Opeyemi Olabisi

Chief, Division of Nephrology · Duke Department of Medicine

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History

APOL1 kidney disease risk variants cause cytotoxicity by depleting cellular potassium and inducing stress-activated protein kinases
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016 · First of 12 authors · 194 citations
Regulation of transcription factor NFAT by ADP-ribosylation
Molecular and Cellular Biology · 2008 · First of 9 authors · 89 citations
Role of transcription factor NFAT in glucose and insulin homeostasis
Molecular and Cellular Biology · 2006 · 70 citations

Mechanisms of HIV Persistence in the Kidney
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
PI · $4.1M · Duke University
2022–2027
JAK-STAT Inhibition to Reduce Racial Disparities in Kidney Disease
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities · R01
Contact PI · $3.5M · Duke University
2021–2027
A Human Stem Cell-Derived Podocyte Model for APOL1 Nephropathy
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · DP2
Contact PI · $2.4M · Duke University
2019–2024

Janus Kinase-STAT Inhibition to Reduce APOL1 Associated Kidney Disease
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 2
Duke University
2023–2026
Duke APOL1 Research Biorepository
Site PI · Recruiting
Duke University
2019–2026