Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an important health problem, affecting 13.3 million
individuals/year. It is associated with increased mortality, mainly in low-and middle-income …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a progressive renal complication which significantly affects the
patient's life with huge economic burden. Untreated acute kidney injury eventually …

Lupus nephritis (LN) is a serious complication occurring in 50% of patients with systemic
lupus erythematosus (SLE) for which there is a lack of biomarkers, a lack of specific …

Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) in children is characterized by massive proteinuria and
hypoalbuminemia and usually responds well to steroids. However, relapses are frequent …

Minimal change disease (MCD) is the most common type of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome
in childhood and represents about 15% cases in adults. It is characterized by massive …

The transcription factor Twist1 regulates several processes that could impact kidney disease
progression, including epithelial cell differentiation and inflammatory cytokine induction …

Background Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is a common form of glomerular nephropathy in
children, with an incidence rate of 1.15–16.9/100,000 depending on different nationalities …

Evidence has been furnished that immune cells, and immune-podocytes interactions have
increasingly become the focus of proteinuric kidney diseases, which affect millions of …

Childhood nephrotic syndrome is idiopathic in 90% of cases. Despite its relatively high
prevalence (30–35 per 100 000 individuals under 15 years old), the etiology of the disease …

Minimal change disease (MCD) is the most common cause of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome
in children, and it is well known for its multifactorial causes which are the manifestation of the …