Dual mTOR/PI3K inhibition limits PI3K-dependent pathways activated upon mTOR inhibition in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease [PDF]
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is characterized by the development of kidney cysts leading to kidney failure in adulthood. Inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) slows polycystic kidney disease (PKD) progression in ...
Arcaro, Alexandre +10 more
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A Rare Case Report of Giant Urinary Bladder Stone Causing Recurrent Dysuria in a Woman
Background. Large urinary bladder stones are not common and even less common in females. We report a case of large bladder stone presented with acute retention of urine in a female patient. Case Report.
Rojan Adhikari +6 more
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Anion transporter: highly cell-type-specific expression of distinct polypeptides and transcripts in erythroid and nonerythroid cells [PDF]
Affinity-purified antibodies and cDNA probes specific for the chicken erythrocyte anion transporter (also referred to as band 3) have been used to demonstrate that this protein is expressed in a highly cell- type-specific manner in the avian kidney ...
Cox, John V. +2 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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Danger in the jungle:sensible care to reduce avoidable acute kidney injury in hospitalized children [PDF]
When children require hospital admission, many receive medications with nephrotoxic potential. As such, this can translate into an increased risk of acute kidney injury.
Bagshaw, Sean M. +2 more
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Dose of colistin. a work in progress? [PDF]
We thank Rashid and colleagues [1] and Honoré and colleagues [2] for their comments regarding our article on risk factors for acute kidney injury in pa- tients receiving colistin or other nephrotoxic antimi- crobials [3].
Antonelli, M. +3 more
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Emphysematous Pyelonephritis in a Non-Diabetic Renal Transplant Patient: A Rare Encounter [PDF]
Introduction: Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a necrotizing infection characterized by the presence of gas in the renal parenchyma, collecting system, and peri-renal tissues.
Asad Bashir +5 more
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Protocol and establishment of a Queensland renal biopsy registry in Australia
Background Renal biopsy is often required to obtain information for diagnosis, management and prognosis of kidney disease that can be broadly classified into acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Joseph Patrick Burke +21 more
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Association of urinary uromodulin with kidney function decline and mortality: the health ABC study . [PDF]
BackgroundUrine uromodulin (uUMOD) is a protein secreted by the kidney tubule. Recent studies have suggested that higher uUMOD may be associated with improved kidney and mortality outcomes.MethodsUsing a case-cohort design, we evaluated the association ...
Bennett, Michael R +11 more
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Successful kidney transplantation (KTx) in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) has been reported with excellent patient and graft survival rates.
Reda Laamech +7 more
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