Complementary bodybuilding: A potential risk for permanent kidney disease
We report our experience of renal disease associated with bodybuilders who had been on high-protein diet, anabolic androgenic steroids (AASs), and growth hormone (GH) for years.
Wael El-Reshaid +4 more
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Decay-Accelerating Factor 1 Deficiency Exacerbates Leptospiral-Induced Murine Chronic Nephritis and Renal Fibrosis [PDF]
Leptospirosis is a global zoonosis caused by pathogenicLeptospira, which can colonize the proximal renal tubules andpersist for long periods in the kidneys of infected hosts.
Alberdi, Maria Lucrecia +7 more
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Comparative 3‐Year Allograft Outcomes for Recipients of Kidneys From SARS‐CoV‐2 NAT‐Positive Donors
In this retrospective single‐center study of 220 kidney transplants from SARS‐CoV‐2 NAT+, NAT+ with COVID as cause of death (CoV‐COD) and NATneg donors, we found no significant difference in rejection or kidney pathologies at 1 year, and death, graft loss, or eGFR at 3 years by CoV‐donor status.
Christine E. Koval +5 more
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An Unusual Presentation of Classic Idiopathic Polyarteritis Nodosa as Acute Interstitial Nephritis
In the medical literature, there have been few reported cases of classic Polyarteritis Nodosa (cPAN) presenting with acute renal failure (ARF) and, unlike microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), no documentation to our knowledge of cPAN with clinical ...
Ravi Sunderkrishnan +4 more
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ABSTRACT Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a global health problem with significant long‐term harm if the prognosis is poor. Dual‐specificity phosphatase 2 (DUSP2) is involved in key regulatory pathways in several disease processes, but its function in renal pathophysiology is unclear.
Xueqian Chu +8 more
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Different behaviour of BK-virus infection in liver transplant recipients [PDF]
Polyomavirus BK (BKV) infects up to 90% of the general population. After primary infection, occurring early during childhood, a state of non-replicative infection is established in the reno-urinary tract, without complications for immunocompetent hosts ...
MITTERHOFER, Anna Paola +3 more
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ABSTRACT A 25‐year‐old male who had been in good health before presenting with right lower lobe pneumonia, severe hyponatremia (Na 117 mEq/L), distension, and reduced urine output. AKI secondary to acute glomerulonephritis (GN) or interstitial nephritis was suggested by the initial workup. He was discharged for outpatient nephrology follow‐up following
Bassem Al Hariri +5 more
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Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome: A report on four adult cases
Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU) syndrome is a rare disease, generally presenting in children and young women. The interstitial nephritis may precede, follow, or develop concurrent to the uveitis.
Yosra Ben Ariba +4 more
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ABSTRACT Sjogren's syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by inflammation of exocrine glands, often presenting with symptoms such as dry eyes and mouth. Although less common, renal involvement can lead to serious complications like hypokalemic paralysis.
Premendra Vimal +3 more
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Inhibiting ERK Activation with CI-1040 Leads to Compensatory Upregulation of Alternate MAPKs and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 following Subtotal Nephrectomy with No Impact on Kidney Fibrosis [PDF]
Extracellular-signal regulated kinase (ERK) activation by MEK plays a key role in many of the cellular processes that underlie progressive kidney fibrosis including cell proliferation, apoptosis and transforming growth factor β1-mediated epithelial to ...
AA Eddy +50 more
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