Recent years have brought notable progress in the field of IgA nephropathy. Here, we
highlight important new directions and latest developments, including successful discovery …

Background: Although the number of patients reaching end-stage kidney disease without a
biopsy-proven diagnosis is increasing, the utility of renal biopsy is still an object of debate …

The effect of air pollution on the changing pattern of glomerulopathy has not been studied.
We estimated the profile of and temporal change in glomerular diseases in an 11-year renal …

We carried out a genome-wide association study of IgA nephropathy, a major cause of
kidney failure worldwide. We studied 1,194 cases and 902 controls of Chinese Han …

Background. The utility of renal biopsy in patients with diabetes is highly debated. Diabetics
with rapidly worsening renal disease are often 'clinically'labelled as having diabetic …

Medications are a common cause of AKI, especially for patients admitted to hospital wards
and the intensive care unit. Although drug-related kidney injury occurs through different …

Acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) is an important cause of acute kidney injury that has
experienced significant epidemiological and clinical changes in the last years. The classical …

Importance Immunoglobulin A nephropathy is a major cause of end-stage renal disease
worldwide; previous methods of medical management, including use of renin-angiotensin …

Minimal change disease (MCD) is the etiology of 10%–25% of cases of nephrotic syndrome
in adults. The mainstay of treatment for adult MCD, oral gucocorticoids, is based on two …

BACKGROUND: Patients with immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy may progress to end-
stage renal disease (ESRD) within 10 to 20 years after renal biopsy. We evaluated factors …