Robert Hunter
Clinical Research Career Development Fellow

Address
- Street
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Queens Medical Research Institute
Edinburgh Bioquarter
47 Little France Crescent - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH16 4TJ
Research summary
I am interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms of renal tubular dysfunction in kidney disease. We have shown that cells in different parts of the kidney can communicate with one another by sending messages packaged into extracellular vesicles. My work aims to understand this process and to explore how it might contribute to the development of kidney diseases
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Endothelin blockade prevents the long-term cardiovascular & renal sequelae of acute kidney injury
In:
Science Translational Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.abf5074
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The processes of transport and public health policy change: 20mph speed limits in Edinburgh and Belfast
In:
Case Studies on Transport Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2022.07.014
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Cardiovascular outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease and COVID-19: a multi-regional data-linkage study
In:
European Respiratory Journal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.03168-2021
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The impact of excessive salt intake on human health
In:
Nature Reviews Nephrology, vol. 18, pp. 321-335
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-021-00533-0
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Utility of interval kidney biopsy in ANCA-associated vasculitis
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Rheumatology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keab695
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Loss of Adam10 disrupts ion transport in immortalised kidney collecting duct cells
In:
Function
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/function/zqab024
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ANCA-associated renal vasculitis is associated with rurality but not seasonality or deprivation in a complete national cohort study
In:
RMD Open, vol. 7, pp. e001555
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2020-001555
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Urinary vesicles: Are they ready for real world use?
In:
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2021030332
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
A National Registry Study of Patient and Renal Survival in Adult Nephrotic Syndrome
In:
Kidney International Reports, vol. 6, pp. 449-459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2020.10.033
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Circulating argonaute-bound microRNA-126 reports vascular dysfunction and treatment response in acute and chronic kidney disease
In:
iScience
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101937
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Glucocorticoid-free treatment of severe ANCA-associated vasculitis
In:
Nephrology dialysis transplantation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfaa310
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Extracellular RNA in kidney disease: moving slowly but surely from bench to bedside
In:
Clinical science, vol. 134
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Diagnosing renal involvement in connective tissue disease: interpretation of antinuclear autoantibody tests
In:
Nephrology dialysis transplantation, vol. 35, pp. 1862–1864
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfz128
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Dialysis and plasmapheresis for schizophrenia: a systematic review
In:
Psychological Medicine, pp. 1-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720001324
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Easily missed: ANCA-associated vasculitis
In:
British Medical Journal (BMJ)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1070
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The European/International Fibromuscular Dysplasia Registry and Initiative (FEIRI)—clinical phenotypes and their predictors based on a cohort of 1000 patients
In:
Cardiovascular Research, vol. 117, pp. 950-959
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvaa102
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Hyperkalemia: pathophysiology, risk factors and consequences
In:
Nephrology dialysis transplantation, vol. 34, pp. iii2-iii11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfz206
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article (Published) -
Long-term outcomes in elderly patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis
In:
Rheumatology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kez388
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Forgotten signs of chronic kidney disease-associated mineral bone disease
In:
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcz211
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Diagnosing renal involvement in connective tissue disease: interpretation of anti-nuclear autoantibody tests
In:
Nephrology dialysis transplantation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfz128
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)