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Androgens and Hypertension in Men and Women: a Unifying View. [PDF]

, 2017
This review was designed to revaluate the androgen role on the mechanisms of hypertension and cardiovascular risks in both men and women. Sex steroids are involved in the regulation of blood pressure, but pathophysiological mechanism is not well ...
Carmina, E. 4., Gnessi, Lucio, Lanzolla, Giulia, Moretti, Costanzo, Moretti, Marta   +4 more
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis - an unusual association: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010
Introduction Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is an inherited disorder that is characterized by the development and growth of cysts in the kidneys and other organs.
Kapoor Vinay, Minz Ranjana, Kaur Ravinder, Mohan Harsh, Singh Rajdeep, D'Cruz Sanjay, Sachdev Atul   +6 more
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Emphysematous polycystic infection in a patient on peritoneal dialysis

Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2014
Emphysematous infection of the cysts in patients with polycystic kidney disease is very rare and seldom reported. We herein report a case of emphysematous polycystic infection in a 61-year-old male patient who was on peritoneal dialysis for end-stage ...
Shankar Prasad Nagaraju, Ankur Gupta, Brendan B Mccormick, Ashish Khandelwal   +3 more
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Surgical Management of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: Principles and Current Practice

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2023
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is the third most common cause of renal failure with no definitive treatment available that can directly target the development and growth of the cysts.
Badri Man Shrestha
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Vasopressin regulates the growth of the biliary epithelium in polycystic liver disease [PDF]

, 2016
The neurohypophysial hormone arginine vasopressin (AVP) acts by three distinct receptor subtypes: V1a, V1b, and V2. In the liver, AVP is involved in ureogenesis, glycogenolysis, neoglucogenesis and regeneration. No data exist about the presence of AVP in
Alpini, Gianfranco, Carpino, Guido, Franchitto, Antonio, Gaudio, Eugenio, Glaser, Shannon, Mancinelli, Romina, Olivero, Francesca, Onori, Paolo, Pannarale, Luigi, Sferra, Roberta, Venter, Julie, Vetuschi, Antonella   +11 more
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Kidney transcriptome and cystic kidney disease genes in zebrafish

Frontiers in Physiology, 2023
Introduction: Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a condition where fluid filled cysts form on the kidney which leads to overall renal failure. Zebrafish has been recently adapted to study polycystic kidney disease, because of its powerful embryology and ...
Matthew Koslow, Ping Zhu, Chantal McCabe, Xiaolei Xu, Xiaolei Xu, Xueying Lin   +5 more
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A Review of Rare Associations of Horseshoe Kidney: Highlight of a Rare Clinical Case of Polycystic Horseshoe Kidney, Liver Cyst, and Uterine Prolapse

European Medical Journal Urology, 2020
Horseshoe kidney is the most common renal fusion anomaly occurring in 0.15–0.25% of the general population. Horseshoe kidney is usually asymptomatic but may present with disease-like infections, urolithiasis, malignancy, polycystic disease, and other ...
Ayun Cassell, Mohamed Jalloh, Papa S. Diop, Mouhamadou M. Mbodji, Medina Ndoye, Abdourahmane Diallo, Saint Charles Kouka, Issa Labou, Lamine Niang, Serigne M. Gueye   +9 more
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Development of a Synthetic 3D Platform for Compartmentalized Kidney In Vitro Disease Modeling

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A fully synthetic, compartmentalized 3D kidney disease model is introduced. The kidney model combines a PEG‐based hydrogel matrix with anisotropic, enzymatically degradable rod‐shaped microgels to spatially arrange a triple co‐culture of key renal epithelial, endothelial, and fibroblast cells.
Ninon Möhl, Daphne Bouwens, Johanna Abele, Aline Hans, Tanja Topic, Daniel Günther, Jitske Jansen, Rafael Kramann, Laura De Laporte   +8 more
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Nonobstructing Colonic Dilatation and Colon Perforations Following Renal Transplantation [PDF]

, 1990
Nonobstructing colonic dilatation has not been commonly reported following renal transplantation, and colon perforations carry a high morbidity and mortality in this population.
Hakala, TR, Koneru, B, O'hair, DP, Selby, R, Starzl, TE, Tzakis, AG   +5 more
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Kidney Organoids in Drug Development: Integrating Technological Advances and Standardization for Effective Implementation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines how emerging enabling technologies enhance the physiological relevance, scalability, and reproducibility of kidney organoids, while advanced analytical approaches support model validation and deepen mechanistic insight into nephrotoxicity.
Helen Kearney, Silvia M. Mihăilă, Lorenzo Moroni, Carlos Mota   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source