A Case of Effective Mepolizumab Induction Therapy for Severe Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Diagnosed by Eosinophilic Cholecystitis and Interstitial Nephritis by Keita Hattori, Yuri Teramachi, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Takeshi Ito, Takatoshi Morinaga, Hirohumi Tamai, Yoshihiro Yamamoto

“…The histopathological findings of the gallbladder revealed necrotic vasculitis and granulomatous inflammation with marked eosinophilic infiltration. Kidney biopsy also showed marked eosinophilic infiltration in the tubulointerstitial area and eosinophilic tubulitis. …”
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Renal PEComa in a young male: A case report and insights from the literature by Rashad Sholan, Rufat Aliyev, Malahat Sultan, Anar Almazkhanli, Savalan Karim, Jalal Gasimov

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A Case of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Causing Hydroureter and Hydronephrosis by Farzin Farpour, Adriana Abrudescu

“…This disease usually starts with involvement of the upper and lower respiratory tracts and also can involve kidney, eyes, skin, central and peripheral nervous systems, and gastrointestinal tract (Umemoto et al. 2012, Takala et al. 2011, and Berthoux et al. 2011). …”
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Distribution of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in Different Human Tissues by Weiwei Li, Min Liu

“…The percentage of 5-hmC measured is high in brain, liver, kidney and colorectal tissues (0.40–0.65%), while it is relatively low in lung (0.18%) and very low in heart, breast, and placenta (0.05-0.06%). …”
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Research of Inonotus obliquus Oligosaccharide in Prevention of Hyperlipidemia by Dawei Wu, Yanrong Zhang, Dawei Wang, Tingting Liu, Shanshan Zhang, Chenhe Yang

“…At the same time, IOP-2A had a certain protective effect on the liver and kidney. The mechanism of IOP-2A in preventing hyperlipidemia was obtained from the perspective of mouse intestinal flora.…”
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Polyporus umbellatus, A Precious Rare Fungus With Good Pharmaceutical and Food Value by Sizhu Ren, Hua Liu, Qing Sang, Yifan Sun, Liyan Li, Wenjie Chen

“…Particularly, due to its diuretic properties, it is considered an important source of targeted drugs for the treatment of kidney disease. Extensive research has been conducted on this fungus, focusing not only on its challenging cultivation techniques but also on its diverse array of medicinal ingredients, including polysaccharides and steroids. …”
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Readiness of Sub-Saharan Africa Healthcare Systems for the New Pandemic, Diabetes: A Systematic Review by Bernardo Nuche-Berenguer, Linda E. Kupfer

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Partial Nephrectomy for a Massive Sporadic Renal Angiomyolipoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Jacob Albersheim-Carter, Molly Klein, Paari Murugan, Christopher J. Weight

“…Angiomyolipomas are the most common benign tumor of the kidney, associated with Tuberous Sclerosis in 20% of cases and arising sporadically in 80% of cases. …”
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The serological survey on bovine adenovirus type 2 infection in bovine in konya by Feridun Öztürk, Sibel Yavru, Rüstem Duman, Atilla Şimşek

“…<p> MDBK (Madine Darby Bovine Kidney) cell culture were used in virus production, in titration and in microneutralization test. …”
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A Case of Complete Renal Duplex with H-Shaped Ureter by A. Ghobashy, M. El-Shazly, A. Lari, O. Al-Hunaidy, A. Allam, N. Alenezy, E. Yordanov, B. Hathout

“…Noncontrast CT revealed stone midthird right ureter with duplex right kidney. Retrograde ureteropyelography and ureteroscopy revealed this rare anomaly.…”
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Toxicological studies of Caesalpinia sappan wood derived dye in Wister albino rats by G. Athinarayanana, A.J.A. Ranjitsingh, A. Usha Raja Nanthini, C. Padmalatha

“…The organ-body weight ratio of kidney, liver and abdomen did not change when compared to the control group in the observation period. …”
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Impact of Textile Effluents on Fresh Water Fish Mastacembelus Armatus (Cuv. & Val) by S. Karthikeyan, M. Jambulingam, P. Sivakumar, A. P. Shekhar, J. Krithika

“…The present study reveals that the impact of textile effluents on a protenious edible fresh water fish Mastacembelus Armatus by examining the changes in the ionic regulations of some selected tissues like liver , kidney and muscle before and after exposure to the Acid Blue 92 (CI.No. 13390). …”
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Pulmonary Limited MPO-ANCA Microscopic Polyangiitis and Idiopathic Lung Fibrosis in a Patient with a Diagnosis of IgA Nephropathy by Alwin Tilanus, Patricia Van der Niepen, Caroline Geers, Karl Martin Wissing

“…This unique case illustrates the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of an unusual presentation of microscopic polyangiitis presenting first as isolated kidney disease with recurrence in the form of pneumonitis without renal involvement, in association with renal IgA deposits and ITP as coexisting autoimmune conditions.…”
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Quality of Life, Depression, and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Renal Replacement Therapies in Saudi Arabia by Emad Adel Shdaifat

“…Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants comprising hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD), and kidney transplantation (Tx) patients. They completed the Short Form-36 Survey and the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS). …”
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MicroRNA as a Potential Biomarker and Treatment Strategy for Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Mingming Cao, Wenjing Song, Runyu Liang, Lili Teng, Mei Zhang, Jiyao Zhang, Luwen Zhu

“…Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is a progressive injury that aggravates the pathological state when the organ tissue restores blood supply after a certain period of ischemia, including the myocardial, brain, liver, kidney, and intestinal. With growing evidence that microRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role as posttranscription gene silencing mediators in many I/R injury, in this review, we highlight the microRNAs that are related to I/R injury and their regulatory molecular pathways. …”
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Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in a Child Receiving Chronic Hemodialysis by Joyce Moore, Jennifer Klowak, Gloria Isaza, Steven Arora, Vladimir Belostotsky, Nina Stein, Rahul Chanchlani

“…We report the first case of AION in a 2-year 11-month-old child receiving chronic hemodialysis secondary to polycystic kidney disease from a phosphomannomutase 2 gene mutation. …”
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Artificial Urinary Sphincter: Long-Term Results and Patient Satisfaction by Drogo K. Montague

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Candidates for Bariatric Surgery: Morbidly Obese Patients with Pulmonary Dysfunction by Yu-Feng Wei, Huey-Dong Wu

“…Effective weight loss after bariatric surgery may improve cardiovascular disease risk factors, including diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, inflammation, chronic kidney disease, obstructive sleep apnea, and obesity hypoventilation syndrome. …”
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Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Presenting as Pauci-Immune Crescentic Glomerulonephritis in Pregnancy by Ryan Kunjal, Raafat Makary, Andreea Poenariu

“…She was found to have acute kidney injury that was unresponsive to vigorous fluid resuscitation and urine sediment examination was suggestive of an underlying glomerulonephritis. …”
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A Potential Dubin-Johnson Syndrome Imaging Agent: Synthesis, Biodistribution, and MicroPET Imaging by Jeongsoo Yoo, David E. Reichert, Joonyoung Kim, Carolyn J. Anderson, Michael J. Welch

“…The 64 Cu complex was taken up rapidly by the liver and quickly excreted into the small intestine and then the upper large intestine, whereas < 1% ID/organ was found in the kidney at all time points post injection. Whereas activity was accumulated continuously in the liver of TR − rats, it was not excreted into the small intestine. …”
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