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Ronak Lakhia

Director, Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Clinic · University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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History

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Present

Nephrology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2014–2016
Internal Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
2008–2011
Univ of Texas Southwestern Med Sch at Dallas
2004–2008
Illinois Institute of Technology
2000–2004

Research

microRNA-17 family promotes polycystic kidney disease progression through modulation of mitochondrial metabolism
Nature Communications · 2017 · 173 citations
PPARα agonist fenofibrate enhances fatty acid β-oxidation and attenuates polycystic kidney and liver disease in mice
American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology · 2018 · First of 6 authors · 123 citations
MicroRNA-21 Aggravates Cyst Growth in a Model of Polycystic Kidney Disease
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 2016 · First of 10 authors · 73 citations

MY
Matanel Yheskel
5 papers
Chunzi Song
3 papers · 2 as a resident
Bekir Tanriover
2 papers
Kabir Olaniran
2 papers
MM
Malcolm MacConmara
2 papers
Nilum Rajora
2 papers
Peter Igarashi
2 papers
Sagar Nigwekar
2 papers
Susan Hedayati
2 papers
Absalon Gutierrez
1 paper · 1 as a fellow
Alan Yu
1 paper
Ashima Gulati
1 paper

Grants

Investigating Intracellular Cholesterol Biosynthesis as a Regulator of Polycystic Kidney Disease Progression
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $1M · Ut Southwestern Medical Center
2025–2029
The Role of Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Alpha in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · K08
Contact PI · $769.8K · Ut Southwestern Medical Center
2018–2024