Obesity-Related Metabolic Syndrome: Mechanisms of Sympathetic Overactivity by Maria Paola Canale, Simone Manca di Villahermosa, Giuliana Martino, Valentina Rovella, Annalisa Noce, Antonino De Lorenzo, Nicola Di Daniele

“…Chronic sympathetic nervous system overactivity contributes to a further decline of insulin sensitivity and creates a vicious circle that may contribute to the development of hypertension and of the metabolic syndrome and favor cardiovascular and kidney disease. Selective renal denervation is an emerging area of interest in the clinical management of obesity-related hypertension. …”
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Evaluating the Factors Affecting COVID-19 Patients’ Mortality in Arak in 2020 by Hossein Mazaherpour, Masoumeh Soofian, Elham Farahani, Ahmad Saebbian, Mostafa Etebari, Sakineh Mazaherpour, Fatemeh Ashrafian, Amitis Ramezani

“…There was a significant relationship in terms of blood pressure, age, oxygen saturation, tachycardia, tachypnea, the interval between the onset of symptoms and hospitalization, diabetes mellitus, lung disease, cardiovascular disease, history of opium abuse, C-reactive protein, white blood cell, lymphocytes, hemoglobin, creatinine elevation, elevated liver enzyme, creatine phosphokinase, lactate dehydrogenase, ferritin, D-dimer, troponin, prothrombin time, international normalized ratio, intensive care unit admission days, arrhythmia, sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute kidney injury (AKI), and the type of antiviral and antibiotic therapy between the two groups of patients. …”
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Protection of Liver as a Remote Organ after Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Renal Ischemic Postconditioning by Behjat Seifi, Mehri Kadkhodaee, Atefeh Najafi, Atefeh Mahmoudi

“…They underwent a right nephrectomy before induction of 45 minutes of left kidney ischemia or sham operation. POC was performed by four cycles of 10 seconds of ischemia and 10 seconds of reperfusion just at the beginning of 24 hours of reperfusion. …”
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The Potential of Neonatal Organ Donation in Central Sweden by Emil Bluhme, Ewa Henckel, Boubou Hallberg, Carl Jorns

“…Median creatinine of 72 (IQR: 67) µmol/l, urine production 3 (IQR: 2.2) ml/kg/h, ALT 0.51 (IQR: 1.5) µkat/l, and AST 1.7 (IQR: 3.1) µkat/l. Criteria for kidney donation was met in 39 potential neonatal, 29 for liver and 18 for heart, corresponding to a potential increase of 1.9, 1.4, and 0.9 donors PMP per year, respectively. …”
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Metformin and Fibrosis: A Review of Existing Evidence and Mechanisms by Maoyan Wu, Huiwen Xu, Jingyu Liu, Xiaozhen Tan, Shengrong Wan, Man Guo, Yang Long, Yong Xu

“…Fibrosis in the lung, kidney, and liver accounts for a substantial proportion of the global burden of disability and mortality. …”
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DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF THE COMPETITIVE ELISA-BASED TEST SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF ANTIBODIES TO GROUP A ROTAVIRUS IN LIVESTOCK SERA by O. P. Bjadovskaya, Ye. A. Bukhon, A. A. Nesterov

“…Bovine rotavirus TE87 strain of serogroup A adapted to continuous porcine embryo kidney cell culture was selected as an antigen for ELISA. …”
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Possible impact of use of a ketogenic diet in pregnancy on the fetus: Review of animal and human studies by Agata Miłosz, Justyna Michalczyk, Iwona Morawik, Klaudia Długoborska, Monika Gesek

“…However, it can contribute to mineral and vitamin deficiencies, hypoproteinemia or the development of hepatic steatosis and kidney stones [4, 8]. Due to the duality of possible effects, the potential benefits of a ketogenic diet in pregnancy should be considered carefully. …”
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Phospholipogenic Pharmaceuticals Are Associated with a Higher Incidence of Histological Findings than Nonphospholipogenic Pharmaceuticals in Preclinical Toxicology Studies by Linda R. Barone, Scott Boyer, James R. Damewood, James Fikes, Paul J. Ciaccio

“…Histologic findings were tracked for adrenal gland; bone marrow; kidney; liver; lung; lymph node; spleen; thymus; and reproductive organs. …”
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Levamisole/Cocaine Induced Systemic Vasculitis and Immune Complex Glomerulonephritis by Lohit Garg, Sagar Gupta, Abhishek Swami, Ping Zhang

“…Infectious and other autoimmune workup was negative. Kidney biopsy was consistent with immune mediated glomerulonephritis and showed mesangial proliferation and immune complex deposition consisting of IgG, IgM, and complement. …”
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Blocking REDD1/TXNIP Complex Ameliorates HG-Induced Renal Tubular Epithelial Cell Apoptosis and EMT through Repressing Oxidative Stress by Lin Mu, Nan Chen, Yakun Chen, Zhifen Yang, Huandi Zhou, Shan Song, Yonghong Shi

“…Diabetic nephropathy (DN) has become the most common secondary kidney disease causing end-stage renal disease (ESRD). …”
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Resolution of Mild Ganciclovir-Resistant Cytomegalovirus Disease with Reduced-Dose Cidofovir and CMV-Hyperimmune Globulin by Samir J. Patel, Samantha A. Kuten, Richard J. Knight, Dana M. Hong, A. Osama Gaber

“…Herein, we report a series of four high serologic risk (donor CMV positive/recipient CMV negative) kidney transplant patients diagnosed with ganciclovir-resistant CMV disease. …”
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Evaluation of Adrenal Function in Nonhospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis by Maryam Moini, Mitra Yazdani Sarvestani, Mesbah Shams, Masood Nomovi

“…Patients with cirrhosis and advancing hepatic insufficiency may show various degrees of other organ malfunction, including brain, kidney, and lung. Several studies have also shown a high prevalence of adrenal insufficiency in cirrhotic patients that may cause hemodynamic instability. …”
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Humanistic care and nurse-patient communication in the nursing clinic (护理门诊人文关怀和护患沟通技巧浅谈) by LIU Dan (刘丹)

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A high-quality chromosome-scale genome assembly of the Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata) by Yi Wang, Huijun Yan, Xianqin Qiu, Hao Zhang, Yonghong Zhang, Hongying Jian

“…It is also a well-known edible plant with a long history of medicinal use in China, having the effects of improving kidney function, inhibiting arteriosclerosis, and reducing inflammation. …”
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Childhood-onset enthesitis-related arthritis leading to nephrotic syndrome due to secondary amyloidosis complicated by acute pulmonary embolism - The domino effect by Vishal Mangal, Bhaskar Datt, Arun Hegde, A W Kashif, Ankit Kumar, Jaspreet Kaur, Nidhi Goel, Anil Shankar Menon

“…In 95% of the patients with AA amyloidosis, the kidney is the most affected organ presenting as proteinuria of nephrotic syndrome. …”
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Sex-Related Differences in Hematological Parameters and Organosomatic Indices of Oreochromis niloticus Exposed to Aflatoxin B1 Diet by Esther Marijani, Johnson Nasimolo, Emmanuel Kigadye, Gbemenou Joselin Benoit Gnonlonfin, Sheila Okoth

“…Organosomatic indices showed that the relative liver, kidney, and spleen weights were significantly higher (P<0.05) in the AFB1 supplemented group than in the control group. …”
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Pathological Impacts Due to The Existence of Plastic Waste in Rumen of Bali Cattle by I Ketut Berata, Ni Nyoman Werdi Susari, I Made Kardena, Arindita Niatazya Novianti

“…Histopathological changes in the liver, kidneys, lungs, spleen, and intestine, were found in various types of degeneration, inflammation, and mild necrosis. …”
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Depresi sebagai Prediksi Kematian dalam 1 Tahun pada Pasien Hemodialisis by Langgeng Perdhana, Shofa Chasani, Siti Nuraini

“…Meanwhile, those whose data were incomplete, transferred to another hemodialysis unit, HBSAg +, and had other stressors unrelated to hemodialysis or Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) were excluded from this study. …”
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Global Autorecognition and Activation of Complement by Mannan-Binding Lectin in a Mouse Model of Type 1 Diabetes by Esben Axelgaard, Jakob Appel Østergaard, Saranda Haxha, Steffen Thiel, Troels Krarup Hansen

“…In two recent animal studies, we have shown that autoreactivity of MBL is increased in the kidney in diabetic nephropathy. We hypothesize that long-term exposure to uncontrolled high blood glucose in diabetes may mediate formation of neoepitopes in several tissues and that MBL is able to recognize these structures and thus activate the lectin pathway. …”
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A multitask deep learning model utilizing electrocardiograms for major cardiovascular adverse events prediction by Ching-Heng Lin, Zhi-Yong Liu, Pao-Hsien Chu, Jung-Sheng Chen, Hsin-Hsu Wu, Ming-Shien Wen, Chang-Fu Kuo, Ting-Yu Chang

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