Standout Papers

Uric Acid and Cardiovascular Risk 2001 2026 2009 2017 1.8k
  1. Uric Acid and Cardiovascular Risk (2008)
    Daniel I. Feig, Duk‐Hee Kang et al. New England Journal of Medicine
  2. A Role for Uric Acid in the Progression of Renal Disease (2002)
    Duk‐Hee Kang, Takahiko Nakagawa et al. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  3. Is There a Pathogenetic Role for Uric Acid in Hypertension and Cardiovascular and Renal Disease? (2003)
    Richard J. Johnson, Duk‐Hee Kang et al. Hypertension
  4. Elevated Uric Acid Increases Blood Pressure in the Rat by a Novel Crystal-Independent Mechanism (2001)
    Marilda Mazzali, Jeremy Hughes et al. Hypertension
  5. Hyperuricemia induces endothelial dysfunction (2005)
    Sergey Zharikov, Takahiko Nakagawa et al. Kidney International
  6. A causal role for uric acid in fructose-induced metabolic syndrome (2005)
    Takahiko Nakagawa, Hanbo Hu et al. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology
  7. Potential role of sugar (fructose) in the epidemic of hypertension, obesity and the metabolic syndrome, diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease (2007)
    Richard J. Johnson, Mark S. Segal et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  8. Evolving importance of kidney disease: from subspecialty to global health burden (2013)
    Kai‐Uwe Eckardt, Josef Coresh et al. The Lancet
  9. Correction: Corrigendum: Endogenous fructose production and metabolism in the liver contributes to the development of metabolic syndrome (2013)
    Miguel A. Lanaspa, Takuji Ishimoto et al. Nature Communications
  10. IL-10, IL-6, and TNF-α: Central factors in the altered cytokine network of uremia—The good, the bad, and the ugly (2005)
    Peter Stenvinkel, Markus Ketteler et al. Kidney International
  11. Uric Acid–Induced C-Reactive Protein Expression (2005)
    Duk‐Hee Kang, In‐Kyu Lee et al. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  12. Uric Acid: The Oxidant-Antioxidant Paradox (2008)
    Yuri Y. Sautin, Richard J. Johnson Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids
  13. Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Associated with Hepatitis C Virus Infection (1993)
    Richard J. Johnson, David R. Gretch et al. New England Journal of Medicine
  14. Effect of Allopurinol on Blood Pressure of Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Essential Hypertension (2008)
    Daniel I. Feig, Beth Soletsky et al. JAMA
  15. Fructose and sugar: A major mediator of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (2018)
    Thomas Jensen, Manal F. Abdelmalek et al. Journal of Hepatology
  16. Uric Acid Stimulates Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Production in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Via Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase and Cyclooxygenase-2 (2003)
    John Kanellis, Susumu Watanabe et al. Hypertension
  17. Hyperuricemia induces a primary renal arteriolopathy in rats by a blood pressure-independent mechanism (2002)
    Marilda Mazzali, John Kanellis et al. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology
  18. Fructose consumption as a risk factor for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (2008)
    Xiaosen Ouyang, Pietro Cirillo et al. Journal of Hepatology
  19. Adverse effects of the classic antioxidant uric acid in adipocytes: NADPH oxidase-mediated oxidative/nitrosative stress (2007)
    Yuri Y. Sautin, Takahiko Nakagawa et al. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
  20. Mechanisms by Which Dehydration May Lead to Chronic Kidney Disease (2015)
    Carlos A. Roncal-Jiménez, Miguel A. Lanaspa et al. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
  21. Increased Fructose Consumption Is Associated With Fibrosis Severity in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (2010)
    Manal F. Abdelmalek, Ayako Suzuki et al. Hepatology
  22. Sugar, Uric Acid, and the Etiology of Diabetes and Obesity (2013)
    Richard J. Johnson, Takahiko Nakagawa et al. Diabetes
  23. Uric Acid Induces Hepatic Steatosis by Generation of Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress (2012)
    Miguel A. Lanaspa, Laura Gabriela Sánchez‐Lozada et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry
  24. Oxidative stress with an activation of the renin–angiotensin system in human vascular endothelial cells as a novel mechanism of uric acid-induced endothelial dysfunction (2010)
    Laura Gabriela Sánchez‐Lozada, Richard J. Johnson et al. Journal of Hypertension
  25. Renal injury from angiotensin II-mediated hypertension. (1992)
    Richard J. Johnson, Charles E. Alpers et al. Hypertension
  26. Uric acid and chronic kidney disease: which is chasing which? (2013)
    Richard J. Johnson, Takahiko Nakagawa et al. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  27. Hyperuricemia, Acute and Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertension, and Cardiovascular Disease: Report of a Scientific Workshop Organized by the National Kidney Foundation (2018)
    Richard J. Johnson, George L. Bakris et al. American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  28. Role of the Immune System in Hypertension (2017)
    Bernardo Rodríguez‐Iturbe, Héctor Pons et al. Physiological Reviews
  29. Uric acid in metabolic syndrome: From an innocent bystander to a central player (2015)
    Mehmet Kanbay, Thomas Jensen et al. European Journal of Internal Medicine
  30. Hyperuricaemia and gout in cardiovascular, metabolic and kidney disease (2020)
    Claudio Borghi, Enrico Agabiti‐Rosei et al. European Journal of Internal Medicine

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6 by Nobel laureates 12 from Science/Nature 70 standout
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Works of Richard J. Johnson being referenced

Evolutionary history and metabolic insights of ancient mammalian uricases
2014
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2005
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Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Richard J. Johnson 32256 12529 13607 15285 13666 802 66.7k
Josef Coresh 49539 16406 4875 10068 13979 936 112.1k
Tom Greene 38211 11025 3991 6464 8572 475 79.0k
John P. Bilezikian 15255 5407 6853 10452 3778 613 42.0k
Gary C. Curhan 13907 4148 5069 3578 4715 402 40.3k
Eberhard Ritz 19039 9208 4766 6422 2223 926 43.6k
Hyon K. Choi 16181 2348 7194 5142 5947 401 36.7k
Joseph V. Bonventre 20595 1721 5097 20256 3706 507 54.1k
Steven R. Cummings 3066 6898 8229 13730 5334 621 71.2k
Franklin H. Epstein 5460 4434 4065 12842 3979 251 56.3k
Anthony Cerami 2993 8782 3909 18668 10646 513 75.8k

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