Repurposing Statins for Renal Protection: Is It a Class Effect? [PDF]
There has been a great deal of excitement regarding the potential benefits of statins beyond their lipid-lowering effect, and repurposing them for other indications.
Antoine, Daniel J +2 more
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Urinary proteomics using capillary electrophoresis coupled to mass spectrometry for diagnosis and prognosis in kidney diseases [PDF]
Purpose of review: Urine is the most useful of body fluids for biomarker research. Therefore, we have focused on urinary proteomics, using capillary electrophoresis coupled to mass spectrometry, to investigate kidney diseases in recent years.
Magalhães, Pedro +2 more
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Regulation of podocyte survival and endoplasmic reticulum stress by fatty acids and its modification by Stearoyl-CoA desaturases and cyclic AMP [PDF]
Podocyte apoptosis is a hallmark in the development and progression of diabetic nephropathy (DN). Several factors of the diabetic milieu are known to induce podocyte apoptosis. Currently, the role of free fatty acids (FFAs) for podocytopathy and podocyte
Sieber, Jonas
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Contrast induced nephropathy: Pathophysiology and prevention
The steadily increasing use of contrast media in radiological and interventional cardiac procedures has led to more research and well designed studies of prophylactic strategies for its leading life threatening side effect of contrast induced nephropathy
Sudarshan Kumar Vijay +2 more
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Experimental rat models of chronic allograft nephropathy: a review [PDF]
Chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) is the leading cause of late allograft loss after renal transplantation (RT), which continues to remain an unresolved problem. A rat model of CAN was first described in 1969 by White et al. Although the rat model of RT
Haylor, John, Shrestha, Badri
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SGLT2 Inhibitors and the Diabetic Kidney [PDF]
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the most common cause of end-stage renal disease worldwide. Blood glucose and blood pressure control reduce the risk of developing this complication; however, once DN is established, it is only possible to slow progression ...
Busetto, Luca +4 more
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Contrast Induced Nephropathy in ICU settings
Contrast-Induced Nephropathy (CIN) is defined as acute deterioration of renal function after the administration of Radio-contrast materials, mostly within a period of 24 to 48 hours.
Raghavendra Vanaki
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Miscellanea. Folyóirat-referátumok. OH-KVÍZ. [PDF]
Kardiológia A gyulladás és a korai nagy dózisú rosuvastatinkezelés kapcsolata kontrasztanyag által indukált nephropathiában szenvedő akut coronariaszindrómás betegeknél: a PRATO-ACS vizsgálatban észlelt kórélettani kapcsolat [Relationship ...
Fischer, Tamás, Ábel, Tatjána
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Acute kidney injury in critically ill cancer patients : an update [PDF]
Patients with cancer represent a growing group among actual ICU admissions (up to 20 %). Due to their increased susceptibility to infectious and noninfectious complications related to the underlying cancer itself or its treatment, these patients ...
Benoit, Dominique +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 ...
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