Kidney stone disease (KSD)(alternatively nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis) is a global health
care problem that affects people in almost all of developed and developing countries. Its …

Oxalate homeostasis is maintained through a delicate balance between endogenous
sources, exogenous supply and excretion from the body. Novel studies have shed light on …

Background Several studies have linked gut microbiota to human brain activity. This study
used Mendelian randomization (MR) to investigate the causal relationship between gut …

Hyperoxaluria results from either inherited disorders of glyoxylate metabolism leading to
hepatic oxalate overproduction (primary hyperoxaluria), or increased intestinal oxalate …

Recent studies have shown that patients with kidney stone disease, and particularly calcium
oxalate nephrolithiasis, exhibit dysbiosis in their fecal and urinary microbiota compared with …

GeoBioMed—a new transdisciplinary approach that integrates the fields of geology, biology
and medicine—reveals that kidney stones composed of calcium-rich minerals precipitate …

Oxalobacter formigenes, a unique anaerobic bacterium that relies solely on oxalate for
growth, is a key oxalate-degrading bacterium in the mammalian intestinal tract. Degradation …

Background Gut microbiota, particularly Oxalobacter formigenes, has been previously
reported to be associated with kidney stones. However, the conflicting results from both …

Kidney stone disease affects~ 10% of the global population and the incidence continues to
rise owing to the associated global increase in the incidence of medical conditions …

INTRODUCTION Kidney stone disease affects 1 in 10 persons at least once per life-time
worldwide, in 2% the disease is recurrent. For the individual stone disease can be painful …