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View article: Promoting Equity in Transplant Research by Addressing the Exclusion of Patients With Glomerular Disease
Promoting Equity in Transplant Research by Addressing the Exclusion of Patients With Glomerular Disease Open
View article: Heavy Chain Deposition Disease in Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance: A Prodrome of Multiple Myeloma Case and Literature Review
Heavy Chain Deposition Disease in Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance: A Prodrome of Multiple Myeloma Case and Literature Review Open
Monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition disease (MIDD) is a complication of plasma cell dyscrasias, resulting in abnormal immunoglobulin deposition along basement membranes. We describe a case of a 60-year-old male with a complex hospital adm…
View article: Evaluating Risk in Kidney Living Donors
Evaluating Risk in Kidney Living Donors Open
Kidney donation is a safe procedure for carefully screened donors. The growing shortage of organs and improved survival rates among recipients of living donor transplants have broadened the criteria for acceptable living donors, including …
View article: Recurrence of membranous nephropathy after kidney transplantation: A multicenter retrospective cohort study
Recurrence of membranous nephropathy after kidney transplantation: A multicenter retrospective cohort study Open
View article: Monoclonal gammopathies of renal significance
Monoclonal gammopathies of renal significance Open
The term monoclonal gammopathies of renal significance (MGRS) encompasses a group of renal histopathological lesions fulfilling two criteria: (a) they are caused by nephrotoxic monoclonal immunoglobulins and (b) the monoclonal immunoglobul…
View article: Non-crystalline light chain proximal tubulopathy, a morphologically protean entity
Non-crystalline light chain proximal tubulopathy, a morphologically protean entity Open
Background Light chain proximal tubulopathy (LCPT) is a rare form of paraprotein-related disease, occurring in two main histopathological forms: crystalline and non-crystalline. The clinicopathological features, treatment strategies and ou…
View article: A Kidney Transplant Recipient on Prophylactic Eculizumab Presenting With Myalgia
A Kidney Transplant Recipient on Prophylactic Eculizumab Presenting With Myalgia Open
TRANSPLANT QUIZ Transpl Int, 08 December 2022 https://doi.org/10.3389/ti.2022.10910
View article: The Effect of Fibrates on Kidney Function and Chronic Kidney Disease Progression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Studies
The Effect of Fibrates on Kidney Function and Chronic Kidney Disease Progression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Studies Open
Aim: Fibrates have proven efficacy in cardiovascular risk reduction and are commonly used, in addition to statins, to control hypertriglyceridaemia. Their use is often limited due to reduction in glomerular filtration rate at treatment ini…
View article: The Effect of Fibrates on Kidney Function and Chronic Kidney Disease Progression: Protocol for a Systematic Review.
The Effect of Fibrates on Kidney Function and Chronic Kidney Disease Progression: Protocol for a Systematic Review. Open
Background/Objectives: Fibrates reduce cardiovascular risk in the general population and in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although, they are commonly used as second-line agents in addition to statins for hypertriglyceridemia,…
View article: Informing the Risk of Kidney Transplantation Versus Remaining on the Waitlist in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Era
Informing the Risk of Kidney Transplantation Versus Remaining on the Waitlist in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Era Open
View article: Anticoagulant-Related Nephropathy in a Renal Transplant Recipient
Anticoagulant-Related Nephropathy in a Renal Transplant Recipient Open
View article: Alport syndrome: Proteomic analysis identifies early molecular pathway alterations in <i>Col4a3</i> knock out mice
Alport syndrome: Proteomic analysis identifies early molecular pathway alterations in <i>Col4a3</i> knock out mice Open
Aim Alport syndrome (AS) is the second most common hereditary kidney disease caused by mutations in collagen IV genes. Patients present with microhaematuria that progressively leads to proteinuria and end stage renal disease. Currently, no…
View article: Proteomic analysis in lupus mice identifies Coronin-1A as a potential biomarker for lupus nephritis
Proteomic analysis in lupus mice identifies Coronin-1A as a potential biomarker for lupus nephritis Open
View article: Additional file 2 of Proteomic analysis in lupus mice identifies Coronin-1A as a potential biomarker for lupus nephritis
Additional file 2 of Proteomic analysis in lupus mice identifies Coronin-1A as a potential biomarker for lupus nephritis Open
Additional file 2. Discovery proteomics data (accession number, protein names, p value, q-value, fold change status of identified proteins). List of common proteins between mouse kidney discovery proteomics and human kidney transcriptomics…
View article: Additional file 3 of Proteomic analysis in lupus mice identifies Coronin-1A as a potential biomarker for lupus nephritis
Additional file 3 of Proteomic analysis in lupus mice identifies Coronin-1A as a potential biomarker for lupus nephritis Open
Additional file 3. List of significantly enriched KEGG pathways identified by pathway analysis of discovery proteomic data at each time. Table S3.1: List of significantly enriched KEGG pathways at 12 weeks. Table S3.2: List of significantl…
View article: Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Using Ultrasonographic Surrogate Markers of Atherosclerosis and Arterial Stiffness in Patients With Chronic Renal Impairment: A Narrative Review of the Evidence and a Critical View of Their Utility in Clinical Practice
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Using Ultrasonographic Surrogate Markers of Atherosclerosis and Arterial Stiffness in Patients With Chronic Renal Impairment: A Narrative Review of the Evidence and a Critical View of Their Utility in Clinical Practice Open
Purpose of the review: Validated tools to improve cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are lacking. Noninvasive measures of arterioscler…
View article: Association of non-invasive measures of subclinical atherosclerosis and arterial stiffness with mortality and major cardiovascular events in chronic kidney disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies
Association of non-invasive measures of subclinical atherosclerosis and arterial stiffness with mortality and major cardiovascular events in chronic kidney disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies Open
Background Non-invasive cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction, in subclinical stages, aiming to stratify patients and tailor interventions remains an unmet need in chronic kidney disease (CKD). In this meta-analysis, we summarize th…
View article: Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for the Treatment of Type I Crystal Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis Caused by Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance (MGRS)
Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for the Treatment of Type I Crystal Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis Caused by Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance (MGRS) Open
Cryoglobulins (CGs) are immunoglobulins that precipitate at temperatures below 37°C and dissolve again after rewarming. Cryoglobulinemia may be asymptomatic or cause end-organ damage by CG precipitation in small- to medium-sized blood vess…
View article: Plasmacytoma-Like Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease in a Disused Arteriovenous Fistula: The Importance of Histopathology
Plasmacytoma-Like Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease in a Disused Arteriovenous Fistula: The Importance of Histopathology Open
View article: Proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal Ig deposits (PGNMID): diagnostic and treatment challenges for the nephrologist!
Proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal Ig deposits (PGNMID): diagnostic and treatment challenges for the nephrologist! Open
View article: SP016DYSREGULATION OF PPAR SIGNALING PATHWAY, FOCAL ADHESION PATHWAY AND DECREASED INTEGRIN LINKED KINASE ARE EARLY EVENTS IN COL4A3 &#8722;/&#8722; MICE MANIFESTING ALPORT SYNDROME
SP016DYSREGULATION OF PPAR SIGNALING PATHWAY, FOCAL ADHESION PATHWAY AND DECREASED INTEGRIN LINKED KINASE ARE EARLY EVENTS IN COL4A3 −/− MICE MANIFESTING ALPORT SYNDROME Open
View article: Biomarkers of systemic lupus erythematosus identified using mass spectrometry‐based proteomics: a systematic review
Biomarkers of systemic lupus erythematosus identified using mass spectrometry‐based proteomics: a systematic review Open
Advances in mass spectrometry technologies have created new opportunities for discovering novel protein biomarkers in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We performed a systematic review of published reports on proteomic biomarkers identif…
View article: Matrix Metalloproteinases and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review
Matrix Metalloproteinases and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review Open
Background. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a significant problem in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Subclinical atherosclerosis identified by noninvasive methods could improve CVD risk prediction in CKD but these methods are often unav…