My piece in kidneynews this month “Hemodialysis in Times of War”, dedicated to all patients on hemodialysis who have been disconnected from their lifelines during agonizing periods of war. kidneynews.org/view/journals/…,

Congrats Bekah Nicholson Bekah Nicholson on receiving the #APS2024 Renal Section Pre-Doctoral Excellence in Research Award American Physiological Society Scott Summers U of U NUIP UofU Diabetes

Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) is the most common glomerular disease in children. Read this Original Article on histopathological findings, response to steroids & other immunosuppressive drugs, & outcomes in Syrian children w/INS.
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Lupus nephritis is a severe, yet common, renal complication of systemic lupus erythematosus. This study found the addition of voclosporin resulted in more participants with proliferative lupus nephritis achieving complete and partial renal responses bit.ly/CJASN0297

Immune cells significantly contribute to the progression of ADPKD. This study indicates that the activation of the cGAS/STING pathway contributes to ADPKD cystogenesis through the control of the immune response associated with the loss of Pkd1 bit.ly/JASN0305

Evren U. Azeloglu

Post-priming alloantigen recognition in the graft and potential therapeutic strategies go.nature.com/3cGDScV

CENTENNIAL COLLECTION REVIEW: AI, Machine Learning, and ChatGPT in Hypertension

ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HY…

Pregnancy is an important goal for many women with CKD or kidney failure, but important barriers exist. This article discusses the role home-based therapies may play in helping women achieve more successful pregnancies bit.ly/CJASN0437

Shilpa Jesudason

Antibacterial responses of the kidney collecting duct to uropathogenic Escherichia coli go.nature.com/3tiXKLT

Congrats to Safaa Hammoud on this work! Deleting CPT1A had surprisingly mild phenotype. May point to important role of peroxisomes in fatty acid oxidation? Great collaboration with Ben Humphreys and Irfan Lodhi in WashU Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research and others!!

We are extremely pleased to publish this Consensus Statement from Int Society of Nephrology, ERA - European Renal Association and American Society of Nephrology, and supported by regional societies, advocating for the recognition of kidney disease as a major #NCD driver of premature mortality. World Health Organization (WHO)

go.nature.com/3U3Ll8f

Female-specific changes in kidney function that occur through life stages go.nature.com/3TscOzO

👇A perfect example of why we need sex-stratified analyses!
Congratulations & thank you to the authors👏

In a Review Article, Dr. Zoltan Arany (The Arany lab) discusses the epidemiology and clinical presentation of peripartum cardiomyopathy, as well as the mechanistic basis for potential therapeutics. Read the full article: nej.md/48pUCx3

Our paper 'Mechanisms and Cardiorenal Complications of Chronic Anemia in People with HIV' is now published!

mdpi.com/2735348 #mdpiviruses via Viruses MDPI

Huge THANKS coauthors Sepiso K Masenga, PhD MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY, SOMHS, Zambia. VUMC Global Health

Hey #PKD research community 👋
Check out this call for papers from ⁦AJP Renal⁩👇

The pathophysiology and therapy of polycystic kidney disease journals.physiology.org/ajprenal/the-p…

Kidney Renin–Angiotensin System: Lost in a RAS Cascade | Hypertension ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.11…

April 4th is the night! Join us at 7pm at Roscoe's in Long Beach for Day 3 of the Black Physiologists Conference. It's not just an event; it's where 'Science, Networking & Fun' come alive! Let's cheer for our trainees & create memories.

Excited? What are you looking forward to?

Kidney transplant updates 🤯Enzymatic conversion of human blood group A kidneys to universal blood group O | ⁦Nature Communications⁩ nature.com/articles/s4146…

Patients with IgA nephropathy often progress to kidney failure despite standard treatment. Sibeprenlimab may block the immune cascade involved in IgA nephropathy. Research findings are summarized in a Quick Take video. nej.md/4aBZReR