2023
The ASSESS-AKI Study found urinary epidermal growth factor is associated with reduced risk of major adverse kidney events
Menez S, Wen Y, Xu L, Moledina D, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Hu D, Obeid W, Bhatraju P, Ikizler T, Siew E, Chinchilli V, Garg A, Go A, Liu K, Kaufman J, Kimmel P, Himmelfarb J, Coca S, Cantley L, Parikh C. The ASSESS-AKI Study found urinary epidermal growth factor is associated with reduced risk of major adverse kidney events. Kidney International 2023, 104: 1194-1205. PMID: 37652206, PMCID: PMC10840723, DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.08.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse kidney eventsUEGF/CrUrinary epidermal growth factorAdverse kidney eventsChronic kidney diseaseEpidermal growth factorKidney eventsKidney failureEGF expressionUrinary EGF/CrAcute Kidney Injury studyGrowth factorIschemia-reperfusion injuryProportional hazards regressionTubular healthKidney atrophyObservational cohortHospitalized participantsTubular functionClinical findingsHazards regressionKidney diseaseClinical variablesProgressive atrophyUrinary EGF
2022
Considerations in Controlling for Urine Concentration for Biomarkers of Kidney Disease Progression After Acute Kidney Injury
Wen Y, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Moledina DG, Kaufman JS, Reeves WB, Ghahramani N, Ikizler TA, Go AS, Liu KD, Siew ED, Himmelfarb J, Kimmel PL, Hsu CY, Parikh CR. Considerations in Controlling for Urine Concentration for Biomarkers of Kidney Disease Progression After Acute Kidney Injury. Kidney International Reports 2022, 7: 1502-1513. PMID: 35812275, PMCID: PMC9263319, DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.03.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute kidney injuryChronic kidney diseaseKidney injury molecule-1Urine concentrationsCKD outcomesKidney injuryInverse associationUrine kidney injury molecule-1Progression of CKDIncident chronic kidney diseaseCox proportional hazards regressionAcute Kidney Injury studyInjury molecule-1Kidney disease progressionProportional hazards regressionChemoattractant protein-1CKD progressionComposite outcomeNeutrophil gelatinaseInterleukin-18Urine biomarkersHazards regressionKidney diseaseSubsequent sequelaeUrinary concentrations