Issue 3/2026
Content (18 Articles)
Obesity-related glomerulopathy, A growing kidney burden in the obesity pandemic
- Open Access
- Obesity
- Review article
Mahtab Mashayekhi, Jonathan E. Zuckerman, Sahar H. Koubar, Junnan Wu, Jianbo Qing, Amir Abdipour, Edgar Lerma, Warren Peters, Sayna Norouzi
Association of severe stress with the onset of chronic kidney disease after the Great East Japan Earthquake: the Fukushima Health Management Survey
- Open Access
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Original article
Sakumi Kazama, Fumikazu Hayashi, Kenichi Tanaka, Shiho Sato, Yuka Ueda, Kanako Okazaki, Tetsuya Ohira, Akira Sakai, Masaharu Maeda, Hirooki Yabe, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Atsushi Takahashi, Hironori Nakano, Masanori Nagao, Michio Shimabukuro, Hitoshi Ohto, Seiji Yasumura, Junichiro J. Kazama
An evaluation of stage-based survival and renal prognosis in the general super-older population of Japan
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Original article
Arisa Kobayashi, Keita Hirano, Tadahisa Okuda, Tatsuyoshi Ikenoue, Yukari Yamada, Takashi Yokoo, Shingo Fukuma
Longitudinal change in thigh muscle cross-sectional area in association with hospitalization among patients undergoing hemodialysis: the Osaka Dialysis Complication Study (ODCS)
- Computed Tomography
- Original article
Shota Matsufuji, Tetsuo Shoji, Suhye Lee, Yoshihiro Tsujimoto, Shinya Nakatani, Tomoaki Morioka, Katsuhito Mori, Masanori Emoto
Dialysis modality and cognitive outcomes in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Original article
Ali Malik, Hamid Reza Khademi Mansour, Sukruth Pradeep Kundur, Aryan Hunjan, Rumail Zaheer
Association between early proteinuria reduction and kidney outcomes in Japanese patients with IgA nephropathy: The Japan Chronic Kidney Disease Database
- IgA Nephropathy
- Original article
Yuichiro Yano, Hajime Nagasu, Hiroshi Kanegae, Seiji Itano, Masaomi Nangaku, Hitoshi Suzuki, Mizuki Ohashi, Hirokazu Okada, Yusuke Suzuki, Naoki Kashihara
Stage-specific risks of mortality and renal outcomes in cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome: findings from a nationwide Japanese cohort
- Open Access
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Original article
Kenta Fujimoto, Masao Kikuchi, Michikazu Nakai, Tsuneo Konta, Kunitoshi Iseki, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Kunihiro Yamagata, Ichiei Narita, Toshiki Moriyama, Yugo Shibagaki, Masato Kasahara, Masahide Kondo, Koichi Asahi, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Koichi Kaikita, Shouichi Fujimoto
Predictors of kidney survival in children with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Original article
Neslihan Çiçek, İbrahim Gökçe, Ceren Alavanda, Serçin Güven, Mehtap Kaya, Serim Pul, Özde Nisa Türkkan, Nurdan Yıldız, Pınar Ata
Effects of dialysis therapies on circulating levels of endothelial markers after kidney transplant in children: focus on positive aspect of peritoneal dialysis
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Original article
Giovanna Assoni Rodrigues, Fernanda Thomazini, Claudia Rosso Felipe, José Medina Pestana, Maria do Carmo Franco
Novel clinical application of urinary angiotensin-converting enzyme assay in renal sarcoidosis: a retrospective observational study
- Open Access
- Sarcoidosis
- Original article
Yuki Chiba, Koji Murakami, Mariko Miyazaki, Rui Makino, Mai Yoshida, Tasuku Nagasawa, Hiroshi Sato, Tsutomu Tamada, Tetsuhiro Tanaka, Koji Okamoto
Outcomes of tyrosine kinase inhibitor monotherapy for advanced renal cell carcinoma arising in patients with kidney transplantation: comparison with sporadic and end-stage renal disease populations
- Kidney Cancer
- Original article
Nanaka Katsurayama, Hiroki Ishihara, Toshihito Hirai, Ayaka Saito, Daigo Okada, Kohei Unagami, Hironori Fukuda, Kazuhiko Yoshida, Kazuya Omoto, Junpei Iizuka, Tomokazu Shimizu, Tsunenori Kondo, Hideki Ishida, Toshio Takagi
Differential urinary IgG fragmentation in diabetes and IgA nephropathy
- IgA Nephropathy
- Original article
Tomokazu Ohnishi, Yasuyuki Nagasawa, Taro Misaki, Norika Chiba, Tetsuya Matsuguchi
Post-biopsy proteinuria as a universal prognostic marker across diverse clinical courses in IgA nephropathy
- Open Access
- IgA Nephropathy
- Original article
Akihiro Shimizu, Nobuo Tsuboi, Hiroyuki Ueda, Kentaro Koike, Masahiro Okabe, Shinya Yokote, Takaya Sasaki, Keita Hirano, Tetsuya Kawamura, Takashi Yokoo, Yusuke Suzuki, Yusuke Suzuki, Takashi Yokoo, Ryosuke Aoki, Shouichi Fujimoto, Yusuke Fukao, Akihiro Fukuda, Akinori Hashiguchi, Hiroshi Hataya, Shiko Honma, Daisuke Ichikawa, Takafumi Ito, Kensuke Joh, Ritsuko Katafuchi, Masao Kihara, Masao Kikuchi, Keiichi Matsuzaki, Kenichiro Miura, Yoichi Miyazaki, Takahito Moriyama, Kumiko Muta, Koichi Nakanishi, Shinya Nakatani, Yoshihito Nihei, Masako Nishikawa, Tomoya Nishino, Ryoko Sakaguchi, Satoru Sanada, Sayuri Shirai, Akira Shimizu, Takanori Shibata, Yuko Shima, Hitoshi Suzuki, Kazuo Takahashi, Yasuhiko Tomino, Maki Urushihara, Takashi Yasuda, Yoshinari Yasuda
Hypomagnesemia in peritoneal and hybrid dialysis: prevalence, predictors, and association with atrial fibrillation
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Original article
Kenji Nakata, Tatsunori Toida, Noriaki Kurita, Masanori Abe, Norio Hanafusa, Nobuhiko Joki
Targeting B7-H3 attenuates uremic vascular calcification by suppressing phenotypic switching of VSMCs and regulating VSMCs–macrophage crosstalk
- Original article
Yansheng Jin, Lan Ding, Shuaishuai Gu, Maoxiao Fan, Xiang Shao
Serum zinc-α2-glycoprotein and renal dysfunction in the general population: evidence from a 13-year cohort study
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Original article
Mika Enomoto, Ako Fukami, Hisashi Adachi, Yume Nohara-Shitama, Nagisa Morikawa, Hiromi Sato, Harumi Takubo-Yoshimura, Mayo Shimoyama-Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Fukumoto
Validation of diagnostic coding for chronic kidney disease using a Japanese hospital-based database
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Original article
Momiji Otani-Kono, Shungo Imai, Masami Tsuchiya, Satoru Mitsuboshi, Hayato Kizaki, Satoko Hori
