Vanishing kidney disease [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2013 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
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Association between urinary sodium, creatinine, albumin, and long term survival in chronic kidney disease [PDF]
, 2014 Dietary sodium intake is associated with hypertension and cardiovascular risk in the general population. In patients with chronic kidney disease, sodium intake has been associated with progressive renal disease, but not independently of proteinuria.
Fox, Jonathan G. +6 more
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Identification of novel molecular signatures of IgA nephropathy through an integrative -omics analysis [PDF]
, 2017 IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most prevalent among primary glomerular diseases worldwide. Although our understanding of IgAN has advanced significantly, its underlying biology and potential drug targets are still unexplored.
Cisek, Katryna +11 more
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Phenotype standardization for drug-induced kidney disease. [PDF]
, 2015 Drug-induced kidney disease is a frequent cause of renal dysfunction; however, there are no standards to identify and characterize the spectrum of these disorders.
Awdishu, Linda +8 more
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Evaluation of the zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rat as a model for human disease based on urinary peptidomic profiles [PDF]
, 2012 Representative animal models for diabetes-associated vascular complications are extremely relevant in assessing potential therapeutic drugs. While several rodent models for type 2 diabetes (T2D) are available, their relevance in recapitulating renal and ...
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Effect of continuous hemodiafiltration using an AN69ST membrane in patients with sepsis
Renal Replacement Therapy, 2017 Background Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response syndrome caused by infectious disease. Severe sepsis and septic shock are extremely serious conditions with poor prognoses.
Akihito Tanaka +11 more
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Dose of colistin. a work in progress? [PDF]
, 2015 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].
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CPT1α maintains phenotype of tubules via mitochondrial respiration during kidney injury and repair
Cell Death and Disease, 2021 Impaired energy metabolism in proximal tubular epithelial cells (PTECs) is strongly associated with various kidney diseases. Here, we characterized proximal tubular phenotype alternations during kidney injury and repair in a mouse model of folic acid ...
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Emerging key roles for P2X receptors in the kidney [PDF]
, 2013 P2X ionotropic non-selective cation channels are expressed throughout the kidney and are activated in a paracrine or autocrine manner following the binding of extracellular ATP and related extracellular nucleotides. Whilst there is a wealth of literature
Birch, R. E. +3 more
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Cilostazol-induced acute tubulointerstitial nephritis accompanied by IgA nephropathy: a case report
BMC Nephrology, 2018 Background Cilostazol is an antiplatelet drug that is widely prescribed for the prevention of secondary stroke. Adverse reactions to cilostazol include headaches, palpitations, and diarrhea. Little is known about the nephrotoxicity of cilostazol, such as
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