Featured Publications
Urine TNF-α and IL-9 for clinical diagnosis of acute interstitial nephritis
Moledina DG, Wilson FP, Pober JS, Perazella MA, Singh N, Luciano RL, Obeid W, Lin H, Kuperman M, Moeckel GW, Kashgarian M, Cantley LG, Parikh CR. Urine TNF-α and IL-9 for clinical diagnosis of acute interstitial nephritis. JCI Insight 2019, 4: e127456. PMID: 31092735, PMCID: PMC6542610, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.127456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute interstitial nephritisAcute kidney diseasePrebiopsy diagnosisKidney biopsyKidney diseaseIL-9AIN diagnosisUrine TNFInterstitial nephritisSpecific T cell subsetsAcute tubular injuryDiabetic kidney diseaseIL-9 levelsTNF-α levelsT cell subsetsAddition of biomarkersPlasma cytokinesCytokine levelsTubular injuryHighest quartileMultivariable analysisCell subsetsUrinary TNFBlood eosinophilsGlomerular disease
2024
Plasma proteomics of acute tubular injury
Schmidt I, Surapaneni A, Zhao R, Upadhyay D, Yeo W, Schlosser P, Huynh C, Srivastava A, Palsson R, Kim T, Stillman I, Barwinska D, Barasch J, Eadon M, El-Achkar T, Henderson J, Moledina D, Rosas S, Claudel S, Verma A, Wen Y, Lindenmayer M, Huber T, Parikh S, Shapiro J, Rovin B, Stanaway I, Sathe N, Bhatraju P, Coresh J, Rhee E, Grams M, Waikar S. Plasma proteomics of acute tubular injury. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 7368. PMID: 39191768, PMCID: PMC11349760, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51304-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute tubular injuryAcute kidney injuryPathway analysisOrganelle stress responsesSingle-cell RNA sequencingKidney Precision Medicine ProjectKidney diseaseSOMAscan proteomics platformProgression to kidney failureRNA sequencingBiological pathwaysGene expressionStress responseNon-invasive biomarkersProteomics platformMannose receptor 1Kidney injuryTubular injuryImmune regulationReceptor 1Macrophage mannose receptor 1Host responseBiomarker proteinsPrecision Medicine ProjectKidney failure
2022
Urine testing to differentiate glomerular from tubulointerstitial diseases on kidney biopsy
Tran AC, Melchinger H, Weinstein J, Shaw M, Kent C, Perazella MA, Wilson FP, Parikh CR, Moledina DG. Urine testing to differentiate glomerular from tubulointerstitial diseases on kidney biopsy. Practical Laboratory Medicine 2022, 30: e00271. PMID: 35465621, PMCID: PMC9018443, DOI: 10.1016/j.plabm.2022.e00271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTubulointerstitial diseaseKidney biopsyGlomerular diseaseUrine albuminHistological diagnosisUrine uromodulinUrine testsHigher urine albuminUrine sediment microscopyCohort of participantsDipstick hematuriaTubular injuryAppropriate patientsUrine testingMultivariable modelHigher oddsBiopsyClinical decisionSediment microscopyDiseasePatientsHealth biomarkersUrine samplesDiagnosisCohort
2019
Differentiating Acute Interstitial Nephritis from Acute Tubular Injury: A Challenge for Clinicians
Moledina DG, Parikh CR. Differentiating Acute Interstitial Nephritis from Acute Tubular Injury: A Challenge for Clinicians. Nephron 2019, 143: 211-216. PMID: 31203275, PMCID: PMC6821567, DOI: 10.1159/000501207.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsAcute interstitial nephritisAcute tubular injuryAcute kidney injuryUrine TNFTubular injuryInterstitial nephritisClinical featuresHistological diagnosisInterleukin-9Novel biomarkersClinical practiceChronic kidney diseaseProspective cohort studyHigh-risk populationDisease-specific therapiesCourse of careImmunosuppressive therapyKidney injuryCohort studyKidney biopsyKidney diseasePlasma levelsKidney fibrosisInter-rater variabilityLaboratory assessment
2017
Performance of Serum Creatinine and Kidney Injury Biomarkers for Diagnosing Histologic Acute Tubular Injury
Moledina DG, Hall IE, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Reese PP, Weng FL, Schröppel B, Doshi MD, Wilson FP, Coca SG, Parikh CR. Performance of Serum Creatinine and Kidney Injury Biomarkers for Diagnosing Histologic Acute Tubular Injury. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 2017, 70: 807-816. PMID: 28844586, PMCID: PMC5701867, DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2017.06.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryAdultArea Under CurveBiomarkersCohort StudiesCreatinineCross-Sectional StudiesFatty Acid-Binding ProteinsFemaleHepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 1HumansInterleukin-18Kidney TransplantationKidney TubulesLipocalin-2MaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesROC CurveSeverity of Illness IndexTissue DonorsConceptsSevere acute tubular injuryAcute kidney injuryAcute tubular injuryTubular injurySCr concentrationNGAL concentrationsUrinary biomarkersDeceased donorsOrgan procurementMulticenter prospective cohortUrinary L-FABPUrinary NGAL concentrationsDeceased kidney donorsKidney injury biomarkersSerum creatinine concentrationPoor diagnostic performanceAKI casesAKI causesDonor hospitalizationKidney injuryProspective cohortSerum creatinineInjury biomarkersKidney biopsyIL-18