Screening of Indigenous Oxalate Degrading Lactic Acid Bacteria from Human Faeces and South Indian Fermented Foods: Assessment of Probiotic Potential by Sivasamy Gomathi, Ponnusamy Sasikumar, Kolandaswamy Anbazhagan, Sundaresan Sasikumar, Murugan Kavitha, M. S. Selvi, Govindan Sadasivam Selvam

“…Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have the potential to degrade intestinal oxalate and this is increasingly being studied as a promising probiotic solution to manage kidney stone disease. In this study, oxalate degrading LAB were isolated from human faeces and south Indian fermented foods, subsequently assessed for potential probiotic property in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Evaluation of the Relationship between Nutritional Status of COVID-19 Patients Admitted to the ICU and Patients’ Prognosis: A Cohort Study by Parsa Mohammadi, Hesam Aldin Varpaei, Alireza Khafaee pour khamseh, Mostafa Mohammadi, Mojgan Rahimi, Amirhossein Orandi

“…There was a statistically significant association between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and mNUTRIC risk (OR = 13.5, 95% CI (1.89–16.05), P=0.002), diabetes mellitus (DM) and MNA risk (OR = 2.82, 95% CI (1.01–7.83), P=0.041), hypertension (HTN) and MNA risk (OR = 5.63, 95% CI (2.26–14.05), P<0.001), and malignancy and mNUTRIC risk (P=0.048). …”
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Long-Term Dietary Nitrate Supplementation Does Not Prevent Development of the Metabolic Syndrome in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet by V. B. Matthews, R. Hollingshead, H. Koch, K. D. Croft, N. C. Ward

“…Caecum contents, serum, and tissues (liver, skeletal muscle, white and brown adipose, and kidney) were collected, frozen, and stored at −80°C until analysis. …”
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Synergistic action between a synthetic cannabinoid compound and tramadol in neuropathic pain rats by Quiñonez-Bastidas Geovanna Nallely, Osuna-Martínez Ulises, Reda-Licea Ana Laura, López-Ortíz Manuel, Regla Ignacio, Navarrete Andrés

“…Likewise, analysis of liver, kidney and heart histology showed no alterations compared with controls. …”
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Bellini Duct Carcinoma Misdiagnosed with Urothelial Papillary Carcinoma by Joey El Khoury, Maher Abdessater, Rami Halabi, Fadi Nasr, Johnny Boustany, Anthony Kanbar, Charbel El Hachem, Raghid El Khoury

“…Collecting (Bellini) duct carcinoma (CDC) or Bellini duct carcinoma (BDC) is a rare subtype of kidney tumors, accounting for less than 3% and known to have the worst prognosis. …”
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Phenylbutyric Acid Modulates Apoptosis and ER Stress‐Related Gene Expression in Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ib In Vitro Model by Marina Parezanovic, Nina Stevanovic, Marina Andjelkovic, Milena Ugrin, Sonja Pavlovic, Maja Stojiljkovic, Anita Skakic

“…Conclusion This cost‐effective in vitro model screens the therapeutic potential of SMs affecting ER stress and apoptosis in G6PT‐deficient kidney cells, offering a first‐line screening assay for promising compounds. 4‐PBA's potential repurposing for GSD Ib patients opens new research directions.…”
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Diabetes is associated with a higher incidence of short-term mortality risk and readmission in patients who undergo surgical but not transcatheter aortic valve replacement by Soha Dargham, Amin Jayyousi, Jassim Al Suwaidi, Charbel Abi Khalil, Ahston D Souza, Khalifa Bsheish

“…When comparing outcomes between TAVR and sAVR in patients with diabetes, TAVR patients were older and had a higher prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Nevertheless, 30-day readmission and mortality were lower in patients who underwent TAVR (aHR=0.59 (0.53–0.67), aHR=0.29 (0.25–0.34), respectively) compared with sAVR. …”
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CADD based designing and biological evaluation of novel triazole based thiazolidinedione coumarin hybrids as antidiabetic agent by Anchal Sharma, Anmol Narang, Nitish Kumar, Rupali Rana, Megha, Pooja, Muskan Dhir, Harmandeep Kaur Gulati, Jyoti, Aanchal Khanna, Jatinder Vir Singh, Sukhraj Kaur, Preet Mohinder Singh Bedi

“…Furthermore, Compound I-1, like Acarbose, resulted in significant reductions in ALT, AST, ALP, urea, LDH, and creatinine levels, suggesting improved liver and kidney function.…”
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Beta-Hydroxybutyric Acid Inhibits Renal Tubular Reabsorption via the AKT/DAB2/Megalin Signalling Pathway by Minxia Zuo, Cheng Meng, Qian Song, Zhongai Gao, Xiao Cui, Jingyu Wang, Yongmei Li, Xiaochen Li, Chunyan Shan, Juhong Yang, Baocheng Chang

“…Here, we explored whether an excessive ketone body level causes kidney injury and the potential underlying mechanism. …”
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Associations of Long-term PM10 Exposure with Mortality in Dialysis Patients: A Population Based Cohort Study by Shih-Feng Chen, Yu-Hui Chien, Yu-Chin Lai, Pau-Chung Chen

“…Abstract Exposure to PM2.5 has been observed to be associated with an increased risk of mortality in dialysis patients, while sporadic studies have hinted at the adverse effects of coarse particulate matter (PM10) on kidney health. However, the impact of PM10 on survival in end-stage renal disease patients remains unclear. …”
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Total Glucosides of Paeony Alleviate Cell Apoptosis and Inflammation by Targeting the Long Noncoding RNA XIST/MicroRNA-124-3p/ITGB1 Axis in Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Fang Chen, Yi Hu, Yuetao Xie, Zonghui Zhao, Lin Ma, Zhili Li, Wanlong Tan

“…Renal ischemia/reperfusion injury (RI/RI) is the main cause of acute kidney injury. Total glucosides of paeony (TGP) are a traditional Chinese medicine. …”
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Prevalence of Proteinuria in Owned Dogs from Italy: A Multicentric Study by M. Gizzarelli, X. Roura, P. Scarpa, P. D'Ippolito, V. Foglia Manzillo, G. Oliva, A. Tarducci, A. Borrelli, G. Melis, F. Quintavalla, A. Uva, A. Guarraci, A. Zatelli

“…Even though proteinuria is related to different causes, when it is persistent and associated with inactive urinary sediment, it is primarily due to kidney disease. Early detection of proteinuria allows us to identify several pathological conditions. …”
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RSK4 promotes the metastasis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma by activating RUNX1-mediated angiogenesis by Jing Ma, Yanru Yang, Kaijing Wang, Jin Liu, Junyi Feng, Gongcheng Wang, Shuangping Guo, Linni Fan

“…In this study, we observed higher RSK4 protein expression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) than in normal kidney tissue, and the overexpression of RSK4 might predict poor outcomes for ccRCC patients. …”
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Characterization of the First Marine Pestivirus, Phocoena Pestivirus (PhoPeV) by Lars Söder, Denise Meyer, Olaf Isken, Norbert Tautz, Matthias König, Alexander Postel, Paul Becher

“…PhoPeV replicates most efficiently in the porcine kidney cell line SK6. Pestiviruses generally counteract the cellular innate immune response by degradation of interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) mediated by the viral N-terminal protease (N^pro). …”
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Dietary Flaxseed Oil Protects against Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Rats by Joshua Lawrenz, Betty Herndon, Afrin Kamal, Aaron Mehrer, Daniel C. Dim, Cletus Baidoo, David Gasper, Jonathan Nitz, Agostino Molteni, Richard C. Baybutt

“…Treatment by short-chain omega-3 fatty acids, α-linolenic acid, found in dietary flaxseed oil may also reduce lung fibrosis, as previously evidenced in the kidney. To test this hypothesis, 72 rats were divided between diets receiving either 15% (w/w) flaxseed oil or 15% (w/w) corn oil (control). …”
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The effect of pro-inflammatory cytokines on the development of atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: ultrasonographic assessment of intimal medial thickness and... by Mohamed Nasser, Mary Wadie, Alyaa Farid, Azza El Amir

“…On the other hand, the resistive index (RI) is primarily employed to evaluate the severity of chronic kidney diseases (CKDs), but it is seldom utilized to estimate atherosclerosis in ICA. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of Inpatients with Diabetic Foot Ulcer Admitted with Non-Ulcer Complaints: A Retrospective Study by Li L, Li Y, Qin S, Zeng J, Ma W, Wei D

“…IWGDF/IDSA grade, cerebrovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease, infection in other parts, glycosylated hemoglobin A1c and the source of hospitalization expenses were the independent influencing factors for admission with non-ulcer complaints (all P < 0.05). …”
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Physiological Properties of Dietary Ellagitannin-Rich Preparations Obtained from Strawberry Pomace Using Different Extraction Methods by Juśkiewicz Jerzy, Król Bogusław, Kosmala Monika, Milala Joanna, Zduńczyk Zenon, Żary-Sikorska Ewa

“…To measure animals response, parameters describing the caecal fermentation (ammonia and short-chain fatty acid concentrations, bacterial enzymes activity), blood serum lipoprotein profile, and TBARS content in selected tissues (heart, liver, kidney) were assessed. Apart from polyphenols, including ellagitannins (7.8 and 7.1%, respectively), the EF preparation contained high quantities of soluble dietary fibre and other carbohydrates (33.3 and 38.9%, respectively), whereas the EP preparation was characterised by 58.9% content of ellagitannins, no dietary fibre and a high content of proanthocyanidins (16.9%). …”
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An experimental study of the effects of SNPs in the TATA boxes of the <i>GRIN1, ASCL3</i> and <i>NOS1</i> genes on interactions with the TATA-binding protein by E. B. Sharypova, I. A. Drachkova, I. V. Chadaeva, M. P. Ponomarenko, L. K. Savinkova

“…Our experimental results are consistent with the literature showing GRIN1 underexpression in schizophrenic disorders as well as an increased risk of cervical, bladder, and kidney cancers and lymphoma during ASCL3 underexpression. …”
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Effect of endoscopic sinus surgery on eustachian tube function in adult patients with chronic rhinosinusitis by Mahmoud Atef Abdelghaffar Youssef, Nassim Talaat Nassim, MohamedNourEddin Bashir Alkeeb, Tareq Muhammad Algarf

“…Routine preoperative laboratory investigation including complete blood count (CBC), liver and kidney function tests, and coagulation profile. An electrocardiogram (ECG) examination was done routinely for all patients above 40 years old. …”
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