Activity of Various Cathepsin Proteases and Enrichment of Klotho Protein in the Urine and Urinary Extracellular Vesicles After SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Niharika Bala, Ramish H. Rafay, Sarah C. Glover, Abdel A. Alli

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Acute Kidney Injury Caused by Obstructive Nephropathy by Jonathan S Chávez-Iñiguez, Goretty J Navarro-Gallardo, Ramón Medina-González, Luz Alcantar-Vallin, Guillermo García-García

“…The diagnosis consists of a complete medical history and should include changes in urinary voiding and urgency and enuresis, history of urinary tract infections, hematuria, renal lithiasis, prior urinary interventions, and constipation. …”
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Development and validation of a clinical prediction model of acute kidney injury in intensive care unit patients at a rural tertiary teaching hospital in South Africa: a study prot... by Olanrewaju Oladimeji, Constance Sewani-Rusike, Busisiwe Mrara, Fathima Paruk

“…Introduction Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a decline in renal function lasting hours to days. The rising global incidence of AKI, and associated costs of renal replacement therapy, is a public health priority. …”
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The Diagnostic Value of Cystatin C and Mild Hypothermia Therapy Based on Immunoturbidimetry Enhanced by Nanospheres in Asphyxia Neonate by Xiaoping Dang, Xiaojian Hu, Yuancui Meng, Yan’e Yang, Lingfang Zheng, Qiong Zhang, Nan Dang, Jing Hao, Liang Zheng, Feng Ni

“…At the same time, it can be used to monitor clinical renal function and determine the status of asphyxia newborns.…”
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Nephrectomy for Metastatic Kidney Tumor in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Report of Two Cases by Haruhiko Yamazaki, Takeshi Kishida, Go Noguchi, Hiroyuki Iwasaki, Nobuyasu Suganuma, Katsuhiko Masudo, Hirotaka Nakayama, Toshinari Yamashita, Takashi Yamanaka, Yuko Sugawara, Yuka Matsubara, Kaori Kohagura, Yasushi Rino, Munetaka Masuda

“…The occurrence of renal tumors originating from thyroid cancer is extremely rare with a few effective treatments for renal metastases. …”
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In Patients With Hypertension, the Cortical Perfusion Index Measured by Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Reveals a Sexual Dimorphism by Aikaterini Damianaki, Mariëlle Hendriks‐Balk, Wendy Brito, Erietta Polychronopoulou, Kenji Theiler, Menno Pruijm, Grégoire Wuerzner

“…It is unknown whether a sexual dimorphism of renal microcirculation is present in patients with arterial hypertension. …”
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The modulating effect of circulating carbohydrate antigen 125 on ST2 and long-term recurrent morbidity burden by Elena Revuelta-López, Rafael de la Espriella, Gema Miñana, Enrique Santas, Sandra Villar, Juan Sanchis, Antoni Bayés-Genís, Julio Núñez

“…The endpoints were: (a) total cardiovascular and renal hospitalizations and (b) all-cause mortality during follow-up. …”
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Hypoxia Associated Proteolytic Processing of OS-9 by the Metalloproteinase Meprin β by Barry Lee Martin, Sabena Michelle Conley, Regine Simone Harris, Corshe Devon Stanley, Jean-Marie Vianney Niyitegeka, Elimelda Moige Ongeri

“…Meprin metalloproteases play a role in the pathology of ischemia/reperfusion- (IR-) induced renal injury. The endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein, osteosarcoma-9 (OS-9), has been shown to interact with the carboxyl-terminal tail of meprin β. …”
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Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of SLE in Africa: An Online Survey by Farhanah Paruk, Dzifa Dey, Anisa Mosam, Oluwaytoyin Amira Christina, Mohammed Tikly

“…Availability of urine protein‐to‐creatinine test, skin and renal histopathology was 82%, 82.5%, and 76.2%, respectively. …”
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Adult Intra-Thoracic Kidney: A Case Report of Bochdalek Hernia by Valeria Fiaschetti, Luca Velari, Eleonora Gaspari, Roberta Mastrangeli, Giovanni Simonetti

“…Intrathoracic kidney is a very rare finding representing less than 5% of all renal ectopias with the least frequency of all renal ectopias. …”
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Classifying Lupus Nephritis: An Ongoing Story by Saba Kiremitci, Arzu Ensari

“…The role of the renal biopsy in lupus nephritis is to provide the diagnosis and to define the parameters of prognostic and therapeutic significance for an effective clinicopathological correlation. …”
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Gross Hematuria and Hemolytic Anemia in Infectious Mononucleosis by Chinmayi Sharma, Navneet Venugopal, Shivaiah Balachandra

“…Infectious mononucleosis (IM), caused by the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), typically presents with fever, tonsillopharyngitis, and lymphadenopathy while rare, renal, and hematological complications such as gross hematuria and hemolytic anemia can occur, particularly in children. …”
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Current Bioengineering Methods for Whole Kidney Regeneration by Shuichiro Yamanaka, Takashi Yokoo

“…It is currently garnering considerable attention and might replace kidney dialysis as the ultimate therapeutic strategy for renal failure. However, anatomical complications make kidney regeneration difficult. …”
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Peculiar Presentation of Ulcerative Colitis by Hamdy M. A. Ahmed, Amany Diab, Ayman Ahmed, Samar Abohamad, Hala Elgendy

“…However, renal affection with amyloidosis does not precede the UC diagnosis. …”
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Relationship between Prolactin, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Cardiovascular Risk by Marclébio Dourado, Frederico Cavalcanti, Lucio Vilar, Amaury Cantilino

“…It accumulates with loss of renal function, and it is associated with cardiovascular outcomes in both normal renal function population and CKD population. …”
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Systemic Levamisole-Induced Vasculitis in a Cocaine User without Cutaneous Findings: A Consideration in Diagnosis by Gillian G. Baptiste, Anastasia-Stefania Alexopoulos, Tahsin Masud, Joanna M. Bonsall

“…We report a case of a crack-cocaine user without cutaneous abnormalities who developed ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis that progressed to renal failure. This case demonstrates the difficulties in solidifying the diagnosis of levamisole-induced vasculitis in the absence of cutaneous findings and the need to pursue more testing to establish causality in ANCA-associated vasculitis that has potential for severe end-organ damage in patients who continue to use cocaine.…”
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Organs Blood Flow during Elevation of Body Temperature in Sevoflurane Anesthetized Rats by Koichi Shimo, Ko Takakura, Kenji Shigemi

“…We conducted in vivo research on 14 male Wistar rats to monitor pulse rate and arterial blood pressure and measure hepatic, small intestinal, renal, and descending aortic blood flow using a laser Doppler blood flowmeter. …”
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Unusual Manifestations of Acute Cytomegalovirus Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Hosts: A Report of Two Cases by Alfredo Mena Lora, Justin Khine, Nadia Khosrodad, Vijay Yeldandi

“…We herein describe two cases: a 47-year-old renal and pancreas transplant recipient who presented with skin ulcerations on his elbow and a 50-year-old renal transplant recipient who presented with acute esophageal necrosis. …”
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Evaluation of the Medically Complex Living Kidney Donor by Yasar Caliskan, Alaattin Yildiz

“…Donors with advanced age, obesity, asymptomatic microhematuria, proteinuria, hypertension, renal stone disease, history of malignancy and with chronic viral infections consist of this complex living donors. …”
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Single-cell atlas reveals multi-faced responses of losartan on tubular mitochondria in diabetic kidney disease by Zhen Zhu, Guangxin Luan, Song Wu, Yiyi Song, Shuang Shen, Kaiyue Wu, Shengnan Qian, Weiping Jia, Jun Yin, Tao Ren, Jianping Ye, Li Wei

“…Abstract Background and Objective Mitochondria are crucial to the function of renal tubular cells, and their dynamic perturbation in many aspects is an important mechanism of diabetic kidney disease (DKD). …”
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