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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 14h

Giant “onion stone” leading to acute kidney failure

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.04.034

🔹The lamellar structure visually reflects chronic urinary stasis, infection cycles, and stone growth dynamics.
🔹Timely surgical removal led to rapid ⬆️ in renal function and symptom relief.

#NephSky #MedSky #aki

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 15h

Kidney ischemia and kidney dysfunction due to mass effect of a retroperitoneal tumor

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.04.033

#NephSky #MedSky #acutekidneyinjury #aki

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 15h

Macrophages mediate acute kidney allograft rejection via a toll-like receptor 4-dependent mechanism

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.09.014

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 15h

Changing paradigms of studies in kidney diseases

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.09.016

#OpenAccess #NephSky #MedSky #kidneydisease #CKD
@sydney.edu.au @uofglasgow.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @theisn.org

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 1d

Syntaxin 3 regulates apical membrane integrity in proximal tubule epithelial cells and prevents Fanconi syndrome development

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.08.027

#OpenAccess #MedSky #NephSky

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 2d

The kidney slit diaphragm resembles a fishnet

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.08.028

#OpenAccess #NephSky #MedSky

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 2d

Patient anti-PLA2R1 autoantibodies cause membranous nephropathy in human PLA2R1 transgenic mice

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.08.026

#OpenAccess #NephSky #MedSky #glumerulonephritis #glomerulardisease #membranousnephropathy

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 2d

Mineralocorticoid receptor inhibition in parietal epithelial cells prevents focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and crescentic glomerulonephritis.

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.07.037

#OpenAccess #NephSky #MedSky #CKD #FSGS #chronickidneydisease @parcc-inserm.bsky.social @rwth.bsky.social

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 2d

📣Apply now for the KI-ISN Early-Career Research Awards
Winners receive:
👏Recognition at WCN 2026
💲500 award

Eligibility
🌟EC researchers (< 7️⃣ yrs post-MD/PhD or post-nephrology/transplant fellowship)
🌟1st authors of an eligible KI article

📆Deadline: 5Dec2025
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KI–ISN Early Career Researcher Awards | Celebrating excellence

Advance your research career with the KI–ISN Early Career Researcher Awards. Recognizing top early-career authors in nephrology for original work published in Kidney International®

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 5d

Revisiting proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin deposits through immunoglobulin repertoire sequencing

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.07.039

#NephSky #MedSky #kidneypath #renalsky @mayoclinic.org

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 5d

Critical role of transcription factor SOX4 in tubular epithelial cell dedifferentiation and fibroblast activation during kidney fibrosis

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.08.030

#OpenAccess #NephSky #MedSky #CKD #kidneyfibrosis
@yalepathology.bsky.social

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 15d

Kidney injury and colocalization of complement C3, IgA, and IgG in glomerular immune-complex deposits of patients with #IgAnephropathy or #IgAvasculitis with nephritis.

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.07.038

#MedSky #NephSky #OpenAcess #IgAN #glomerulardisease

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 15d

Executive summary of the #KDIGO 2025 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy ( #IgAN) and Immunoglobulin A Vasculitis ( #IgAV)

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.04.003

#OpenAccess #MedSky #NephSky #glomerulardisease @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 15d

Kidney ischemia and kidney dysfunction due to mass effect of a retroperitoneal tumor

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.04.033

#NephSky #MedSky #acutekidneyinjury

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 15d

The Single Cell Landscape of the Human Vein After Arteriovenous Fistula Creation and Implications for Maturation Failure

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.08.024

#hemodialysis #geneexpression #inflammation #MedSky #NephSky

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 27d

📣Apply to be Editor-in-Chief of Kidney International®.📣

🌍Lead the editorial vision of ISN’s flagship journal and help advance global kidney science.
📆Term: January 2027 to December 2031
⏰ Application Deadline: November 3, 2025
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#MedSky #NephSky @theisn.org

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 27d

Extrarenal “crescent” in multisystem granulomatosis with polyangiitis
doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.03.028
🔹Paravertebral masses in systemic vasculitides such as GPA are rare
🔹This pt had a rupture of the A. colica dextra leading to GI bleeding
#MedSky #NephSky @i-med.ac.at @kronbichlerlab.bsky.social

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 28d

A stronger type I interferon signature distinguishes ANCA-associated vasculitis phenotypes and predicts kidney prognosis

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.07.034

#NephSky #MedSky #glomerulonephritis #ANCA
@chuangers.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/chu-...

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 29d

Causal assessment of #CKD-MBD biomarker alterations on #CKD progression through a g-formula analysis in the EQUAL Study

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.07.032

#MedSky #NephSky #chronickidneydisease #dialysis @ki.se @amsterdamumc.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · Sep 8

Jejunal compression in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.03.027

#MedSky #NephSky #ADPKD #kidneytransplantation #KTx
@uclouvain.bsky.social #kidneydisease

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · Sep 8

A multinational qualitative study examined the perspectives and experiences of women with a kidney transplant on access to healthcare

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.07.027

#MedSky #NephSky #kidneytransplantation #ckd #chronickidneydisease #WomensHealth

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · Sep 4

Commentary
Intravenous immunoglobulin for chronic active antibody-mediated rejection: a signal of hope in an evolving field
Böhmig G & Budde K

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.05.034

Original article: doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.04.023

#MedSky #NephSky #fibrosis #kidneyallograft

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · Sep 4

Commentary
Distinguishing signal from noise: a new era of autoantibody testing in podocytopathies requires thoughtful approaches
Ghasemi M and Weins A

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.05.026

Original article: doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.02.028

#MedSky #NephSky #FSGS #IgG #IgM #minimalchangedisease

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · Sep 4

An unexpected focus of infection after #kidneytransplantation
doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.04.006

🔍A vesicocutaneous fistula connected to an inactive bladder was identified as the infection focus in a KTx pt w/spina bifida
💡A multidisciplinary approach avoided cystectomy
#OpenAccess #NephSky #MedSky

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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · Sep 3

Protein UHRF1-mediated dual dysregulation of molecular chaperone GRP78 induces endoplasmic reticulum stress and aggravates #diabeticnephropathy

doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.07.023

#MedSky #NephSky #OpenAccess

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