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A new outlook towards kidney injuries
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A new outlook towards kidney injuries

  • Mahesh Satwekar1 &
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Acute and chronic progression of injury to the kidney leads to the failure of the renal system and has become an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality. Present diagnosis detects the condition only after irreversible loss of 70 percent of kidney function. Current research is focused only on the clinical manifestations after the kidney injuries and not towards the exact cause of the condition. Here we propose a new outlook- that there is an involvement of a pathogen in the pathogenesis of kidney injuries. Basis for our proposal is given by the similarity of the pathogenesis events occurring between a classical example of hepatitis and kidney injuries. Furthermore, literature regarding the role of early kidney injury biomarkers in innate immunity indicates the involvement of the pathogen. Research in this theme possesses a strong possibility in the development of therapeutic, preventive and management strategies for the acute and chronic kidney injuries.

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    Mahesh Satwekar & Abhijeet Satwekar

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Satwekar, M., Satwekar, A. A new outlook towards kidney injuries. Nat Prec (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2012.7021.1

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Keywords

  • kidney injury
  • kidney disease
  • nephrology
  • biomarker identification
  • Renal disease
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