Studies investigating what is damaging the kidney in lupus nephritis point to tubulointerstitial inflammation as an important risk factor. Tubulointerstitial inflammation in patients with lupus ...

Objective Lupus nephritis (LN) is a prevalent renal manifestation in patients with SLE, with kidney biopsy remaining the gold ...

This patient presented with advanced renal failure in the setting of severe hypocomplementemia, significant eosinophilia, eosinophiluria, and lymphopenia. He had neither proteinuria nor active urinary ...

DESTIN, Fla. — Patients who develop lupus nephritis within their first year of being diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus have a 23.2% risk of renal failure within 20 years, according to ...

The kidneys are workhorses. When all is working well, the bean-shaped organs that are around the size of a fist may be given little thought, yet they play an important role removing waste and extra ...

A 63-year-old woman was referred to Kochi University Hospital with a renal tumor discovered by medical examination, incidentally discovered on a computed tomography (CT) scan. There was no previous ...

Corticosteroids are the mainstay of therapy for granulomatous tubulointerstitial nephritis, an uncommon complication of sarcoidosis. Treatment improves renal function in the short term, but there is a ...

A recent study posted to medRxiv* preprint server reported a novel form of post-acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) syndrome in children. Study: Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis with or ...

In a study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine, in collaboration with Yale School of Medicine, researchers have identified a biomarker found via a simple urine test that can be used to diagnose acute ...

Rates of acute kidney injury and tubulointerstitial nephritis associated with anticancer therapy have increased worldwide since 2010, attributable mainly to targeted therapies and immunotherapies.