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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2025

Successful Resolution of Suspected Red Yeast Rice-induced Nephropathy.

Haruka Maruyama, Ken-Ei Sada, Machiko Oka, Mitsuru Yanai, Sumi Hidaka, Shuzo Kobayashi

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Haruka MaruyamaKidney Disease and Transplant Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
Ken-Ei SadaDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Kochi Medical School, Japan.
Machiko OkaKidney Disease and Transplant Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
Mitsuru YanaiKidney Disease and Transplant Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
Sumi HidakaKidney Disease and Transplant Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
Shuzo KobayashiKidney Disease and Transplant Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, several Japanese patients have developed interstitial nephritis or acute tubular injury/necrosis, both accompanied by Fanconi syndrome, after consuming a specific red yeast rice supplement. In most cases, the renal function did not fully recover even after discontinuation of supplements and glucocorticoid treatment. A 52-year-old woman developed interstitial nephritis and Fanconi syndrome after receiving supplements. A renal biopsy revealed mild lymphocytic infiltration. Her renal function recovered after discontinuing the supplement without glucocorticoids. The supplement was contaminated with puberulic acid, a known cause of tubular necrosis; however, the cause of interstitial nephritis remains uncertain. Biopsy findings guided the decision to avoid glucocorticoids.

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Biological ProductsDietary SupplementsFanconi SyndromeHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsNephritis, InterstitialBiopsyCarboxylic AcidsDrug ContaminationFemaleHumansKidneyMiddle AgedTropoloneBiological ProductsCarboxylic AcidsHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitorspuberulic acidred yeast riceTropoloneFanconi syndromeinterstitial nephritisred yeast ricerenal failuresupplement

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PMID40090717
PMCPMC12463421

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