CKD and Inflammation: An Interview
Chronic systemic inflammation, triggered by innate immune system activation, is a key driver of both chronic kidney disease (CKD) and associated atherosclerosis and [...]
2025
Toward a Successful Shared-Care Model for Kidney Transplant Recipients
Deborah Lee, MD, is a second year nephrology fellow at University of California San Francisco. She completed her medical education at the Indiana University School of [...]
#NephMadness 2026: Logo Reveal
If it’s Kidney Week, then it must be time to share the logo for #NephMadness 2026! Our thanks to Graham Gipson @grahamgipsonmd for 5 years of logos (check out his work [...]
2025 Inductees to the AJKD Reviewer Hall of Fame
In 2017, we began recognizing reviewers who have distinguished themselves by consistently providing insightful, detailed, and valuable input to our authors and our editorial [...]
2025 Editors’ Choice Award
In 2017, we established an annual celebration of articles that our editorial team designated as “Editors’ Choice” selections. The editors are delighted to recognize the [...]
Highlights from the November 2025 Issue
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: This entire issue will be freely available until November 30, 2025 in celebration of Kidney Week Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original [...]
Patient Perspectives on Living with Membranous Nephropathy: An Interview
Membranous nephropathy (MN) is characterized by a relapsing remitting course with a third of patients developing kidney failure if untreated. A recent study published in AJKD [...]
GLP1 Receptor Agonists vs SGLT2-I in Preventing CKD in T2DM: An Interview
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors can improve outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes. Using a nationwide [...]
Silencing Primary Hyperoxaluria with Lumasiran: Two Year Follow-up of the Phase 3 ILLUMINATE-C Trial
Matthew A. Sparks (@Nephro_Sparks or @nephrosparks.bsky.social) is an associate professor of medicine at Duke University in Durham, NC. He is the director of the nephrology [...]
Highlights from the October 2025 Issue
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 [...]