Evaluation of adipocytokines and oxidative stress biomarkers in sera of hemodialysis patients by Shahad F. Obeid, Israa Abass Rashed, Mohammed S. Al-Hindawi

“…Chronic renal failure is a condition characterized by the inability of the kidney to effectively eliminate toxins, solutes, and excess water, necessitating the use of hemodialysis. …”
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Kidney Transplantation: The Challenge of Human Leukocyte Antigen and Its Therapeutic Strategies by Tilahun Alelign, Momina M. Ahmed, Kidist Bobosha, Yewondwossen Tadesse, Rawleigh Howe, Beyene Petros

“…Kidney transplantation remains the treatment of choice for end-stage renal failure. When the immune system of the recipient recognizes the transplanted kidney as a foreign object, graft rejection occurs. …”
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Cutaneous Mucormycosis Co-infection in a Patient with COVID-19 by Raham Rahgoshai, Peter Goldberg, Rayhaneh Rahgoshai, Shadi Zain

“…They were intubated approximately 2 weeks later and their course was complicated by renal failure, for which continuous renal replacement therapy was started, and by refractory hypoxaemic and hypercapnic respiratory failure in which they were placed on venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. …”
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Unusual Presentation of Duplex Kidneys: Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction by Cemile Başdaş, Süleyman Çelebi, Seyithan Özaydın, Birgül Karaaslan, Elmas Reyhan Alim, Ünal Güvenç, Serdar Sander

“…The mean renal function of the involved moiety was 28.3% before surgery. …”
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A Systematic Literature Review of the Epidemiology, Health-Related Quality of Life Impact, and Economic Burden of Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy by Christina Soeun Kwon, Patrick Daniele, Anna Forsythe, Christopher Ngai

“…US rates of transition to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) ranged from 12.5% to 23% during 3-3.9 years of observation, rising to 53% during 19 years of observation. …”
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Challenging the notion of endothelial infection by SARS-CoV-2: insights from the current scientific evidence by Saravanan Subramaniam, Saravanan Subramaniam, Asha Jose, Devin Kenney, Devin Kenney, Aoife K. O’Connell, Markus Bosmann, Markus Bosmann, Florian Douam, Florian Douam, Nicholas Crossland, Nicholas Crossland, Nicholas Crossland

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Body Weight Control by a High-Carbohydrate/Low-Fat Diet Slows the Progression of Diabetic Kidney Damage in an Obese, Hypertensive, Type 2 Diabetic Rat Model by Shuichi Ohtomo, Yuko Izuhara, Masaomi Nangaku, Takashi Dan, Sadayoshi Ito, Charles van Ypersele de Strihou, Toshio Miyata

“…Mediators of the renoprotection, specifically linked to obesity and body weight control, include a reduced renal inflammation and TGF-beta expression, together with an enhanced level of adiponectin. …”
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Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Lupus Nephritis: Potential Therapeutic Target by Hui-Yuan Li, Li-Feng Huang, Xiao-Rong Huang, Dan Wu, Xiao-Cui Chen, Ji-Xin Tang, Ning An, Hua-Feng Liu, Chen Yang

“…In addition, ERS is also involved in renal resident cell injury and contributes to the progression of LN. …”
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A Randomized Controlled Study of Robot-Assisted versus 3D Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy in Patients with Carcinoma Prostate by Ketan Kumar Kapoor, Anup Kumar

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Anatomy of Inferior Mesenteric Artery in Fetuses by Ayesha Nuzhat

“…Out of 66 fetuses in group II, 64 had normal branching. In one fetus left renal artery was arising from Inferior Mesenteric Artery, 1.5%, and in another fetus one accessory renal artery was arising from Inferior Mesenteric Artery and entering the lower pole of left kidney. …”
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A Case of De Novo Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Disease Presenting during Pregnancy by F. A. K. Lodhi, T. Akcan, J. N. Mojarrab, S. Sajjad, R. Blonsky

“…Due to the development of infection and lack of renal recovery, immunosuppression was discontinued. …”
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Cystatin C-Based Equations Detect Hidden Kidney Disease and Poor Prognosis in Newly Diagnosed Patients with Multiple Myeloma by Francisco-Javier Cepeda-Piorno, Esther González-García, Alba Méndez-Gallego, Juan Torres-Varona, Vanesa García-Moreira, Christian Sordo-Bahamonde, Cristina AlberdiGarcía-del-Castillo, Elene Astobieta-Madariaga, Maria-Victoria Mateos-Manteca, Segundo González-Rodríguez

“…Methods. Renal function was evaluated prospectively in 61 patients with newly diagnosed untreated MM employing CKD-EPI and CAPA equations. …”
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Rhein Inhibits NF-κB Signaling Pathway to Alleviate Inflammatory Response and Oxidative Stress of Rats with Chronic Glomerulonephritis by Qian Chen, Hai Guo, JuanJuan Hu, Xiaofeng Zhao

“…Rhein could decline urinary protein, restore blood biochemical parameters, and protect renal tissue in rats with CGN. Besides, rhein could inhibit the activity of the NF-κB signaling pathway in rats with CGN and could alleviate the inflammatory response and oxidative stress level at the same time. …”
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Age Differences in Long Term Outcomes of Coronary Patients Treated with Drug Eluting Stents at a Tertiary Medical Center by Nicolas W. Shammas, Gail A. Shammas, Peter Sharis, Michael Jerin

“…We conclude that older age was not a predictor of TLF at 2-year follow-up after adjusting for renal insufficiency, number of stents used per patient, gender, diabetes and type of DES used.…”
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Renoprotective Effect of Thai Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Treated with SGLT-2 Inhibitors versus DPP-4 Inhibitors: A Real-World Observational Study by Apichaya Chanawong, Suriyon Uitrakul, Supatcha Incomenoy, Natnicha Poonchuay

“…However, SGLT-2 inhibitors should be considered in patients with impaired renal function rather than in all T2DM patients.…”
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Robotic Partial Nephrectomy with the Da Vinci Xi by George J. S. Kallingal, Sanjaya Swain, Fadi Darwiche, Sanoj Punnen, Murugesan Manoharan, Mark L. Gonzalgo, Dipen J. Parekh

“…Patients with clinical T1 renal masses were offered RPN with the XI. We used laser targeting, autopositioning, and a novel “in-line” port placement to perform RPN. …”
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The association of serum phospholipids levels with chronic kidney disease: A systematic review of observational studies by Zahra Shahveghar Asl, Faezeh Ghalichi, Mohadeseh Badpeyma, Zohreh Ghoreishi

“…It is important to identify non-invasive ways to diagnose biological risk factors in patients with renal damages, so they can be targeted for early treatment. …”
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Pseudogenization of the Slc23a4 gene is necessary for the survival of Xdh-deficient mice by Kazuki Terada, Tamaki Watanabe, Nobuhiro Yasuno, Toshio Ohtsubo, Shigeru Shibata, Kimiyoshi Ichida, Makoto Hosoyamada

“…In contrast, all Xdh(− / −) mice die due to renal failure before reaching adulthood at 8 weeks of age. …”
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Valsartan in Combination with Tripterygium Glycosides Protects against Chronic Nephritis via the Toll-Like Receptor 4 Pathway by Jiabao Dong, Duo Huang, Ling Jing, Mengmeng Wu

“…Compared to patients before treatment, after treatment with valsartan alone or valsartan combined with tripterygium glycosides, the renal function indicators Scr, BUN, and 24 h levels were reduced, and TC, TG, and LDL-C levels were reduced, while HDL-C levels were elevated; inflammatory responses (IL-1β and IL-8) were mitigated; CD4+ ratio and CD4+/CD8+ ratio increased yet CD8+ ratio decreased; TLR4 expression was silenced after treatment. …”
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Severe Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Stenosis and Heart Failure in a Young Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Siddharth Wartak, Isaac Akkad, Adnan Sadiq, Gregory Crooke, Manfred Moskovits, Robert Frankel, Gerald Hollander, Jacob Shani

“…A 23-year-old African American woman with a past medical history of systemic lupus erythematous (SLE), secondary hypertension, and end stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis for eight years was stable until she developed symptomatic severe mitral regurgitation with preserved ejection fraction. …”
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