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Last published 2025
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Judit Megyesi

High Impact

Researcher

Also affiliated: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (2013); University of Arizona (2019); Medical University of South Carolina (2019); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2001); Massachusetts General Hospital (2013); Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (2019); Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (2002–2022); University of Applied Management Studies (2020); John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital (2019); The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (1995–2008); The University of Tokyo (2004); Saitama Medical University (2013); The University of Osaka (2004)

Faculty Researcher

40 h-index 77 pubs 5,037 cited

  • Animals
  • Mice
  • Male
  • Kidney
  • Cisplatin
  • Acute Kidney Injury
  • Kidney Tubules, Proximal
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Humans
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Apoptosis
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Rats

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Judit Megyesi's research investigates mechanisms of organ injury and protection, with a particular focus on kidney and muscle tissue. Her work has explored how specific deficiencies or interventions can alter the course of disease. For instance, she has published on how neutral ceramidase deficiency offers protection against cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury in mice. Additionally, her research has examined the impact of iron chelation in preventing age-related skeletal muscle sarcopenia in a genetic mouse model of aging. She has also investigated the protective effects of γ-tocotrienol against mitochondrial dysfunction and renal function decline following ischemia.

Megyesi's scholarly contributions are reflected in her metrics, including an h-index of 40 and over 5,000 citations from 77 publications. She has collaborated with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Oleg Karaduta, Sharda P. Singh, Sudhir V. Shah, and Chhanda Bose, on shared publications. Her recent activity indicates an ongoing engagement with her research areas.

Metrics

  • h-index: 40
  • Publications: 77
  • Citations: 5,037

Selected Publications

  • Iron Chelation Prevents Age‐Related Skeletal Muscle Sarcopenia in Klotho Gene Mutant Mice, a Genetic Model of Aging (2025)
    Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Neutral ceramidase deficiency protects against cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (2022)
    Journal of Lipid Research 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • γ-Tocotrienol Protects against Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Energy Deficits, Morphological Damage, and Decreases in Renal Functions after Renal Ischemia (2021)
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • C57BL/6 mice require a higher dose of cisplatin to induce renal fibrosis and CCL2 correlates with cisplatin-induced kidney injury (2020)
    American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology 51 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Deletion of VDAC1 Hinders Recovery of Mitochondrial and Renal Functions After Acute Kidney Injury (2020)
    Biomolecules 29 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Protein kinase Cα mediates recovery of renal and mitochondrial functions following acute injury (2019)
    FEBS Journal 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Complement C1r serine protease contributes to kidney fibrosis (2019)
    American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology 22 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Proximal Tubule β2-Adrenergic Receptor Mediates Formoterol-Induced Recovery of Mitochondrial and Renal Function after Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury (2019)
    Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 40 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • 5-HT<sub>1F</sub> receptor regulates mitochondrial homeostasis and its loss potentiates acute kidney injury and impairs renal recovery (2018)
    American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology 40 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Subclinical kidney injury induced by repeated cisplatin administration results in progressive chronic kidney disease (2018)
    American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology 77 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Inhibiting glucosylceramide synthase exacerbates cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (2017)
    Journal of Lipid Research 53 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Pericytes and immune cells contribute to complement activation in tubulointerstitial fibrosis (2017)
    American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology 81 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Suramin Protects From Cisplatin‐Induced Acute Kidney Injury (2016)
    The FASEB Journal 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Deletion of protein kinase C-ε attenuates mitochondrial dysfunction and ameliorates ischemic renal injury (2016)
    American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Cdk2 phosphorylation of Bcl-xL after stress converts it to a pro-apoptotic protein mimicking Bax/Bak (2016)
    Cell Death Discovery 28 citations DOI OpenAlex

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