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Mehmet Kanbay, FERA, FASN, FISN

Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Koc University School of Medicine
Verified email at ku.edu.tr
Cited by 19566

Recommendations for the prevention, mitigation and containment of the emerging SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic in haemodialysis centres

C Basile, C Combe, F Pizzarelli, A Covic… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
COVID-19, a disease caused by a novel coronavirus, is a major global human threat that
has turned into a pandemic. This novel coronavirus has specifically high morbidity in the …

The role of uric acid in the pathogenesis of human cardiovascular disease

M Kanbay, M Segal, B Afsar, DH Kang… - Heart, 2013 - heart.bmj.com
Hyperuricaemia is common in subjects with cardiovascular disease, but is not commonly
considered a true risk factor. Recent studies suggest that uric acid is biologically active and …

Epidemiology, contributors to, and clinical trials of mortality risk in chronic kidney failure

A Ortiz, A Covic, D Fliser, D Fouque, D Goldsmith… - The lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Patients with chronic kidney failure—defined as a glomerular filtration rate persistently below
15 mL/min per 1· 73 m 2—have an unacceptably high mortality rate. In developing countries …

[HTML][HTML] Uric acid induces hepatic steatosis by generation of mitochondrial oxidative stress: potential role in fructose-dependent and-independent fatty liver

MA Lanaspa, LG Sanchez-Lozada, YJ Choi… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
Metabolic syndrome represents a collection of abnormalities that includes fatty liver, and it
currently affects one-third of the United States population and has become a major health …

Effect of treatment of hyperuricemia with allopurinol on blood pressure, creatinine clearence, and proteinuria in patients with normal renal functions

M Kanbay, A Ozkara, Y Selcoki, B Isik, F Turgut… - … urology and nephrology, 2007 - Springer
Background Hyperuricemia has been associated with the development of hypertension,
cardiovascular, and renal disease. However, there is no data about the effect of lowering …

Uric acid in metabolic syndrome: from an innocent bystander to a central player

M Kanbay, T Jensen, Y Solak, M Le… - European journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Uric acid, once viewed as an inert metabolic end-product of purine metabolism, has been
recently incriminated in a number of chronic disease states, including hypertension …

Climate change and the emergent epidemic of CKD from heat stress in rural communities: the case for heat stress nephropathy

J Glaser, J Lemery, B Rajagopalan… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Climate change has led to significant rise of 0.8 C–0.9 C in global mean temperature over
the last century and has been linked with significant increases in the frequency and severity …

Recovery of kidney function after acute kidney injury in the elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Schmitt, S Coca, M Kanbay, ME Tinetti… - American Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of elderly individuals continues to increase over time, as
does the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI). However, it is not known whether age is an …

[HTML][HTML] The systemic nature of CKD

C Zoccali, R Vanholder, ZA Massy, A Ortiz… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
The accurate definition and staging of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the major
achievements of modern nephrology. Intensive research is now being undertaken to unravel …

Monocyte count/HDL cholesterol ratio and cardiovascular events in patients with chronic kidney disease

M Kanbay, Y Solak, HU Unal, YG Kurt, M Gok… - … urology and nephrology, 2014 - Springer
Background and aim Previous studies showed that renal dysfunction was associated with
both a reduction in serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol concentration and …