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Does calcium channel blockade have a role in prevention of expression of sepsis in renal transplant recipients?

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease, November 2016
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Title
Does calcium channel blockade have a role in prevention of expression of sepsis in renal transplant recipients?
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International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease, November 2016
DOI 10.2147/ijnrd.s121492
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John A D’Elia, Ray E Gleason, Anthony P Monaco, Larry A Weinrauch

Abstract

Many antihypertensive agents have been demonstrated to assist in preservation of kidney function, among them those that modulate calcium channels. Calcium channel blockers may also be of value in protecting hemodialysis patients from complications of sepsis. In diabetic recipients of kidney transplant allografts treated with cyclosporine, calcium channel blockade has been retrospectively linked to improved graft preservation and to fewer episodes of sepsis. This brief review outlines clinical and experimental publications on potential protection from sepsis by addition of calcium channel blockers to standard antibiotic therapy in individuals who may or may not have normal kidney function, or in the presence or absence of immunosuppression. Such mechanisms include blockade of antibiotic cytosolic extrusion in the cases of Pneumococci, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Plasmodium falciparum malaria, or Schistosoma mansoni; blockade of the calcineurin/calmodulin pathway (in immunosuppressed patients allowing for lower dosage of cyclosporine); stabilization of calcium movement at the level of sarcoplasmic reticulum by which shock (vasopressor instability) is prevented; or of cytosolic calcium influx and cell death (in the case of allograft acute tubular necrosis). Given the high cost of development of new antibiotics, a role for generic calcium channel blockade in sepsis prevention should be pursued by additional studies to investigate potential links between blockade of calcium channels and expression of sepsis in at-risk populations.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 32 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 6 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 9%
Researcher 3 9%
Student > Master 3 9%
Other 2 6%
Other 5 16%
Unknown 10 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 31%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 6%
Unspecified 1 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 3%
Other 6 19%
Unknown 10 31%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 July 2017.
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#6,875,368
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease
#58
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#95,861
of 317,808 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease
#2
of 7 outputs
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