Complete Surgical Resection of a Leiomyosarcoma Arising from the Inferior Vena Cava by Hirofumi Sonoda, Keisuke Minamimura, Yuhei Endo, Shoichi Irie, Toru Hirata, Takashi Kobayashi, Ken-ichi Mafune, Masaya Mori

“…Abdominal ultrasound showed a retroperitoneal tumor in the suprarenal region of the right kidney. Computed tomography revealed an enhanced lobular tumor with irregular, circumscribed, and indistinct border. …”
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Generation of IgM+ B cell-deficient Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated IgM knockout by Mari Raudstein, Ma. Michelle D. Peñaranda, Erik Kjærner-Semb, Søren Grove, H. Craig Morton, Rolf Brudvik Edvardsen

“…Gene expression analyses demonstrated significantly reduced membrane-bound IgM mRNA levels in head kidney and spleen tissues. Flow cytometry revealed a 78% reduction in IgM+ B cells in peripheral blood, and Western blot analyses showed decreased IgM protein levels in serum. …”
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Nebivolol Ameliorates Nitric Oxide–Deficient Hypertension by L.A. Fortepiani, M.C. Ortiz, N.M. Atucha, Joaquin Garcia-Estan

“…Plasma nitrates+nitrites and calcium-dependent NO synthase activity in the kidney also decreased dose dependently with L-NAME treatment and nebivolol did not significantly modify it. …”
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Systemic and Nonrenal Adverse Effects Occurring in Renal Transplant Patients Treated with mTOR Inhibitors by Gianluigi Zaza, Paola Tomei, Paolo Ria, Simona Granata, Luigino Boschiero, Antonio Lupo

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A Microfluidic Paper-Based Device for Monitoring Urease Activity in Saliva by Francisca T. S. M. Ferreira, António O. S. S. Rangel, Raquel B. R. Mesquita

“…Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a disorder that affects over 10% of the global population, and that would benefit from innovative methodologies that would provide early detection. …”
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Generic residue numbering of the GAIN domain of adhesion GPCRs by Florian Seufert, Guillermo Pérez-Hernández, Gáspár Pándy-Szekeres, Ramon Guixà-González, Tobias Langenhan, David E. Gloriam, Peter W. Hildebrand

“…The GAIN-GRN scheme provides a robust strategy to allocate structural homologies at the primary and secondary levels also to GAIN domains of polycystic kidney disease 1/PKD1-like proteins, which now renders positions in both GAIN domain types comparable to one another. …”
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Capecitabine-induced Hand-foot Syndrome with Hyperpigmentation on Oral Mucosa and Nails: A Rare Entity by Suprit Malali, Sourya Acharya

“…All routine investigations such as complete blood count, liver function test, kidney function test, coagulation profile, and random blood sugar were within normal limits. …”
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Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: A Rare Manifestation of Alport Syndrome by Amornpol Anuwatworn, Prince Sethi, Kelly Steffen, Orvar Jonsson, Marian Petrasko

“…The patient is a 36-year-old female with history of AS with chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and obesity who presented to the emergency room with acute onset of substernal chest pain radiating to her neck and arms. …”
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To Determine Factors Causing Difficulty in Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy – Prospective Analytic Study by Manoj Kumar Dokania, Anshu, Peeyush Kumar, Gyan Ranjan, Nitin Agarwal, Hemant Kumar Goel, Atul Jain

“…First and foremost, donor safety is a top priority. Second, the kidneys obtained through laparoscopic donor nephrectomy should provide recipients of kidney transplants with excellent short- and long-term renal function. …”
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Radial Artery Calcification in Predicting Coronary Calcification and Atherosclerosis Burden by Alexandru Achim, Kornél Kákonyi, Ferenc Nagy, Zoltán Jambrik, Albert Varga, Attila Nemes, Jeffrey Shi Kai Chan, Gabor G. Toth, Zoltán Ruzsa

“…The correlation between risk factors such as age, smoking, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mellitus was higher while sex did not play a role. …”
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Effect of Quercetin on Bone Mineral Status and Markers of Bone Turnover in Retinoic Acid-Induced Osteoporosis by Oršolić Nada, Jeleč Željko, Nemrava Johann, Balta Vedran, Gregorović Gordana, Jeleč Dražen

“…We analysed changes in body and uterine weight of animals, femoral geometric characteristics, calcium and phosphorus content, bone weight index, bone hystology, bone mineral density (BMD), markers of bone turnover, lipid peroxidation, glutathione levels and SOD, CAT activity of liver, kidney spleen, and ovary as well as biochemical and haematological variables. …”
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Comparative transcriptome analyses of different orthosiphon aristatus tissues reveal differentially expressed genes associated with flavonoid biosynthesis by Qiaoxue Wang, Huan Long, Shumeng Liu, Xixi Xu, Qin Zhang, Shanyong Yi

“…Abstract Orthosiphon aristatus (O. aristatus) has been used as a popular traditional folk medicine for the treatment of kidney disease. Recent studies have shown that O. aristatus root contains more flavonoids and has higher antioxidant capacity compared to its medicinal parts. …”
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Retrospective analysis of the impact of dietary counselling and nutritional assessment on patients undergoing maintenance haemodialysis by Vandana Verma, Vinant Bhargawa, Vasundhara Bengani, Shweta Sharma, Rabiya Rehan

“…Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing maintenance haemodialysis (MHD) face considerable nutritional challenges, exacerbate disease progression and affect their quality of life. …”
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End Stage Renal Disease: Seroprevalence of Hepatitises B and C along with Associated Aetiology and Risk Factors in Children by Syed Raza Shah, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Muhammad Tanveer Alam, Adnan Salim, Mehwish Hussain, Areeba Altaf

“…The most common etiology of ESRD was kidney stones (n=44, 29.3%). HBV was positive in 11 children (2.5%) while HCV was positive in 13 (2.9%). …”
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Toward reliable diabetes prediction: Innovations in data engineering and machine learning applications by Md. Alamin Talukder, Md. Manowarul Islam, Md Ashraf Uddin, Mohsin Kazi, Majdi Khalid, Arnisha Akhter, Mohammad Ali Moni

“…Objective Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that causes the risk of stroke, heart disease, kidney failure, and other long-term complications because diabetes generates excess sugar in the blood. …”
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Colonic Mucosal Ulceration and Gastrointestinal Bleeding Associated with Sevelamer Crystal Deposition in a Patient with End Stage Renal Disease by Sudheer Nambiar, Unnikrishnan Kunjan Pillai, Joe Devasahayam, Tony Oliver, Asha Karippot

“…This case report highlights the fact that, with widespread use of this medication in the patients with chronic kidney diseases, physicians should be aware of this underrecognized entity in the differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleed in ESRD patients.…”
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Gastroenterological Surgery and Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Review by Tomonori Takano, Hiroyuki Aiba, Mitsuo Kaku, Hiroyuki Kunishima

“…The risk factors for CDI include age 65 years; history of antimicrobial use; previous hospitalization; history of gastrointestinal surgery, chronic kidney disease, or inflammatory bowel disease; nasal tube feeding; and use of proton pump inhibitors and histamine H2 receptor antagonists. …”
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The Utility of Routine Ultrasound Imaging after Elective Transplant Ureteric Stent Removal by Bibek Das, Dorian Hobday, Jonathon Olsburgh, Chris Callaghan

“…Ureteric stent insertion during kidney transplantation reduces the incidence of major urological complications (MUCs). …”
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Laparoscopic Splenectomy to Salvage Renal Transplants from Severe Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection by Michael Latzko, Sakshi Jasra, Sana Akbar, Harry Sun, Sadanand Palekar

“…She was scheduled to undergo an incompatible 1-1-1 mismatch living related donor kidney transplant. Preoperatively, the patient received plasmapheresis, IVIG, and thymoglobulin. …”
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Ischemic monomelic neuropathy following arteriovenous fistula surgery: a case report by Da Woon Kim, You Hyun Jeon, Miju Bae, Sang Heon Song

“…A 61-year-old man with diabetic end-stage kidney disease was admitted for left brachiocephalic AVF surgery. …”
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