1605 Quantitative Real-Time PCR as a Surrogate Method to Detect BK Virus (BKV) in Renal Transplant Biopsies with Negative SV-40 Staining Tripti Kumar, Rebecca Sovoda, John Gibson, Sarah Britton, Andrea J Shaw, Bobby Boyanton, Dilip Samarapungavan, Ping L Zhang. Beaumont Health System, Royal...
Objective: Interest in renal mass biopsies (RMBs) has increased in recent years. However, most publications are low-volume and/or single-center studies, so their generalizability is questionable. The aim of this study was to describe population-based, real-life use of diagnostic RMBs for ...
Kidney/Renal Pathology 1656 qRT-PCR Detection of BK Virus in Renal Biopsy Specimens from Renal Transplant Patients RE Alexander, K Post, Z Zhao, K Meehan, C Phillips, L Cheng, J Lin. Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; IU Health, Indianapolis, IN. Background: BK virus...
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most of the studies done in prediabetic kidney donors are retrospective in nature and have a short follow up period.There is lack of prospective long-term studies to know about the real risk of complications after donation.Furthermore,there are variations in recommendations from various guidelines ...
The kidney is among the different organs that are significantly afflicted by the SARS-CoV-2 infection. In this regard, studies have reported that many patients with COVID-19 pneumonia have presented multiple types of kidney injuries, while others who have died from COVID-19 illness showed severe...
For example, it would be important to evaluate if different drugs might have a distinct efficacy in patients with DKD with and without albuminuria. Combination therapy with SGLT-2is and MRAs also need to be better explored to understand if benefits are additive. Additional clinical and real-...
The persistence of the increase in CKD prevalence from 1988-1994 to 1999-2004 even after equalizing the mean serum creatinine concentration in a conservative trends analysis supports the conclusion that the increase in CKD prevalence is real. However, CKD prevalence estimates are sensitive to small ...
The other explanation is that China has experienced great social development and rapid economic changes in the past few decades, and has adopted a more Western-like lifestyle, which may contribute to the rising burden of stone disease. Thus, the prevalence is expected to increase in the ...
Microfabricated sensors for non-invasive, real-time monitoring of organoids Yoojeong Kim Erick C. Chica-Carrillo Hyunjoo J. Lee Micro and Nano Systems Letters(2024) Integrating organoids and organ-on-a-chip devices Yimu Zhao Shira Landau