Kidney fibrosis: Emerging diagnostic and therapeutic strategies

BM Klinkhammer, P Boor - Molecular Aspects of Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
An increasing number of patients worldwide suffers from chronic kidney disease (CKD).
CKD is accompanied by kidney fibrosis, which affects all compartments of the kidney, ie, the …

Fibrosis in pathology of heart and kidney: from deep RNA-sequencing to novel molecular targets

F Schreibing, TM Anslinger, R Kramann - Circulation Research, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Diseases of the heart and the kidney, including heart failure and chronic kidney disease, can
dramatically impair life expectancy and the quality of life of patients. The heart and kidney …

Transcriptional and spatial profiling of the kidney allograft unravels a central role for FcyRIII+ innate immune cells in rejection

B Lamarthée, J Callemeyn, Y Van Herck… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Rejection remains the main cause of premature graft loss after kidney transplantation,
despite the use of potent immunosuppression. This highlights the need to better understand …

Single nuclei transcriptomics delineates complex immune and kidney cell interactions contributing to kidney allograft fibrosis

JM McDaniels, AC Shetty, C Kuscu, C Kuscu… - Kidney international, 2023 - Elsevier
Chronic allograft dysfunction (CAD), characterized histologically by interstitial fibrosis and
tubular atrophy, is the major cause of kidney allograft loss. Here, using single nuclei RNA …

“Transplantomics” for predicting allograft rejection: real-life applications and new strategies from Network Medicine

G Benincasa, M Viglietti, E Coscioni, C Napoli - Human Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Although decades of the reductionist approach achieved great milestones in optimizing the
immunosuppression therapy, traditional clinical parameters still fail in predicting both acute …

Interferon-γ and its response are determinants of antibody-mediated rejection and clinical outcomes in patients after renal transplantation

H Zhang, D Zhang, Y Xu, H Zhang, Z Zhang, X Hu - Genes & Immunity, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) is an important cytokine in tissue homeostasis and immune
response, while studies about it in antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) are very limited. This …

Epithelial cell states associated with kidney and allograft injury

C Hinze, S Lovric, PF Halloran, J Barasch… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The kidney epithelium, with its intricate arrangement of highly specialized cell types,
constitutes the functional core of the organ. Loss of kidney epithelium is linked to the loss of …

Standardization and interpretation of RNA-sequencing for transplantation

G Thareja, H Suryawanshi, X Luo… - Transplantation, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Abstract RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) is a technique to determine the order of nucleotides in
an RNA segment. Modern sequencing platforms simultaneously sequence millions of RNA …

The microscope and beyond: current trends in the characterization of kidney allograft rejection from tissue samples

B Chauveau, L Couzi, P Merville - Transplantation, 2024 - journals.lww.com
The Banff classification is regularly updated to integrate recent advances in the
characterization of kidney allograft rejection, gathering novel diagnostic, prognostic, and …

Histologic and molecular features of antibody-mediated rejection

IA Rosales, RN Smith, RB Colvin - Current Opinion in Organ …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Histologic and molecular features of antibody-mediated rejec... : Current Opinion in Organ
Transplantation Histologic and molecular features of antibody-mediated rejection : Current …