldo Raij;D. M. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Martha L. Daviglus
Martha L. Daviglus University of Illinois at Chicago
William F. Keane
William F. Keane University of Minnesota
Neil Schneiderman
Neil Schneiderman University of Miami
Alfred F. Michael
Alfred F. Michael University of Minnesota
Gregory A. Talavera
Gregory A. Talavera San Diego State University
Matthew A. Allison
Matthew A. Allison University of California, San Diego
Robert C. Kaplan
Robert C. Kaplan Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Luis M. Ruilope
Luis M. Ruilope European University of Madrid
Michael H. Criqui
Michael H. Criqui University of California, San Diego
Tatjana Rundek
Tatjana Rundek University of Miami

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