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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
Urinary Plasminogen as a Marker of Disease Progression in Human Glomerular Disease
de Cos M, Mosoyan G, Chauhan K, Troost J, Wong J, Lefferts S, Morgan P, Meliambro K, Egerman M, Ray J, Parker T, Levine D, Seshan S, Bardash Y, Horowitz B, Kent C, Shaw M, Perlman A, Moledina D, Coca S, Campbell K. Urinary Plasminogen as a Marker of Disease Progression in Human Glomerular Disease. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 2024, 84: 205-214.e1. PMID: 38452919, PMCID: PMC11260534, DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2024.01.520.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociated with end-stage kidney diseaseEnd-stage kidney diseaseUrinary plasmin(ogenGlomerular diseaseGlomerular disordersBiopsy-proven glomerular diseaseVariable clinical courseDevelopment of novel therapiesCohort of patientsRestricted to patientsElectro-chemiluminescence immunoassayHuman glomerular diseasesClinical courseUrinary markersUrine creatinineAbstractText Label="RATIONALENovel therapiesPrognostic decision makingCox regressionWhite patientsDisease progressionKidney diseasePatientsPodocyte injuryCohortRationale and Design of a Phase 2, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Trial Evaluating AMP Kinase-Activation by Metformin in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
Barsotti G, Luciano R, Kumar A, Meliambro K, Kakade V, Tokita J, Naik A, Fu J, Peck E, Pell J, Reghuvaran A, Tanvir E, Patel P, Zhang W, Li F, Moeckel G, Perincheri S, Cantley L, Moledina D, Wilson F, He J, Menon M. Rationale and Design of a Phase 2, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Trial Evaluating AMP Kinase-Activation by Metformin in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. Kidney International Reports 2024, 9: 1354-1368. PMID: 38707807, PMCID: PMC11068976, DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2024.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMinimal change diseaseRandomized controlled trialsSafety of metforminDouble-blindPodocyte injuryAdjunctive therapyPlacebo-controlled randomized controlled trialsPhase III studyPhase II trialPrimary glomerular diseaseFocal segmental glomerulosclerosisEffect of metforminPhase IIPlacebo-controlledPreclinical dataNovel urineChange diseaseTissue markersRandomized trialsSegmental glomerulosclerosisGlomerular diseaseMechanistic biomarkersObservational studyFSGSInexpensive agent
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