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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfaf059 | DOI Listing |
J Nephrol
September 2025
Institute of Nephrology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India.
Background: IgA nephropathy is a disease with a highly variable natural history, for which there is an increasing understanding of the role of complement activation in its pathogenesis and progression. We aimed to assess the clinical and prognostic implications of C4d staining in the kidney biopsy of IgA nephropathy patients.
Methods: This was a retrospective observational study wherein the medical records of IgA nephropathy patients were reviewed and baseline characteristics, kidney biopsy findings, treatment response and follow-up data were noted.
Cureus
August 2025
Department of Nephrology, Georgian American University, Tbilisi, GEO.
This case report describes a 38-year-old female patient with type 1 diabetes who developed collapsing-type glomerulonephritis (CTGN), a rare but severe kidney injury. The patient presented with nephrotic syndrome symptoms, including edema and hypertension. Laboratory tests showed significant proteinuria with normal serum creatinine and glomerular filtration rate.
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September 2025
Department of Nephrology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) involves oxidative stress-driven damage to glomeruli (Gloms) and proximal convoluted tubules (PCT). NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) regulates redox balance, but its compartment-specific role remains unclear. Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced hyperglycemia increased albuminuria and foot process effacement, with NQO1 KO (NKO) mice exhibiting greater podocyte injury than WT, indicating exacerbated glomerular damage.
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August 2025
Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Primitive emunctory functions to expel harmful substances from cells and the interstitial space of multicellular organisms evolved over the past billion and a half years into the complex physiology of the metanephric kidney. Integrative biology allows empirical testing of hypotheses of the origins of renal structures from homologous single-celled precursors. Emunctory cell complexes called nephridia evolved in metazoan (cnidarian) ancestors 750 million years ago (mya).
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December 2025
Department of Nephrology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Objectives: In this study, we explored the mechanism by which DDIT4 influences the polarization phenotypic transformation of macrophages and inflammation through the regulation of mTOR signaling pathway, providing a new mechanism and target for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy.
Methods: The degree of inflammation and injury in renal tissues of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) animal model was evaluated using biochemical assays, renal pathology examinations, and Western blot tests. Podocytes and macrophages were isolated from renal tissues to observe the extent of podocyte injury and the quantity and polarization phenotype of macrophage infiltration.