The study involved the examination of biopsies from 976 kidney transplant patients. In particular, they were looking for the presence of "tubular ectasia" – i.e. distension of the renal tubules.

STOCKHOLM — People with difficult to diagnose kidney diseases linked to nephrotic syndrome show uniquely high levels of antinephrin autoantibodies, suggesting a novel biomarker and breakthrough ...

The histological features indicative of acute toxicity are necrosis and dropout of individual myocytes, onset of replacement of these myocytes with hyaline insudates in afferent arterioles, and ...

Acute kidney injury is a dangerous complication of severe rhabdomyolysis. ... (hematoxylin and eosin). This histologic feature would be similar in every case of rhabdomyolysis, irrespective of the ...

These corresponding protein images were then directly compared to pathologists’ annotations of the histological features of the human kidney tissue (Figure 4). Conclusion.

For a detailed summary of the latest evidence regarding this unsettled topic, see Am J Kidney Dis. 2010;55:941-956. — Claire Babcock O’Connell, MPH, PA-C (159-5) Related News ...

This kidney image represents a 5 µm FFPE tissue section from a 41-year-old man. ... The 18,500 gene targets map the exact shape of the molecular anatomy of functional histological features.

Achieving sustained complete renal response (sCR) is both a realistic and essential goal for patients with lupus nephritis (LN), markedly improving long-term kidney survival and overall patient ...

Histological features usually include periportal hepatitis with lymphocytic infiltrates, ... LKM1 = liver-kidney microsome type 1; IgG = immunoglobulin G; HLA = human leukocyte antigen. From ...

The precise histologic patterns of bone disease after transplantation are not well defined because only in very few studies was the bone biopsy performed in kidney transplant recipients.

Abnormalities in kidney function can be represented by albuminuria, urinary sediment abnormalities, electrolyte imbalances, histological findings on biopsy, structural abnormalities on imaging ...