Kidney research, 2026-10-09
New data shows Nefecon beats steroids for a common kidney disease.
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A new real-world study found that Nefecon works better than steroids for a common kidney disease.
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A large review found that hidden high blood pressure is very common in people with kidney disease who are not on dialysis.
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A new review found that an oral drug for kidney anemia works well for people on peritoneal dialysis.
Today's news focuses on practical treatments and common risks for people with kidney disease. The strongest finding is that a specific drug called Nefecon outperforms steroids for a common condition. Other reports highlight the high rate of hidden high blood pressure and the effectiveness of oral anemia drugs for dialysis patients.
Seasonally Normalized Vitamin D Status and Long-Term Mortality and Multisystem Disease Risk in the UK Biobank
This study looked at vitamin D levels in a large group of people. It found a link between low vitamin D and higher risk of death and disease. It shows a connection, but it does not...
Outcomes of modified single trocar laparoscopic catheter placement for maintenance peritoneal dialysis in children.
This study looked at a new way to place dialysis tubes in children. It checked if the method was safe and effective. It shows a link to good outcomes, but it is a retrospective...
A Microsimulation of Eligibility for Cardiorenal Combination Treatment and Potential Deaths Averted.
This computer model estimated how many people could benefit from a new mix of kidney and heart drugs. It used data from national health surveys. It shows a link between drug use...
Renal Candidal Bezoar in an SGLT2 Inhibitor User with an Indwelling Ureteral Stent: A Case Report and Review of Literatures.
This report describes one man who developed a fungal blockage in his kidney. He was taking a diabetes drug and had a stent in his ureter. It is a single case, so it shows a...
Short-term clinical efficacy and recorded adverse events of semaglutide combined with dapagliflozin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease.
This study looked at 126 people with diabetes and kidney disease who took two new drugs together. It checked if the combo helped control blood sugar and kidney function. It shows a...
Antimalarial exposure and renal histopathologic findings in lupus nephritis.
This study looked at people with lupus kidney disease who took antimalarial drugs. It checked if the drugs were linked to better kidney tissue health. It shows a link, but it does...
Case Report: Primary aldosteronism coexisting with adrenal insufficiency in a 73-year-old woman with paradoxical hyponatremia.
This report describes one 73-year-old woman with two rare adrenal conditions. Her blood pressure was hard to control because of these opposing issues. This is a single case, not a...
A Pilot Study to Explore the Application of Silicone Wristband-Based Chemical Exposure Assessment to Kidney Disease Epidemiology in Agricultural Workers.
This study used silicone wristbands to track chemical exposure in 43 male farm workers. It looked at how these exposures linked to kidney health. The study shows a link between...
A Hidden Triple Threat: A Case of Concurrent Renal Artery Stenosis, Dissection, and Pseudoaneurysm.
This is a report on one patient who had three rare problems in a kidney artery. It describes how the doctors found and treated these issues. It is a single case, not a large study.
Pregnancy complications and risk of cardiometabolic-renal conditions in 1.4 million women in England: longitudinal study.
This large study followed 1.4 million women in England. It found that problems during pregnancy are linked to a higher risk of kidney disease later in life. It shows a link, not...
Functional thiamine deficiency in patients with chronic kidney disease in Northeast Thailand.
This study found that about 6% of people with kidney disease in Thailand had low levels of vitamin B1. It shows a link between kidney disease and low vitamin levels. It does not...
Nighttime and daytime urine sodium excretion, nighttime and daytime blood pressure and nocturia frequency in patients with chronic kidney disease.
This study looked at how salt in the urine links to blood pressure in people with kidney disease. It shows a link between high salt levels at night and high blood pressure. It does...
Beyond efficacy: the treatment lifecycle of incretin and multi-receptor agonists.
This review looks at how new weight-loss and diabetes drugs affect the heart and kidneys. It discusses how these drugs are used over time in real life. It does not report new trial...
An 87-year-old man with progressive acute kidney injury and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage
This is a report on one 87-year-old man. He had kidney damage and lung bleeding. Doctors found a rare reaction to a blood pressure drug. Stopping the drug helped him recover. This...
Clinical Profile of Patients With Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A Cross-sectional Prospective Study From a Tertiary Care Hospital in Central India
This study looked at patients in a hospital who had a specific germ called Pseudomonas. It checked which drugs worked to kill the germ. Many of the germs resisted common...
Early signs of kidney damage in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a narrative literature review
This review looked at children with a joint disease called juvenile idiopathic arthritis. It found that some of these children show early signs of kidney stress. This includes...
EFFECT OF SGLT2 INHIBITORS ON MARKERS OF PYROPTOSIS AND RENAL INFLAMMATION IN DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
This review looked at how a common diabetes drug affects kidney inflammation. It found the drug may lower markers of a specific type of cell death. This process can speed up kidney...
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis: A 20-year single-centre retrospective review
This study looked at 27 patients over 20 years who got a specific infection in their dialysis fluid. The infection was rare, making up less than 1% of all cases. It is hard to...
Safety and recovery of rocuronium and sugammadex versus cisatracurium or atracurium and pyridostigmine in surgical patients with chronic kidney disease: a multi-center retrospective propensity score-matched study
This study compared two types of muscle relaxants used during surgery. It looked at patients with kidney disease to see which was safer. This is a retrospective study, so it shows...
Silencing of RAB3A Reshapes the Extracellular Vesicle ncRNA Landscape in Diabetic Podocytes and Uncovers miR-126-3p as a Candidate Mediator of Podocyte Injury
This research used kidney cells in a lab to study how diabetes causes damage. It looked at tiny bubbles that cells release to talk to each other. This work was done in cells, not...
Correlation Between Bone Mineral Density Biomarkers and Disease Progression in Hyperparathyroidism
This study looked at 200 men with bone and hormone issues. It checked how bone density markers link to disease progression. This is an observational study, so it shows a link, not...
Systemic Diseases and the Eye: A Translational Perspective on Diabetes
This review explains how eye scans can show signs of disease in the whole body. It focuses on diabetes, but notes that eye changes can also link to kidney and heart issues. This is...
Frailty Phenotype Among Older Adults Receiving SGLT-2 Inhibitors in a CKD-Predominant Population: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study
This study looked at older adults with kidney disease who take a specific type of diabetes drug. It checked how many of them were frail, or physically weak. This is an...
Renal anemia: from erythropoietin deficiency to erythropoietin resistance
This article explains why people with kidney disease often have low red blood cell counts. It describes how the kidneys stop making enough of a hormone called erythropoietin. It...
Coreopsis tinctoria and its bioactives in the prevention and management of diabetes and diabetic complications
This review looks at a plant called Coreopsis tinctoria and its health benefits. It discusses how the plant's compounds might help with diabetes and kidney issues. It is a review...
Development and validation of a predictive model for rapid renal function decline in early IgA nephropathy: a multicenter retrospective study
This study builds a tool to predict if kidney function will drop fast in people with IgA nephropathy. It uses data from many centers. There is no abstract, so we cannot see the...
Association between triglyceride glucose-body mass index and diabetic kidney disease in hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cross-sectional study
This study checks if a score based on blood sugar, fats, and body weight links to kidney disease. It looks at patients already in the hospital. There is no abstract, so we cannot...
Association of environmental xylene exposure with diabetic kidney disease: a cross-sectional analysis and multi-omics evaluation of immune microenvironment mechanisms
This study checks if exposure to a chemical called xylene links to kidney disease in people with diabetes. It uses complex lab tests to look at immune cells. There is no abstract,...
Vitamin D: Physiology, Pharmacology and Clinical Evidence for Supplementation-A Narrative Review.
This review explains how vitamin D works in the body. It covers how the body makes and uses this nutrient. The review summarizes existing evidence but does not report new trial...
Vitamin K and vascular calcification: from biological plausibility to clinical realism.
This review looks at whether vitamin K can stop blood vessels from hardening. It explains why this might work in people with kidney disease. The review summarizes past studies but...
Extracellular vesicle鈥揷ytokine communication in diabetic kidney disease: an integrated network linking renal resident cells and macrophages
This review explains how cells in the kidney send signals to each other. It focuses on how inflammation drives kidney damage.
C3 Glomerulonephritis Presenting as Thrombotic Microangiopathy: A Case Report of Rare and Aggressive Phenotype
This is a report on one man with a rare kidney disease. It describes his symptoms and test results. It is not a large study.
Inibidores de SGLT2 na Prote莽茫o Cardiovascular, Renal e Metab贸lica: Mecanismos de A莽茫o, Evid锚ncias Cl铆nicas e Novas Perspectivas Terap锚uticas
This review explains how sugar-blocking drugs protect the heart and kidneys. It covers how the drugs work and what is known so far.
Finerenone Reduces Adverse Outcomes in Hypertensive Nephropathy
This news brief says a drug called finerenone helps people with high blood pressure and kidney damage. It does not include the full study data.
Supplemental Material for: Kidney volumetry for predicting long-term outcome in acute kidney injury: A retrospective cohort study
This is extra data for a study on kidney size. It helps predict how well kidneys recover after a sudden injury. This file holds the supporting numbers, not the main findings.
Pharmacological Treatment and Renal Outcomes in Pediatric IgA Nephropathy in Latin America: A Scoping Review
This is a planned review of studies in Latin America. It will look at how to treat a kidney disease in children. There are no results yet because the review is just starting.
Doen莽a Renal Cr么nica: Mecanismos de Progress茫o, Altera莽玫es Celulares e Estrat茅gias para Retardar a Evolu莽茫o da Doen莽a
This is a review article written in Portuguese. It explains how chronic kidney disease gets worse over time. It covers the body changes that drive the disease.
Hyperglycemia Drives an Activated, Lipid-Laden Nonclassical Monocyte Phenotype in Diabetes
This study looked at blood cells in the lab. It found that high blood sugar changes how these cells handle fats. This was done in cells, not in people yet. It helps explain how...
HIF1伪/SMYD2/STAT3 axis drives partial EMT and renal fibrosis in cisplatin-induced CKD
This article discusses how a cancer drug causes kidney scarring. It looks at the biological pathways involved. There is no abstract with results in this item.
Cisplatin nephrotoxicity in cervical and ovarian cancer: Incidence, risk factors, and prevention in a resource-limited setting
This study followed 76 women in Ethiopia who got a cancer drug called cisplatin. It looked at how many had kidney damage and why. This shows a link, not proof of cause. It helps...
Amomum tsao-ko volatile oil alleviates renal fibrosis in 5/6 nephrectomy rats through TGF-尾1/SMAD3 and PI3K/AKT signaling pathways
This study tested a plant oil in rats with kidney scarring. It found the oil reduced scarring in the animals. This was done in rats, not people. It is not yet proven to help...
Hyperglycemia drives an activated, lipid-laden non-classical monocyte phenotype in diabetes
This study looked at blood cells in people with diabetes. It found that high blood sugar changes how these cells handle fats. This was done in the lab, not in a clinical trial. It...
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in a new therapeutic era: current landscape and unresolved questions
This article discusses treatments for a rare kidney disease. It reviews the current state of care and open questions. There are no new study results in this item.
Importance of very low proteinuria levels in immunoglobulin A nephropathy: evidence of a non-linear association with long-term kidney survival
This study looked at people with a kidney disease called IgA nephropathy. It found that having very low levels of protein in the urine is linked to better long-term kidney...
The Impact of Older Age at Diagnosis on Wilms Tumor Characteristics and Patient Outcomes: A Children鈥檚 Oncology Group Study
This study looked at 4,100 children with a common kidney cancer. It found that being older at diagnosis is linked to lower survival rates. This is an observational study, so it...
Acute Post-infectious Glomerulonephritis Associated with Escherichia coli Urinary Tract Infection in an Adolescent: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
This report describes one 14-year-old boy who got kidney inflammation after a urinary tract infection. It is a single case, not a large study. It shows a link between this specific...
Analysis of brain iron deposition in an in vivo model of pediatric autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
This study looked at how kidney disease affects iron levels in the brain. The research was done in mice, not in people yet. It used a mouse model of a genetic kidney disease. The...
An inducible co-stimulator ligand (ICOSL)-based peptide therapy for proteinuric kidney diseases targeting 伪v尾3 integrin
Researchers designed a new small peptide drug to stop protein from leaking into the urine. The drug targets a specific protein called an integrin that helps hold the kidney's...
Repurposing SGLT2 Inhibitors Beyond Diabetes: Emerging Roles in Cancer Prevention and Therapy.
This chapter looks at how a common kidney and diabetes drug might help with cancer. It mostly covers tests in animals and cells. It is a review of existing work, not a new study...
GLP-1 receptor agonists and serious adverse events: Evidence, uncertainty and clinical implications.
This review looks at the safety of common diabetes drugs called GLP-1s. It checks for rare but serious side effects like thyroid cancer or pancreatitis. It is a summary of existing...
Gut-kidney signaling is impaired in individuals with type 2 diabetes.
This small test found that people with type 2 diabetes have a weaker link between the gut and the kidneys. This link helps the body get rid of salt. The study used a small group of...
Febrile renal pseudotumors revealing ANCA-associated vasculitis
This report describes one woman who had a rare type of blood vessel inflammation. It was found after she had a fever and her kidney function dropped. This is a single case report,...
Prevalence of Enteric Hyperoxaluria in Crohn's Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, and After Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review
This review looked at how often people with gut problems have high levels of oxalate in their urine. Oxalate is a mineral that can form kidney stones and scar the kidneys. The...
https://journals.lww.com/cjasn/fulltext/10.2215/cjn.0000000937~sex-specific-outcomes-in-the-peritoneal-dialysis-outcomes
This page was blocked by a security check, so the article could not be read. It likely looks at how dialysis outcomes differ by sex. There are no results to report because the text...
FDA label: 1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE Ferric carboxymaltose injection is i
This is an FDA label for an iron injection used to treat low iron in people with kidney disease. It is a product description, not a new study. There are no new results in this...
A stewardship framework for incretin-based therapies in weight management.
This article discusses how to manage weight loss drugs for kidney patients. It is a framework for doctors, not a new study with results. There are no new findings to report yet.
Resveratrol ameliorates acute kidney injury following burn injury by promoting mitophagy through SIRT5-mediated ATG3 succinylation.
A compound called resveratrol helped protect kidneys in rats with burn injuries. It also worked in human kidney cells in the lab. This was in animals and cells, not people yet. It...
Placenta-derived CXCL1 is associated with fetal renal dysplasia upon gestational cadmium treatment.
A toxic metal called cadmium caused kidney problems in baby mice. The study looked at how the placenta sends signals that hurt the developing kidney. This was in mice, not people...
Association between the non-HDL-c to HDL-c ratio and mortality risk in cardiorenal syndrome: A population-based study from 1999 to 2018 NHANES.
This study looked at 1,408 people with both heart and kidney disease. It checked if a specific cholesterol ratio was linked to a higher risk of death. It shows a link, but it does...
National trends in chronic kidney disease prevalence by sleep duration in South Korea, 2007 to 2022: A nationwide cross-sectional study.
This study looked at 87,246 adults in South Korea from 2007 to 2022. It found that people who slept less than 6 hours or more than 9 hours had a higher chance of having kidney...
Development and Validation of CKD-MKAP: A Malnutrition Perceived Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) Scale for Patients With Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) in China.
Researchers created a new survey tool to check how well people in China understand kidney-friendly eating. The study tested the tool to make sure it works. It shows a link between...
Compound Heatwaves and Health Inequality: A Nationwide Study on Emergency Admissions and Socioeconomic Vulnerability in South Korea.
This study looked at 2 million hospital visits in South Korea. It found that extreme heat is linked to more emergency visits. It shows a link between heat and health issues, not...
An Evolution of Pilot Nutrition Programs to Improve Diet Quality among Older Veterans
This preprint describes how a nutrition program for older veterans changed over time. It aims to improve diet quality. There is no abstract, so we cannot see the results yet.
Social network characteristics, self-management behavior, and the mediating role of self-efficacy among diabetes patients: a multicenter cross-sectional study
This study looks at how social support helps people with diabetes manage their health. It checks if feeling confident in your own care makes a difference. There is no abstract, so...
Inhibition of xanthine oxidase protects against heatstroke-related acute kidney injury.
This study tested if a gout drug called febuxostat protects kidneys from heatstroke. The researchers used kidney cells in a lab and mice in a cage. The drug seemed to reduce kidney...
SGLT2 inhibitors and exercise in diabetic kidney disease: mechanistic rationale, emerging clinical evidence, and future perspectives
This review looks at how sugar-blocking drugs and exercise work together for kidney disease. It summarizes what is known so far.
Beyond the Pitch: Understanding the Kidney Under Athletic Stress
This news brief looks at how hard exercise affects the kidneys. It does not report new study results.
Doen莽a Renal Cr么nica em Perspectiva Integrada: O Impacto da Nutri莽茫o na Progress茫o Renal e no Risco Cardiovascular
This article reviews how nutrition affects kidney disease and heart health. It explains that diet plays a role in slowing kidney decline and managing blood pressure. The paper...
HAPA-based Intervention in Adults With Metabolic Syndrome and Chronic Kidney Disease
This study is starting to test if changing diet and activity can help people with metabolic syndrome and kidney disease. It will look at waist size and kidney function. There are...
Potato and warm moist compresses to accelerate healing of limb swelling and bruising after venous stent placement: A case report.
This report describes one person who used potato slices and warm compresses to heal swelling after a dialysis access procedure. It is a single case, not a large trial. It shows...
IgG4-related kidney disease: treatment standard.
This article is a guide on how to treat a rare immune condition that causes kidney scarring. It explains how doctors should test for and manage this disease. There are no new trial...
Kidney Organoids: Emerging Models for Kidney Fibrosis鈥擣rom Current Advances to Experimental Insights
This paper looks at tiny, lab-grown kidney models called organoids. Researchers use these to study how scar tissue forms in the kidney. This work happens in the lab, not in people...
Epigenetic reprogramming by BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Gu茅rin) vaccination: A novel strategy to reverse immunodeficiency in chronic kidney disease.
This review discusses how kidney disease weakens the immune system. It suggests that a specific vaccine might help fix this problem. The review summarizes past ideas but does not...
Progressive Actomyosin Remodeling Defining a Structured Podocyte Injury Response in Nephrotic Syndrome
This study examined how kidney filter cells change shape when they are injured. The researchers used a special microscope to look at these cells in detail. They found a specific...
Chronic nanoplastic exposure causes size-dependent cytotoxicity and ANGPTL4 induction in human kidney cells
This study looked at how tiny plastic particles affect human kidney cells in a lab. The researchers exposed the cells to these particles for 12 days. Smaller particles caused the...
PolyCore, a bimodal peritoneal dialysis solution based on xylitol, L-carnitine, and icodextrin: In vitro evidence of the peritoneal membrane protection, rationale, and design of the phase II pilot study EXCITE
A new dialysis fluid called PolyCore was tested on human cells in a lab. It helped protect the cells from damage. This was not a test in people yet.
Kidney Regeneration Researcher to Detail Applications of Spatial Metabolomics
This is a news item about a planned talk. A researcher will discuss a new way to study kidney cells. There are no new study results in this piece.
Renal-Net: Kidney Abnormality Segmentation - MRI Model Weights
This is a computer tool that helps doctors spot problems on kidney scans. It is a software model, not a medical trial. There are no patient results to report yet.
Curcumin in solid organ transplantation: current evidence, mechanisms, and translational challenges
This review looks at curcumin, a compound from turmeric, in organ transplants. It discusses how it might help with injury and rejection. It is a review of existing evidence, not a...
Post-transplant ureteral stenosis: donor-related risk factors, graft outcome and surgical management
This article looks at a blockage in the urine tube after a kidney transplant. It covers risk factors and how doctors fix it. There is no abstract, so we cannot see the study...
Comparative long-term outcomes of kidney transplantation from donors with isolated microscopic hematuria and thin basement membrane disease versus donors with isolated microscopic hematuria and normal histology: the largest cohort analysis to date
This study followed 93 people who got a kidney from a living donor. It compared donors with a specific kidney condition to those with normal kidneys. It shows a link between donor...
Stress-Sensing Over TCR Recognition: 纬未 T-cell therapy for CMV infection after transplantation
This article discusses a new type of cell therapy for a common virus after kidney transplant. It explains how the therapy works to fight the virus. This is a discussion piece, not...
https://journals.lww.com/cjasn/fulltext/10.2215/cjn.0000001030~obesity-in-living-kidney-donors-from-risk-to-ethics-bridging
This page was blocked by a security check, so the article could not be read. It likely discusses the risks and ethics of kidney donation for people with obesity. There are no...
https://www.kidney.org/news-stories/she-donated-kidney-and-gained-second-family
This is a news story about a person who donated a kidney. It is a personal account, not a research study. There are no scientific results to report.
Goodbye, Fax? ASN and HHS-ONC Collaborate to Improve Kidney Care Data Interoperability and Sharing
This news brief says health groups are working to share kidney care data better. It is about systems, not a medical trial.
Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model of One-year Survive Rate in Vancomycin-Associated Acute Kidney Injury
This is a preprint about a tool to predict survival in people with sudden kidney injury from a common antibiotic. There are no results yet.
Immunogenicity of sequential conjugate and non-conjugate pneumococcal vaccination in dialysis patients and kidney transplant recipients: a 12-month serological follow-up
This study checked how well vaccines work in people with kidney failure. It looked at blood samples over 12 months. It shows a link between the vaccine type and the body's...
The Battle Against Systemic Sclerosis: A Case Report of a Patient With Scleroderma Renal Crisis
This is a report on one specific patient. The patient has a skin disease that caused a sudden kidney problem. We do not have the full text to see the details.
Predictors of acute kidney injury in infants weighing less than 5 kg undergoing congenital cardiac surgery: a single-centre retrospective observational study
This study looks at babies who have heart surgery. It aims to find signs that their kidneys might get hurt. We do not have the full text to see the results.
Kidney Transplant Leader to Address Long-Term Survival Challenges and Opportunities
This is a news item about a planned talk. A kidney transplant leader will discuss how to help patients live longer after surgery. There are no new study results in this piece.
Supporting the ASN Humanitarian Kidney Support Program
This is a news piece about a charity program for kidney patients. It is not a research study. There are no scientific results to report.
Beyond diagnosing acute kidney injury: defining what we need from kidney biomarkers
This piece discusses what doctors need from blood tests for sudden kidney injury. It is an opinion or review piece. There are no new study results here.
Subphenotypes related to Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury
This item shares data on blood markers for a type of sudden kidney injury. It is a data file, not a full study with results. There are no findings to report yet.
Women's Kidney Health Expert to Discuss Hormone Therapy Considerations
This is a news item about an expert discussing hormone therapy. It is a discussion, not a research study. There are no new results to report.
CKD Awareness, Referrals, Education, and Support Intervention for Early-Stage CKD
This study is starting to test if education and support can help people with diabetes and early kidney disease. It aims to see if this support stops the disease from getting worse....