Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing health problem of epidemic proportions worldwide. Numerous randomized clinical trials and epidemiological studies have reported systemic hypertension (HTN) to ...

Following kidney injury, repair can result in functional tissue becoming a patch of cells and disorganized extracellular matrix—a scar—or it can recapitulate the original tissue architecture through ...

Glomeruli are at the heart of renal function, and yet are only part of an intact nephron. They are of irreplaceable value in maintaining homeostasis. The intact nephron theory: Each nephron is a ...

Long-term survival of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) treated with targeted therapy (TT) without cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN). Background: Organ preserving surgery represents ...