2023
Comparative evaluation of glomerular morphometric techniques reveals differential technical artifacts between focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and normal glomeruli
Reghuvaran A, Lin Q, Basgen J, Banu K, Shi H, Vashist A, Pell J, Perinchery S, He J, Moledina D, Wilson F, Menon M. Comparative evaluation of glomerular morphometric techniques reveals differential technical artifacts between focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and normal glomeruli. Physiological Reports 2023, 11: e15688. PMID: 37423891, PMCID: PMC10329935, DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15688.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Urine Uromodulin as a Biomarker of Kidney Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis
Melchinger H, Calderon-Gutierrez F, Obeid W, Xu L, Shaw MM, Luciano RL, Kuperman M, Moeckel GW, Kashgarian M, Wilson FP, Parikh CR, Moledina DG. Urine Uromodulin as a Biomarker of Kidney Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis. Clinical Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2022, 17: 1284-1292. PMID: 35948365, PMCID: PMC9625093, DOI: 10.2215/cjn.04360422.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlbuminsAnimalsAtrophyBiomarkersCreatinineFibrosisHumansKidneyKidney DiseasesMiceUromodulinConceptsInterstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophyUrine uromodulinTubular atrophyThick ascending limbUrine albuminSerum creatinineKidney biopsyTubulointerstitial fibrosisMultivariable linear regression modelsTime of biopsyKidney's thick ascending limbAcademic medical centerHuman kidney biopsiesKidney tubulointerstitial fibrosisTubular healthMultivariable analysisHistologic featuresHistologic findingsHistologic changesKidney fibrosisIndependent associationFibrotic modelMultivariable modelMedical CenterMurine model
2014
Plasma Lipoprotein(a) Levels Are Associated with Mild Renal Impairment in Type 2 Diabetics Independent of Albuminuria
Lin J, Reilly MP, Terembula K, Wilson FP. Plasma Lipoprotein(a) Levels Are Associated with Mild Renal Impairment in Type 2 Diabetics Independent of Albuminuria. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e114397. PMID: 25490096, PMCID: PMC4260843, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114397.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPenn Diabetes Heart StudyGFR impairmentT2DM patientsRisk factorsModifiable CV risk factorsSingle-center observational cohortAtherogenic lipid profileCV risk factorsMild renal impairmentIndependent risk factorNormal renal functionWorse kidney functionType 2 diabeticsCKD-EPI equationDiabetes Heart StudyCross-sectional analysisLogistic regression modelsClinical CVDMild CKDCV diseaseRenal impairmentObservational cohortRenal functionCV preventionDiabetic counterparts