2021

Top Ten #NephMadness Regions

February 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

Only one week until we reveal the NephMadness 2021 bracket on Monday, March 1! FRIENDLY REMINDER: Have you scheduled a date to complete your group bracket yet? We’ve been doing a daily countdown on Twitter of the Top Ten Region Posts from the [read more...]

#NephMadness 2021: Introducing the Blue Ribbon Panel

February 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

Introducing the 9 members of the Blue Ribbon Panel (BRP) who will decide the outcome of each matchup for NephMadness 2021! Get to know them better below: Susan Gurley Susan B. Gurley is Division Head for Nephrology and Hypertension at Oregon Health [read more...]

Call for Applications: AJKD Editorial Internship Program 2021-22

February 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

AJKD invites applications for its Editorial Internship Program, which will provide editorial experience to nephrology fellows interested in research, education, teaching, or medical editing/writing. AJKD Editorial Interns have the opportunity to [read more...]

Glomerular Biomarkers – Peering Into the Future

February 10, 2021 // 0 Comments

In this author interview, AJKD Social Media Editor, Timothy Yau @Maximal_Change (AJKDBlog), talks to Corey Cavanaugh @cavanaugh_do (CC), co-author of a recent Review article published in AJKD looking at glomerular biomarkers. AJKDBlog: Let’s [read more...]

Renal Ciliopathies: A Pediatric Nephrology Perspective

February 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

The non-motile primary cilium, a specialized organelle found in nucleated mammalian cells, plays an important role in human biology due to its pleiotropic effects. This microtubule-based structure, projecting from the apical cell surface, has [read more...]

Highlights from the February 2021 Issue

February 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain-language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic approach taken, what was learned, and why it matters. We hope our readers [read more...]

COVID-19 Pandemic and CKD Population Health: An Interview

January 27, 2021 // 0 Comments

In a recent Policy Forum published in AJKD, Tummalapalli et al outline COVID-19–related payment and regulatory changes and their implications for CKD care delivery and the AAKH Initiative. The authors recommend actions for health systems and [read more...]

The Serendipitous Complement of IgA Nephropathy: Are We Futuristic Yet?

January 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common cause of primary glomerulonephritis worldwide. It is characterized by glomerular mesangial matrix expansion and mesangial cell proliferation. On immunofluorescence microscopy (IF), typically there is [read more...]

Save the Date for #NephMadness 2021

January 14, 2021 // 0 Comments

NephMadness 2021 will officially begin on Monday, March 1, 2021! If you want to organize a #NephMadnessParty for your group, set it up between March 1-31 and put it on your group calendar now. In the past, we’ve been amazed at the ingenious [read more...]

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