Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a health problem worldwide, but there is a lack of early
diagnostic biomarkers and target-specific treatments. Ischemia-reperfusion (IR), a major …

Renal fibrosis is a common pathological outcome of various chronic kidney diseases, and as
yet, there is no specific treatment. Dapagliflozin has shown renal protection in some clinical …

Background Tubulointerstitial fibrosis (TIF) is one of the main pathological features of
various progressive renal damages and chronic kidney diseases. Mesenchymal stromal …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the most prominent diseases affecting our
population today. According to the Factsheet published by Centers for Disease Control and …

Anemia is a major complication in over 50% of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. One
of the main causes of anemia in CKD is the reduction of erythropoietin (EPO) synthesis from …

Purpose To investigate the predictive significance of hemoglobin (Hb) values in the
incidence of radiation‐induced trismus (RIT) in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma …

Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has few objective symptoms, and it is difficult to
make an early diagnosis by using existing methods. Therefore, new biomarkers enabling …

Introduction. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) constitutes a chronic inflammatory state
associated with an increase in inflammatory mediators and profibrotic molecules such as …

Objective Radiation-induced trismus (RIT), one of the rare but serious side effects of
concurrent chemoradiotherapy (C-CRT), is difficult to predict with high accuracy. We aimed …

The regulation of iron (Fe) levels is essential to maintain an adequate supply for
erythropoiesis, among other processes, and to avoid possible toxicity. The liver-produced …