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SummaryDysregulation and accelerated activation of the alternative pathway (AP) of complement is known to cause or accentuate several pathologic conditions in which kidney injury leads to the appearance of hematuria and proteinuria and ultimately to the development of chronic renal failure.
Erica Daina +2 more
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Kidney age, not kidney disease [PDF]
KEY POINTS Although a variety of conditions and syndromes may affect the kidneys over either chronic or acute time frames, the term “chronic kidney disease” (CKD) is used to describe a decrease in the filtration ability of the glomerular capillaries in the kidney.
Stevens, Richard J +10 more
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Kidney: polycystic kidney disease [PDF]
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a life‐threatening genetic disorder characterized by the presence of fluid‐filled cysts primarily in the kidneys. PKD can be inherited as autosomal recessive (ARPKD) or autosomal dominant (ADPKD) traits. Mutations in either the PKD1 or PKD2 genes, which encode polycystin 1 and polycystin 2, are the underlying cause of
Binu M, Paul, Gregory B, Vanden Heuvel
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Polycystic Kidney Disease [PDF]
The Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a genetic disease which is characterized by the gradual emergence of cystic lesions in the kidneys, which replace the renal parenchyma causing deterioration of its function to stage 5. The PKD is one of the causes of Chronic Kidney Disease on renal replacement therapy (RRT).
Lavie, C.J. +3 more
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Bone Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney Transplant
Chronic Kidney Disease–Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD) comprises alterations in calcium, phosphorus, parathyroid hormone (PTH), Vitamin D, and fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) metabolism, abnormalities in bone turnover, mineralization, volume, linear growth or strength, and vascular calcification leading to an increase in bone fractures and ...
Bellorin-Font, Ezequiel +2 more
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CD74 (invariant MHC class II) regulates protein trafficking and is a receptor for macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) and d-dopachrome tautomerase (d-DT/MIF-2). CD74 expression is increased in tubular cells and/or glomerular podocytes and parietal cells in human metabolic nephropathies, polycystic kidney disease, graft rejection and kidney ...
Lara eValiño-Rivas +7 more
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Is “chronic kidney disease” a disease? [PDF]
AbstractSeveral philosophers of medicine have attempted to answer the question “what is disease?” In current clinical practice, an umbrella term “chronic kidney disease” (CKD) encompasses a wide range of kidney health states from commonly prevalent subclinical, asymptomatic disease to rare end‐stage renal disease requiring transplant or dialysis to ...
Smart, B, Stevens, R, Verbakel, J
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The kidney is arguably the most important target of microvascular damage in diabetes. A substantial proportion of individuals with diabetes will develop kidney disease owing to their disease and/or other co-morbidity, including hypertension and ageing-related nephron loss.
Thomas, Merlin C. +8 more
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Trail and kidney disease [PDF]
TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL, TNFSF10) is a cytokine belonging to the TNF superfamily that has been recently linked to the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. TRAIL may modulate cell survival and proliferation through interaction with two different receptors, TRAIL-R1 and TRAIL-R2, and the actions of TRAIL are regulated by three decoy
Corina, Lorz +4 more
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Vanishing kidney disease [PDF]
A 60-year-old woman with a known case of diabetes mellitus for last 25 years, presented to our emergency department with symptoms of severe colicky pain in the right lumbar region and paraumbilical region of abdomen and recurrent episodes of vomiting the day before admission. Her family doctor recently moved her on to insulin as her blood sugar was not
Gopal Chandra, Ghosh +3 more
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