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Maria Kett

Associate Professor in Humanitarianism and Disability, UCL
Verified email at ucl.ac.uk
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Disability and poverty: The need for a more nuanced understanding of implications for development policy and practice

N Groce, M Kett, R Lang, JF Trani - Third World Quarterly, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The international development community is beginning to recognise that people with
disabilities constitute among the poorest and most vulnerable of all groups, and thus must …

Renal programming: cause for concern?

MM Kett, KM Denton - American Journal of Physiology …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
Development of the kidney can be altered in utero in response to a suboptimal environment.
The intrarenal factors that have been most well characterized as being sensitive to …

Managing the health effects of climate change: lancet and University College London Institute for Global Health Commission

…, S Bell, R Bellamy, S Friel, N Groce, A Johnson, M Kett… - The lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
Effects of climate change on health will affect most populations in the next decades and put
the lives and wellbeing of billions of people at increased risk. During this century, earth's …

Poverty and disability–a critical review of the literature in low and middle-income countries

…, S Wirz, R Lang, JF Trani, M Kett - … Working Paper Series, 2011 - papers.ssrn.com
While it is widely assumed that disability, poverty and health are closely linked, this is the
first critical review on the subject that explicitly asks:'What is the current evidence base for …

Obligatory role for B cells in the development of angiotensin II–dependent hypertension

CT Chan, CG Sobey, M Lieu, D Ferens, MM Kett… - …, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Clinical hypertension is associated with raised serum IgG antibodies. However, whether
antibodies are causative agents in hypertension remains unknown. We investigated whether …

Pharmacological inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasome reduces blood pressure, renal damage, and dysfunction in salt-sensitive hypertension

SM Krishnan, YH Ling, BM Huuskes… - Cardiovascular …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aims Renal inflammation, leading to fibrosis and impaired function is a major contributor to
the development of hypertension. The NLRP3 inflammasome mediates inflammation in …

Inflammasome activity is essential for one kidney/deoxycorticosterone acetate/salt‐induced hypertension in mice

SM Krishnan, JK Dowling, YH Ling… - British journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Inflammasomes are multimeric complexes that facilitate caspase‐
1‐mediated processing of the pro‐inflammatory cytokines IL‐1β and IL‐18. Clinical …

Nephron number, renal function, and arterial pressure in aged GDNF heterozygous mice

LA Cullen-McEwen, MM Kett, J Dowling… - …, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
The loss of one allele for glial cell line–derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) results in≈ 30%
fewer but normal sized glomeruli in young mice. Low nephron number, inherited or …

Renal structural and functional repair in a mouse model of reversal of ureteral obstruction

AL Cochrane, MM Kett, CS Samuel… - Journal of the …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
The end point of immune and nonimmune renal injury typically involves glomerular and
tubulointerstitial fibrosis. Although numerous studies have focused on the events that lead to …

[HTML][HTML] Colony-stimulating factor-1 promotes kidney growth and repair via alteration of macrophage responses

MA Alikhan, CV Jones, TM Williams… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Colony-stimulating factor (CSF)-1 controls the survival, proliferation, and differentiation of
macrophages, which are recognized as scavengers and agents of the innate and the …