Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are the key regulators of oxygen homeostasis in response
to hypoxia. In diabetes, multiple tissues are hypoxic but adaptive responses to hypoxia are …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review offers a critical narrative evaluation of emerging
evidence that sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors exert nephroprotective …

Sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors exert important renoprotective effects in
the diabetic kidney, which cannot be readily explained by their actions to lower blood …

Assessment of renal function and structure accurately remains essential in the diagnosis
and prognosis of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Advanced imaging, including Magnetic …

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD), and multiple
underlying mechanisms involved in pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy (DN) have been …

Owing to the increasing prevalence of diabetic mellitus, diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is
presently the leading cause of chronic kidney disease and end‐stage renal disease …

Background Abnormal functional connections are associated with impaired white matter
tract integrity in the brain. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a promising method for …

Objectives To prospectively investigate the capability of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM)
and conventional diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to identify early kidney function injury in type …

Background Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common primary
glomerulonephritis worldwide. Oxford classification including mesangial hypercellularity (M) …

Renal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques are currently in vogue, as they provide
in vivo information on renal volume, function, metabolism, perfusion, oxygenation, and …