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Overview

Martin Zeier is affiliated with the University Hospital Heidelberg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on nephrology and transplantation sciences. Their body of research covers various aspects of renal transplantation, kidney diseases, and related immunological factors.

Their published work includes papers such as:

  • After ten years of follow-up, no difference between supportive care plus immunosuppression and supportive care alone in IgA nephropathy (2020), Kidney International
  • Challenges in the management of the kidney allograft: from decline to failure: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference (2023), Kidney International
  • Association of osteopontin with kidney function and kidney failure in chronic kidney disease patients: the GCKD study (2022), Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Urine Metabolite Levels, Adverse Kidney Outcomes, and Mortality in CKD Patients: A Metabolome-wide Association Study (2021), American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Results from the German Chronic Kidney Disease (GCKD) study support association of relative telomere length with mortality in a large cohort of patients with moderate chronic kidney disease (2020), Kidney International

Their research has appeared frequently in these publication venues:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Kidney International
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Christian Morath
  • Claudia Sommerer
  • Claudius Speer
  • Florian Kälble
  • Christian Nußhag

Their main field of study is medicine, with a particular focus on the subfields of transplantation, surgery, nephrology, public health including environmental and occupational health, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The research topics they cover include:

  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Renal and Vascular Pathologies
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Best Publications

  • KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the care of kidney transplant recipients: a summary

    Bertram L. Kasiske;Martin G. Zeier;Jeremy R. Chapman;Jonathan C. Craig

  • Circulating urokinase receptor as a cause of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

    Changli Wei;Shafic El Hindi;Jing Li;Alessia Fornoni

  • Intensive Supportive Care plus Immunosuppression in IgA Nephropathy

    Jürgen Floege;Thomas Rauen;Frank Eitner

  • KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors.

    Krista L. Lentine;Bertram L. Kasiske;Andrew S. Levey;Patricia L. Adams

  • Activated protein C protects against diabetic nephropathy by inhibiting endothelial and podocyte apoptosis

    Berend Isermann;Ilya A Vinnikov;Thati Madhusudhan;Stefanie Herzog

  • European Renal Best Practice Guideline on kidney donor and recipient evaluation and perioperative care

    Daniel Abramowicz;Pierre Cochat;Frans H. J. Claas;Uwe Heemann

  • Glyoxalase-1 prevents mitochondrial protein modification and enhances lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Michael Morcos;Xueliang Du;Friederike Pfisterer;Harald Hutter

  • The Effect of Donor Gender on Graft Survival

    Martin Zeier;Bernd Döhler;Gerhard Opelz;Eberhard Ritz

  • C. elegans as Model for the Study of High Glucose– Mediated Life Span Reduction

    Andreas Schlotterer;Georgi Kukudov;Farastuk Bozorgmehr;Harald Hutter

  • Malignancy in Renal Transplantation

    Christian Morath;Martina Mueller;Hartmut Goldschmidt;Vedat Schwenger

  • Effects of Donor Pretreatment With Dopamine on Graft Function After Kidney Transplantation A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Peter Schnuelle;Uwe Gottmann;Simone Hoeger;Detlef Boesebeck

  • Renal functional reserve in healthy elderly subjects.

    D Fliser;M Zeier;R Nowack;E Ritz

  • Summary of Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors.

    Krista L. Lentine;Bertram L. Kasiske;Andrew S. Levey;Patricia L. Adams

  • Kidney disease in the setting of HIV infection: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

    Charles R. Swanepoel;Mohamed G. Atta;Vivette D. D’Agati;Michelle M. Estrella

  • No Improvement of Patient or Graft Survival in Transplant Recipients Treated with Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers: A Collaborative Transplant Study Report

    Gerhard Opelz;Martin Zeier;Gunter Laux;Christian Morath

  • Renal histology in polycystic kidney disease with incipient and advanced renal failure

    Martin Zeier;Peter Fehrenbach;Steffen Geberth;Klaus Möhring

  • A tripartite complex of suPAR, APOL1 risk variants and αvβ3 integrin on podocytes mediates chronic kidney disease.

    Salim S. Hayek;Kwi Hye Koh;Morgan E. Grams;Changli Wei

  • Arteriolar wall thickening, capillary rarefaction and interstitial fibrosis in the heart of rats with renal failure:the effects of ramipril, nifedipine and moxonidine.

    J Törnig;K Amann;E Ritz;C Nichols

  • New ecological aspects of hantavirus infection: a change of a paradigm and a challenge of prevention--a review.

    Martin Zeier;Michaela Handermann;Udo Bahr;Baldur Rensch

  • Sustained low efficiency dialysis using a single-pass batch system in acute kidney injury - a randomized interventional trial: the REnal Replacement Therapy Study in Intensive Care Unit PatiEnts

    Vedat Schwenger;Markus A Weigand;Oskar Hoffmann;Ralf Dikow

Frequent Co-Authors

Eberhard Ritz
Eberhard Ritz Heidelberg University
Caner Süsal
Caner Süsal Koç University
Gerhard Opelz
Gerhard Opelz Heidelberg University
Stefan Meuer
Stefan Meuer Heidelberg University
Klemens Budde
Klemens Budde Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Peter P. Nawroth
Peter P. Nawroth Heidelberg University
Paul Schnitzler
Paul Schnitzler University Hospital Heidelberg
Jan Schmidt
Jan Schmidt University of Hannover
Thomas Giese
Thomas Giese Heidelberg University
Volker Daniel
Volker Daniel University Hospital Heidelberg

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