Pituranthos chloranthus Oil as an Antioxidant-Based Adjuvant Therapy against Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity by Aida Lahmar, Zaineb Dhaouefi, Rihab Khlifi, Fairouz Sioud, Leila Chekir- Ghedira

“…The standard mouse model of cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI), consisting of one intraperitoneal injection of cisplatin (20 mg/kg), was adopted. …”
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Identification of Senescence-Associated Biomarkers in Diabetic Glomerulopathy Using Integrated Bioinformatics Analysis by Li Zhang, Zhaoxiang Wang, Fengyan Tang, Menghuan Wu, Ying Pan, Song Bai, Bing Lu, Shao Zhong, Ying Xie

“…These gene expressions have also been explored in various kidney diseases. Results. Twelve representative senescence-associated genes (VEGFA, IQGAP2, JUN, PLAT, ETS2, ANG, MMP14, VEGFC, SERPINE2, CXCR2, PTGES, and EGF) were finally identified. …”
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Human SLC26A1 Gene Variants: A Pilot Study by Paul A. Dawson, Pearl Sim, David W. Mudge, David Cowley

“…Kidney stones are a global health problem, incurring massive health costs annually. …”
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Anatomy of Inferior Mesenteric Artery in Fetuses by Ayesha Nuzhat

“…In 3 fetuses, Inferior Mesenteric Artery was giving a branch to left kidney, 8.8%. Out of 66 fetuses in group II, 64 had normal branching. …”
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Antimicrobial Doses in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: A Comparison of Dosing Strategies by Anna P. Kempke, Abbie S. Leino, Farzad Daneshvar, John Andrew Lee, Bruce A. Mueller

“…Full pharmacokinetic data was available for 18, 31, and 40 agents using acute kidney injury, end stage renal disease, and normal patient data, respectively. …”
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Antimalarial, Antioxidant, and Toxicological Evaluation of Extracts of Celtis africana, Grosseria vignei, Physalis micrantha, and Stachytarpheta angustifolia by Michael Konney Laryea, Lawrence Sheringham Borquaye

“…The phosphomolybdenum and DPPH (1, 1-diphenyl-2 picrylhydrazyl) assays were used to evaluate antioxidant activities while toxicity assessment was carried out in mice using the acute toxicity test and kidney and liver function tests. Extracts from Celtis africana and Physalis micrantha were very active towards the parasites with half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50’s) of 29.1 and 3.5 µg/mL, respectively. …”
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A Case of De Novo Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Disease Presenting during Pregnancy by F. A. K. Lodhi, T. Akcan, J. N. Mojarrab, S. Sajjad, R. Blonsky

“…Background. Acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring dialysis during pregnancy is uncommon. …”
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Our Unique Experience with Low-Dose Alemtuzumab as an Induction Agent for Renal Transplantation: A Case Series by Cherin Josi, Arjun Parthasarathy, Divya Sundar, Milly Matthew, Premkumar Rajendran, Georgi Abraham

“…All the patients underwent live donor kidney transplants. One patient had regrafting. All the patients had their CDC and flow crossmatch done and were negative. …”
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Epigenetic Markers of Renal Function in African Americans by Samantha M. Bomotti, Jennifer A. Smith, Alicia L. Zagel, Jacquelyn Y. Taylor, Stephen T. Turner, Sharon L. R. Kardia

“…Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an increasing concern in the United States due to its rapidly rising prevalence, particularly among African Americans. …”
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Evaluation of Health-related Quality of Life in Regular Hemodialysis Patients Using the KDQOL-SFTM Questionnaire by Eliseo Capote Leyva, Raydel Argudín Selier, Salvador Roberto Mora González, Lázaro Capote Pereira, Idrissa Leonard Rupalé, Yosvany Moret Hernández

“…Finlay Military Hospital from January through February 2013. The Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form version 1.3 was used to evaluate the health-related quality of life. …”
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Identifying RBBP7 as a Promising Diagnostic Biomarker for BK Virus-Associated Nephropathy by Yicun Wang, Yuxuan Wang, Di Zhang, Hao Zhang, Wei Wang, Xiaopeng Hu

“…BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVN) remains a major infectious complication due to powerful immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients, and its histologic appearance can mimic rejection, leading to diagnostic and treatment dilemmas thus molecular diagnostic methods would be beneficial. …”
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An Unusual Case of Anti-GBM Antibody Elevation in HIV-Associated Nephropathy by Vinay Minocha, Raafat Makary, Andreea Poenariu

“…This case highlights the need for careful interpretation of anti-GBM antibody tests in HIV infected patients with kidney disease and, in particular, the need for biopsy confirmation of the diagnosis prior to starting therapy. …”
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Combination of dapagliflozin and pioglitazone lacks superiority against monotherapy in streptozotocin-induced nephropathy by Aneta Cinakova, Diana Vavrincova-Yaghi, Peter Krenek, Jan Klimas, Eva Kralova

“…Kidney damage molecule expression (Kim1, Nphs1) revealed a deceleration of kidney damage by pioglitazone and dapagliflozine monotherapies. …”
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Decreases in mRNA by an siRNA Complex Do not Alter Blood Pressure in Mice by Su-Min Ji, Young-Bin Shin, So-Yon Park, Hyeon-Ju Lee, Bermseok Oh

“…A polyethylenimine-mixed siRNA complex was injected into mouse tail veins, reducing Casz1 mRNA expression to 45% in the kidney. However, blood pressure in the treated mice was unaffected, despite a 55% reduction in Casz1 mRNA levels in the kidney on multiple siRNA injections daily. …”
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Development and characterization of a reverse genetics system for the lineage II Chicava strain of Machupo virus in a guinea pig model. by Emily Mantlo, Junki Maruyama, John T Manning, Rachel A Reyna, Cheng Huang, Slobodan Paessler

“…Rescue of the recombinant MACV Chicava strain (rMACV-Chicava) was accomplished by expression of the L protein and nucleoprotein genes of the MACV Carvallo strain in trans in transfected baby hamster kidney (BHK-21) cells. We characterized the multiplication kinetics of rMACV-Chicava in African green monkey kidney epithelial Vero cells, followed by determining the virulence phenotype in outbred Hartley guinea pigs.…”
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Diagnosis and management of de novo inflammatory bowel disease after solid organ transplantation in the era of biologic therapy: a case series by Willie Mohammed Johnson, Byron P. Vaughn, Nicholas Lim

“…IntroductionThe clinical characteristics of de novo inflammatory bowel disease (dnIBD) diagnosed after solid organ transplant (SOT) are not well-described, particularly since the advent of biologic therapy for treatment of IBD.MethodsWe conducted a single-center, retrospective review of SOT recipients between 2010 and 2022 at the University of Minnesota Medical Center who were diagnosed with IBD after transplant.ResultsOf 89 patients at our center with IBD and a history of SOT, five (5.6%) patients were diagnosed with IBD post-transplant (three liver, one kidney, and one simultaneous liver and kidney): three patients were female and four were Caucasian. …”
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Renal Replacement Therapy in Children in the Developing World: Challenges and Outcome in a Tertiary Hospital in Southeast Nigeria by Odutola Israel Odetunde, Henrietta Uche Okafor, Samuel Nkachukwu Uwaezuoke, Bertilla Uzoma Ezeonwu, Oluchi Mildred Ukoha

“…A 5-year observational, retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the indications, the availability, the accessibility, the sustainability, and the outcome of children managed for acute kidney injury (AKI) and end stage kidney disease (ESKD) who required renal replacement therapy RRT in Enugu, southeast Nigeria. …”
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Elective Cesarean Section during Preterm Prevents Pulmonary Hypoplasia Development in Potter Sequence by Yuya Kinoshita, Rieko Sakamoto, Yusuke Hattori, Keishiro Furuie, Shohei Kuraoka, Yuko Hidaka, Hiroshi Tamura, Hiroshi Mitsubuchi, Kimitoshi Nakamura

“…Fetal ultrasound at GA of 26 weeks 4 days showed oligohydramnios, multilocular cystic lesions in the left kidney, and an absent right kidney. Prenatal fetal MRI at GA of 33 weeks and 3 days showed pulmonary hypoplasia, and the ratio of fetal lung volume (FLV) to fetal body weight (FBW) was 0.0135 ml/g. …”
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Effect of Lycium barbarum Polysaccharide on Decreasing Serum Amyloid A3 Expression through Inhibiting NF-κB Activation in a Mouse Model of Diabetic Nephropathy by Fengqi Wan, Fulin Ma, Jiaxin Wu, Xinyu Qiao, Minxue Chen, Wenjian Li, Liang Ma

“…HE and PAS stainings were performed to evaluate the morphology and injury of the kidney. The results showed that LBP significantly reduces the glucose level and ameliorates the insulin resistance of diabetic mice. …”
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Cytokine Storm in COVID-19 Patients, Its Impact on Organs and Potential Treatment by QTY Code-Designed Detergent-Free Chemokine Receptors by Mujahed I. Mustafa, Abdelrahman H. Abdelmoneim, Eiman M. Mahmoud, Abdelrafie M. Makhawi

“…The novel coronavirus is not only causing respiratory problems, but it may also damage the heart, kidneys, liver, and other organs; in Wuhan, 14 to 30% of COVID-19 patients have lost their kidney function and now require either dialysis or kidney transplants. …”
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