Commentary
Commentaries are short perspectives by experts on AJKD articles or nephrology news.
With the prevalence of urinary stone disease (USD) nearly doubling over the last 15 years, there has been a concomitant rise in the impact it has on our healthcare system.
[...]Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a histologic description with numerous etiologies and proposed pathogenic mechanisms. Proteinuria, frequently associated with
[...]A recent Core Curriculum in AJKD from Theresa K. Chen and colleagues focuses on one of the most bread-and-butter topics for nephrology—reducing kidney function decline
[...]One of my favorite aspects of being a nephrologist is rounding at the dialysis unit. Using a team-based approach (with the patient at the center of the team) we work
[...]The 1960s in the United States was a roller-coaster of a decade characterized by protests for the civil rights movement, the war in Vietnam, activists demanding more rights
[...]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
[...]IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common cause of primary glomerulonephritis worldwide. It is characterized by glomerular mesangial matrix expansion and mesangial cell
[...]“Four legs good, two legs bad.” – Snowball’s summary of the Seven Commandments of Animalism, Animal Farm Similar to Snowball’s cry, ‘NSAIDs bad, Opioids
[...]Sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i / gliflozins) are a novel class of medications which act by inhibiting the SGLT2 transporter located in the S1 segment of
[...]From 2015 to 2019, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) reported that only 18% of all kidney allografts were procured from living donors. Living donation is associated
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