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ReviewClinical kidney journal2024

Kidney and urine cell transcriptomics in IgA nephropathy and lupus nephritis: a narrative review.

Francesco P Schena, Samantha Chiurlia, Daniela I Abbrescia, Sharon N Cox

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Review in Clinical kidney journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Francesco P SchenaDepartment of Emergency and Organ Transplant, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Samantha ChiurliaRenal Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Policlinico, Bari, Italy.
Daniela I AbbresciaDepartment of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari , Bari, Italy.
Sharon N CoxDepartment of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari , Bari, Italy.
University of Bari Aldo Moro · ITAzienda Universitaria Ospedaliera Consorziale - Policlinico Bari · ITOspedale Pediatrico Giovanni XXIII · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This narrative review sheds light on the use of transcriptomics in the analysis of kidney biopsies and urinary cell samples from patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy or lupus nephritis. The conventional methods of examining kidney biopsy through light microscopy, immunofluorescence and electron microscopy provide valuable clinical information for diagnosis and prognosis but have some limitations that transcriptomics can address. Some recent studies have reported that kidney transcriptomics has uncovered new molecular biomarkers implicated in the inflammatory process induced by the deposition of circulating immune complexes in the investigated kidney diseases. In addition, transcriptomics applied to urinary cells mirrors the inflammatory process that occurs in the kidney. This means that we can study urinary cell transcriptomics in clinical practice to diagnose the stage of the inflammatory process. Furthermore, the transcriptomics of urinary cells can be used to make therapy decisions during patient follow-up to avoid the stress of a second kidney biopsy. The studies analyzed in this review have a significant limitation. Biomarkers have been identified in small cohorts of patients but none of them has been validated in independent external cohorts. Further prospective studies in large cohorts of patients are necessary for accurate and complete validation. Only after that can these biomarkers be widely used in clinical practice.

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IgA nephropathykidneylupus nephritistranscriptomicsurine

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PMID38186900
PMCPMC10765090
OpenAlexW4388589728

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