Homocysteine and Hypertension in Diabetes: Does PPARγ Have a Regulatory Role? by Utpal Sen, Suresh C. Tyagi

“…In heart this leads to increased endothelial-myocyte uncoupling resulting in diastolic dysfunction and hypertension. In the kidney, increased matrix accumulation in the glomerulus causes glomerulosclerosis resulting in hypofiltration, increased renal volume retention, and hypertension. …”
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Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance with Deposits of Peculiar Morphology and Injuries of Secondary Thrombotic Microangiopathy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by José C. De La Flor, Marina Alonso, Edna Sandoval, Alexander Marschall, Miguel Rodeles

“…We present the case of an 82-year-old woman diagnosed with monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS) with the presence of different and peculiar kidney lesions, who began treatment with bortezomib and dexamethasone, presenting during her evolution a relapse. …”
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Phosphate, Calcification in Blood, and Mineral Stress: The Physiologic Blood Mineral Buffering System and Its Association with Cardiovascular Risk by Andreas Pasch, Willi Jahnen-Dechent, Edward R. Smith

“…Phosphate is an important cardiovascular risk factor and lowering elevated blood phosphate concentrations is a main therapeutic target in kidney patients. Phosphate is subject to the blood mineral buffering system which controls the precipitation of calcium and phosphate. …”
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Primary Renal Hydatid in Children by Jeff John, Bernard Marais

“…Initial abdominal ultrasound revealed a complex cystic mass in the upper pole of the right kidney. A contrasted CT scan better defined it as a well-circumscribed cyst with multiple thin septations. …”
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Effect of spirulina supplementation on growth, immunity, antioxidant status and pathomorphological perspectives in broilers exposed to dietary aflatoxin B1 by Ayman S. Salah, Antonia Lestingi, Mahmoud S. El-Tarabany, Marwa Mostafa, Rania Samir Zaki, Mahmoud M. Azzam, Alessandro Di Cerbo, Mahmoud Alagawany, Ahmed Fotouh

“…Summary: The principal goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of Spirulina (SP) supplementation on growth, immunity, antioxidant status, liver and kidney functions, carcass criteria and pathomorphological perspectives in broilers given Aflatoxin B1(AFB1) in their diet. …”
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Occurrence of Alternaria Toxins, Ochratoxin A and Aflatoxins B1 in Green Arabic Coffee (Coffea arabica) in Saudi Arabia: Risk Assessment on HepG-2 Cell Line and Male Albino Rats by Ahmed Hashim Almusallam, Ahmed Mahmoud Ismail

“…The results demonstrated a notable decline in liver and kidney functions in all mycotoxins-treated rats. The studied organs (liver, kidney and spleen) exhibited significant damage, with the most severe alterations observed in the Mix1 and Mix2-treated group in comparison with the groups receiving individual treatment. …”
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Huoxiang Zhengqi dropping pills alleviate exertional heat stroke–induced multiple organ injury through sustaining intestinal homeostasis via regulating MAPK/NF-κB pathway and gut m... by Lei Li, Lei Li, Lei Li, Jun Ma, Jun Ma, Zeshi Li, Zeshi Li, Juelin Chen, Jiawei Zhou, Yawei Wang, Yankun Pei, Yitong Gong, Jianyao You, Yangyang Cao, Man Wang, Jikuai Chen, Wenjun Chang, Weiyi Ma, Hanyu Zhu, Chuhan Xiang, Shuogui Xu, Qing Song, Qing Song

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Unveiling unique effector function-related bulk antibody profiles in long-term hemodialysis patients following COVID-19 mRNA booster vaccination by Chia-Yi Chou, Chung-Yi Cheng, Chih-Hsin Lee, Makoto Kuro-O, Tso-Hsiao Chen, San-Yuan Wang, Yung-Kun Chuang, Yun-Jung Yang, Yun-Hsuan Lin, I-Lin Tsai

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Litiasis urinaria en el donante cadavérico: respuestas a la penumbra urológica desde un análisis bibliométrico by Federico Solórzano-Torrejano, Gabriela Castañeda-Millán, Juan C. Álvarez-Restrepo, Kateir Contreras-Villamizar, William Fajardo-Cediel, David A. Castañeda-Millán

“…Métodos: Análisis bibliométrico ejecutado mediante una búsqueda sistemática de la literatura en Medline, Embase, SciELO, Cochrane Central, Google Académico y Web of Science utilizando combinaciones de los términos MesH “urolithiasis”, “kidney calculi”, “ureteral calculi”, “tissue and organ procurement”, “brain death”, “living donors” y “kidney transplantation”. …”
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Eye Collateral Channel Characteristic Analysis and Identification Model Construction of Mild Cognitive Impairment by WU Tiecheng, CAO Lei, YIN Lianhua, HE Youze, LIU Zhizhen, YANG Minguang, XU Ying, WU Jinsong

“…Common disease location syndrome elements in the MCI group are liver, kidney, muscles and bones, spleen, heart, and meridians. …”
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The health status of hybrid grouper Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (♀) x E.lanceolatus (♂) cultured in floating-net cage at Kelapa Dua Island, Seribu Islands, Indonesia by Ruku Ratu Borut, Sukenda, Sri Nuryati, kukuh Nirmala, Irzal Effendi, Widanarni

“…From the histopathological observation, hepatocyte, necrosis, vacuolysis was occurred in liver and tubular, leukocyte infiltasi, nicrosis was occurred in kidney and with the highest prevalence of VNN at 20 – 80 %. …”
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Kajian patogenisitas bakteri Edwardsiella ictaluri pada ikan patin Pangasionodon hypophthalmus by Wiwik Susanti, Agustin Indrawati, Fachriyan H Pasaribu

“…External organs of fish (skin and abdomen) and internal organs (liver, kidney, and brain) were examined macroscopicly and microscopicly. …”
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Relative bioavailability of selenium yeast, selenomethionine, hydroxyl-selenomethionine and nano-selenium for broilers by Guoqing Liu, Guoqing Liu, Sumei Cao, Sumei Cao, Liang Huang, Xuanxu Lin, Zheng Sun, Gang Lin, Liyang Zhang, Lin Lu, Xugang Luo, Xiudong Liao

“…The results showed that the Se concentrations and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activities in plasma, liver, breast muscle, pancreas and kidney as well as Se concentration in erythrocytes of broilers, and Gpx1 and Selenop mRNA expressions in pancreas increased linearly (p < 0.03) as added Se level increased. …”
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Aluminum Poisoning with Emphasis on Its Mechanism and Treatment of Intoxication by Mehrdad Rafati Rahimzadeh, Mehravar Rafati Rahimzadeh, Sohrab Kazemi, Roghayeh Jafarian Amiri, Marzieh Pirzadeh, Ali Akbar Moghadamnia

“…Aluminum poisoning can affect blood content, musculoskeletal system, kidney, liver, and respiratory and nervous system, and the extent of poisoning can be diagnosed by assaying aluminum compounds in blood, urine, hair, nails, and sweat. …”
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Appraisal of Total Phenol, Flavonoid Contents, and Antioxidant Potential of Folkloric Lannea coromandelica Using In Vitro and In Vivo Assays by Tekeshwar Kumar, Vishal Jain

“…Intragastric administration of the EAF can significantly increase levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione (GSH), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) levels, and decrease malondialdehyde (MDA) content in the liver and kidney of CCl4-intoxicated rats. These new evidences show that L. coromandelica bared antioxidant activity.…”
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Percutaneous Fixation of Anterior Column Acetabular Fracture in a Renal Transplant Recipient by Halil Ceylan, Ozgur Selek, Ahmet Y. Sarlak

“…Renal transplantation, performed per million population, ranges from 30 to 60 in developed countries. The transplanted kidney is generally placed in iliac fossa; therefore the treatment procedure of the pelvic trauma in these patients should be selected carefully. …”
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Non-Permanent Transcatheter Proximal Renal Artery Embolization for a Grade 5 Renal Injury with Delayed Recanalization and Preserved Renal Parenchymal Enhancement by Abhishek Jairam, Bradley King, Zachary Berman, Gerant Rivera-Sanfeliz

“…Interestingly, imaging 1 month after embolization revealed residual enhancement of the inferior pole of the kidney, suggesting reconstitution of flow and partial renal salvage. …”
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Early Recurrence of Ovarian Cancer during Pregnancy after Primary Staging Surgery in the First Trimester by Munetoshi Akazawa, Kazunori Hashimoto

“…We performed emergent cesarean section, diagnosing acute kidney injury during pregnancy. On surgical finding, there were a number of 1 cm sized nodules in the small bowel wall and peritoneum. …”
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A Unique “Composite” PTLD with Diffuse Large B-Cell and T/Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma Components Occurring 17 Years after Transplant by Kristin La Fortune, Dahua Zhang, Gordana Raca, Erik A. Ranheim

“…Here, we report a unique case of a 56-year-old man in whom a lymphoma with two distinct components developed as a duodenal mass seventeen years following a combined kidney-pancreas transplant. This PTLD, which has features not previously reported in the literature, consisted of one component of CD20 positive and EBV negative monomorphic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. …”
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Volatile Organic Metabolites as Potential Biomarkers for Genitourinary Cancers: Review of the Applications and Detection Methods by Kiana L. Holbrook, Wen-Yee Lee

“…This review outlines the current landscape of major genitourinary cancers (kidney, prostate, bladder, and testicular), including epidemiology, risk factors, and current diagnostic tools. …”
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