Collaborative research

 

Our Goal : Provide excellence in patient care, train physicians and researchers, lead in scientific research and discoveries in understanding and treating acute and chronic renal disease, and promote collaborations within the scientific domain.

Recent Submissions

  • Use of a Decision Aid for Patients Considering Peritoneal Dialysis and In-Center Hemodialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial 
    Subramanian, Lalita; Zhao, Junhui; Zee, Jarcy; Knaus, Megan; Fagerlin, Angela; Perry, Erica; Swartz, June; McCall, Margie; Bryant, Nicole; Tentori, Francesca (American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2019-09)
    Rationale & Objective: Annually, about 100,000 US patients face the difficult choice between the most common dialysis types, in-center hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. This study evaluated the value of a new decision ...
  • Racial disparities in end-stage renal disease in a high-risk population_the Southern Community Cohort Study 
    Bock, Fabian; Stewart, Thomas G.; Robinson-Cohen, Cassianne; Morse, Jennifer; Kabagambe, Edmond K.; Cavanaugh, Kerri L.; Birdwell, Kelly A.; Hung, Adriana M.; Abdel-Kader, Khaled; Siew, Edward D.; Akwo, Elvis A.; Blot, William J.; Ikizler, T. Alp; Lipworth, Loren (BMC Nephrology, 2019-08-07)
    Introduction The Southern Community Cohort Study is a prospective study of low socioeconomic status (SES) blacks and whites from the southeastern US, where the burden of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and its risk factors ...
  • APOL1, Acid Load, and CKD Progression 
    Pike, Mindy; Stewart, Thomas G.; Morse, Jennifer; Ormsby, Patrick; Siew, Edward D.; Hung, Adriana; Abdel-Kader, Khaled; Ikizler, T. Alp; Lipworth, Loren; Robinson-Cohen, Cassianne (Kidney International Reports, 2019-07)
    Introduction: High dietary acid load and metabolic acidosis are associated with an accelerated decline in kidney function and may contribute to the observed heterogeneity in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) risk according ...
  • Peroxidasin Is a Novel Target of Autoantibodies in Lupus Nephritis 
    Manral, Pallavi; Colon, Selene; Bhave, Gautam; Zhao, Ming-Hui; Jain, Sanjay; Borza, Dorin-Bogdan (Kidiney International Reports, 2019-07)
  • Mapping eGFR loci to the renal transcriptome and phenome in the VA Million Veteran Program 
    Hellwege, Jacklyn N; Edwards, Digna R. Velez; Giri, Ayush; Torstenson, Eric S.; Keaton, Jacob M.; Chung, Cecilia P.; Edwards, Todd L.; Hung, Adriana M.; Roumie, Christianne L.; Siew, Edward (Nature Communications, 2019-08-26)
    Chronic kidney disease (CKD), defined by low estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), contributes to global morbidity and mortality. Here we conduct a transethnic Genome-Wide Association Study of eGFR in 280,722 ...
  • WNK4 limits distal calcium losses following acute furosemide treatment 
    Ferdaus, Mohammed Z.; Gratreak, Brittany D. K.; Miller, Lauren; Si, Jinge; McCormick, James A.; Yang, Chao-Ling; Ellison, David H.; Terker, Andrew S. (Physiological Reports, 2019-09)
    The distal nephron is essential for calcium homeostasis. This is evidenced by disordered calcium transport following disrupted distal nephron function occurring in salt-wasting tubulopathies or with diuretic use. A plethora ...
  • Cardiovascular disease in the kidney transplant recipient: epidemiology, diagnosis and management strategies 
    Birdwell, Kelly A.; Rangaswami, Janani; Mathew, Roy O.; Parasuraman, Raviprasenna; Tantisattamo, Ekamol (NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION, 2019-05)
    Kidney transplantation (KT) is the optimal therapy for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), resulting in significant improvement in survival as well as quality of life when compared with maintenance dialysis. The burden of ...