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Granular Swollen Epithelial Cells in Native Kidney Biopsies: Prevalence, Clinicopathological Associations and Kidney Outcomes

Key takeaways

Doctors examined kidney biopsy samples, small tissue pieces taken from the kidney, and counted how often one kind of damaged cell showed up. They then checked whether people who had those cells did worse over time. This is a look back at stored samples and records, so it shows a link between the cell finding and later kidney trouble, not proof of cause. The record we received carries no summary, so the number of biopsies is not stated here.

Who did this work

N. Uchida (Okayama University) · Kenji Tsuji (Okayama University) · Hiroyuki Nakanoh (Okayama University) · K Fukushima (Okayama University) · Shinji Kitamura (Okayama University) · Jun Wada (Okayama University)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-09-02
https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics16172822