Antioxidants in Kidney Diseases: The Impact of Bardoxolone Methyl by Jorge Rojas-Rivera, Alberto Ortiz, Jesus Egido

“…However, diabetic nephropathy is still the first cause of end-stage renal disease. New drugs targeted to the pathogenesis and mechanisms of progression of these diseases beyond RAAS inhibition are needed. …”
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Low-Protein Diet Supplemented with Keto Acids Is Associated with Suppression of Small-Solute Peritoneal Transport Rate in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients by Na Jiang, Jiaqi Qian, Aiwu Lin, Wei Fang, Weiming Zhang, Liou Cao, Qin Wang, Zhaohui Ni, Qiang Yao

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Secretomes from Mesenchymal Stem Cells against Acute Kidney Injury: Possible Heterogeneity by Kenji Tsuji, Shinji Kitamura, Jun Wada

“…A kidney has the ability to regenerate itself after a variety of renal injuries. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been shown to ameliorate tissue damages during renal injuries and diseases. …”
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Two Different Upper Tract Urological Malignancies on Either Side by W. S. L. De Silva, S. R. De Almeida, G. D. B. J. Karunarathne, A. A. S. Samarathunga, K. M. C. S. Gannoruwa, J. A. S. B. Jayasundara

“…However, to the best of our knowledge, a case of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) with contralateral renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is not reported in surgical literature so far. …”
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Ten Cases of Biopsy-Proven Acute Tubulointerstitial Nephritis: Report from a Single Center in a Rural Area from 2008 to 2021 by Kei Nagai, Tsuyoshi Tsukada, Akiko Sakata, Atsushi Ueda

“…Renal biopsy results showed diffuse interstitial nephritis with scarce glomerular involvement. …”
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Study on Association of Pentraxin 3 and Diabetic Nephropathy in a Rat Model by Xuehai Chen, Jiao Luo, Minmin Wu, Zhuo Pan, Yue Xie, Hongwei Wang, Bicheng Chen, Hong Zhu

“…Our data showed that the level of PTX3 in renal tissue is closely related to renal injury in DN. …”
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Validation of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation in the Colombian Population by C. Larrarte, J. Vesga, F. Ardila, A. Aldana, D. Perea, M. Sanabria

“…External validation study of a kidney failure risk equation using a historical cohort of patients with CKD stages 3, 4, and 5, adults without a history of dialysis or kidney transplantation with a two-year follow-up, belonging to the Baxter Renal Care Services Colombia network. The discriminatory capacity of the model was evaluated by the concordance index using Harrell’s C statistic, and the time-dependent area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was estimated using the nearest neighbor method, as well as the optimal cut-off point for sensitivity and specificity. …”
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Effect of vasopressin on the expression of genes for key enzymes of interstitial hyaluronan turnover and concentration ability in WAG rat kidneys by L. N. Ivanova, A. V. Babina, G. S. Baturina, L. E. Katkova

“…In mammals, arginine-vasopressin (AVP) is a major hormone involved in the regulation of renal water reabsorption, acting via an increase in the osmotic permeability of the collecting duct epithelium. …”
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Untreated exstrophy-epispadias complex: outcomes of Indiana pouch and primary abdominal wall closure by Niraj Kumar, Avishek Mandal, Sandeep Kumar, Siddharth Yadav, Somanath Karmungikar, Pawan Vasudeva

“…All patients underwent a standard evaluation and surgical procedure and were followed up at 6 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 months and then annually. At each visit, renal function test and ultrasonography were performed and a 3 day CIC diary was obtained. …”
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Cardiorenal Syndromes and Sepsis by C. Chelazzi, G. Villa, A. R. De Gaudio

“…The cardiorenal syndrome is a clinical and pathophysiological entity defined as the concomitant presence of renal and cardiovascular dysfunction. In patients with severe sepsis and septic shock, acute cardiovascular, and renal derangements are common, that is, the septic cardiorenal syndrome. …”
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Tacrolimus Toxicity due to Biliary Obstruction in a Combined Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipient by Samuel Chan, Michael T. Burke, David W. Johnson, Ross S. Francis, David W. Mudge

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An Unusual Case of Kidney Injury in a Young Woman with a Connective Tissue Disease by Roberto Rivera, Salvador Vila

“…The rapid reversal of renal insufficiency and all urinary abnormalities after the start of rasburicase infusions suggests that the renal injury was most likely due to uric acid-mediated renal injury and not lupus nephritis. …”
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Wegener's Granulomatosis: A Rare Cause of Hydronephrosis by Julien Lillaz, Stéphane Bernardini, Marie-Paule Algros, Hugues Bittard, François Kleinclauss

“…A seventy-one-year-old woman was hospitalized at our institution for a right-sided “renal colic” associated with an infectious background. …”
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In Vivo Evaluation of the Ameliorating Effects of Small-Volume Resuscitation with Four Different Fluids on Endotoxemia-Induced Kidney Injury by Yan-ling Wang, Jing-hui Chen, Qiong-fang Zhu, Gao-feng Yu, Chen-fang Luo, Gang-jian Luo, Shang-rong Li, Zi-qing Hei

“…Acute kidney injury associated with renal hypoperfusion is a frequent and severe complication during sepsis. …”
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Clinical significance of hyperuricaemia in biopsy-proven diabetic kidney disease ━ a single-centre retrospective study by Jin Yu, Jin Yu, Xiao Tu, Xiao Tu, Kunyue Xu, Xuanli Tang, Xuanli Tang, Yufan Wu, Xue Jiang, Xue Jiang

“…Kaplan-Meier analysis and landmark curves were performed to explore predictors of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), Cox regression analysis was used to screen for factors, a nomogram was constructed to predict the renal prognosis of DKD.ResultsPatients in hyperuricaemia group had higher serum creatinine (Scr), degree of mesangial expansion and IFTA score and lower GFR, haemoglobin. …”
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Diagnosing Oncocytoma by Core Needle Biopsy: A Single-Center Experience by Chen Mayer, Yasmin Abu-Ghanem, Zohar A. Dotan, Iris Barshack, Eddie Fridman

“…Oncocytoma is one of the most common benign kidney tumors, accounting for 3–7% of all solid renal masses. Diagnosing oncocytomas using renal biopsy remains a controversy in the uro-pathologic community. …”
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A Case of Essential Thrombocythemia and IgA Nephropathy with Literature Review of the Concurrence by Shoja Rahimian, Timothy Johnson, Ronald Herb

“…Progressively worsening renal function was noted in the patient along with unexplained mild thrombocytosis. …”
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A Clinical and Pathological Variant of Acute Transplant Glomerulopathy by Miklos Z. Molnar, G. V. Ramesh Prasad, Darren A. Yuen, Serge Jothy, Jeffrey S. Zaltzman

“…Acute transplant glomerulopathy transplant glomerulopathy (TG) is a common cause of late renal allograft loss. We describe a unique case of a renal transplant recipient who developed rapid-onset nephrotic-range proteinuria and acute kidney injury secondary to C4d negative acute TG. …”
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A Unique Case of Incomplete Bifid Ureter and Associated Arterial Variations by Shivika Ahuja, Hannah Sullivan, Mark Noller, Yun Tan, Daniel Daly

“…Description. A left aberrant renal artery, which gave rise to the left ovarian artery, was observed originating from the aorta 4 cm below the left renal artery. …”
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Effect of Lycium barbarum Polysaccharide on Decreasing Serum Amyloid A3 Expression through Inhibiting NF-κB Activation in a Mouse Model of Diabetic Nephropathy by Fengqi Wan, Fulin Ma, Jiaxin Wu, Xinyu Qiao, Minxue Chen, Wenjian Li, Liang Ma

“…Importantly, LBP improves renal function by lowering the levels of sCr, BUN, and microalbumin in diabetic mice and relieves the injury in the renal glomeruli and tubules of the DN mice. …”
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