Pub Date : 2024-06-07DOI: 10.1038/s41581-024-00859-5
Vallabh O. Shah, Tassy Parker, Giselle Rodriguez de Sosa, Mark L. Unruh
American Indian and Alaska Native peoples have low life expectancy and a disproportionate disease burden (including of chronic kidney disease), owing to inadequate education, poverty, discrimination and underfunding in the delivery of health services, and healthcare institutions’ lack of appreciation for cultural differences. These broad quality-of-life issues are rooted in economic adversity and poor social conditions.
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Pub Date : 2024-06-04DOI: 10.1038/s41581-024-00858-6
Sabine H. Josemans, Lucas Lindeboom, Karin G. F. Gerritsen, Fokko P. Wieringa, Jeroen P. Kooman, Joris I. Rotmans
The increasing prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is placing a growing burden on healthcare systems, which results in considerable economic and environmental challenges. Sustainable CKD care and optimization of patient outcomes requires a new approach to the organization of healthcare systems, in which home monitoring will have a pivotal role.
{"title":"Home monitoring of patients with chronic kidney disease","authors":"Sabine H. Josemans, Lucas Lindeboom, Karin G. F. Gerritsen, Fokko P. Wieringa, Jeroen P. Kooman, Joris I. Rotmans","doi":"10.1038/s41581-024-00858-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41581-024-00858-6","url":null,"abstract":"The increasing prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is placing a growing burden on healthcare systems, which results in considerable economic and environmental challenges. Sustainable CKD care and optimization of patient outcomes requires a new approach to the organization of healthcare systems, in which home monitoring will have a pivotal role.","PeriodicalId":19059,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Nephrology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":28.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141248206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-06-03DOI: 10.1038/s41581-024-00852-y
Andrew D. Rule, Richard J. Glassock
The use of cystatin C-inclusive equations will continue to propagate the unnecessary overdiagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in older people. Cystatin C is less biologically specific for CKD than is serum creatinine, inflates the risks of adverse outcomes compared to measured glomerular filtration rate, and does not establish chronicity at a single time point.
使用包含胱抑素 C 的方程将继续助长对老年人慢性肾病(CKD)不必要的过度诊断。与血清肌酐相比,胱抑素 C 对慢性肾脏病的生物特异性较差,与测量的肾小球滤过率相比,胱抑素 C 会增加不良后果的风险,而且不能在单一时间点确定慢性肾脏病。
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Pub Date : 2024-05-31DOI: 10.1038/s41581-024-00855-9
Ellen F. Carney
{"title":"Mutational signatures of ccRCC vary between geographical regions","authors":"Ellen F. Carney","doi":"10.1038/s41581-024-00855-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41581-024-00855-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19059,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Nephrology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":28.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141182433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-30DOI: 10.1038/s41581-024-00853-x
Susan J. Allison
{"title":"Remodelling by macula densa cells","authors":"Susan J. Allison","doi":"10.1038/s41581-024-00853-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41581-024-00853-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19059,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Nephrology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":28.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141177500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-24DOI: 10.1038/s41581-024-00848-8
Owen D. Lyons
Sleep disorders are highly prevalent in chronic kidney disease (CKD) but are often under-recognized. Restless legs syndrome, which is common in CKD owing to issues with dopamine metabolism and is exacerbated by iron deficiency and uraemia, can lead to poor sleep quality and increased daytime fatigue. Insomnia is also prevalent in CKD, particularly in patients requiring dialysis, with increased sleep latency and sleep fragmentation being reported. The cause of insomnia in CKD is multifactorial — poor sleep habits and frequent napping during dialysis, uraemia, medications and mood disorders have all been suggested as potential contributing factors. Sleep apnoea and CKD are also now recognized as having a bi-directional relationship. Sleep apnoea is a risk factor for accelerated progression of CKD, and fluid overload, which is associated with kidney failure, can lead to both obstructive and central sleep apnoea. The presence of obstructive sleep apnoea in CKD can exacerbate the already heightened cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in these patients, as well as leading to daytime fatigue and reduced quality of life. Increased awareness, timely diagnosis and appropriate therapeutic interventions are essential to reduce the negative impact of sleep disorders in patients with kidney disease. In this Review, Owen Lyons discusses the diagnosis, epidemiology and pathophysiology of three sleep disorders that commonly affect patients with chronic kidney disease — restless legs syndrome, insomnia and sleep apnoea — and their impact on patient morbidity and mortality.
{"title":"Sleep disorders in chronic kidney disease","authors":"Owen D. Lyons","doi":"10.1038/s41581-024-00848-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41581-024-00848-8","url":null,"abstract":"Sleep disorders are highly prevalent in chronic kidney disease (CKD) but are often under-recognized. Restless legs syndrome, which is common in CKD owing to issues with dopamine metabolism and is exacerbated by iron deficiency and uraemia, can lead to poor sleep quality and increased daytime fatigue. Insomnia is also prevalent in CKD, particularly in patients requiring dialysis, with increased sleep latency and sleep fragmentation being reported. The cause of insomnia in CKD is multifactorial — poor sleep habits and frequent napping during dialysis, uraemia, medications and mood disorders have all been suggested as potential contributing factors. Sleep apnoea and CKD are also now recognized as having a bi-directional relationship. Sleep apnoea is a risk factor for accelerated progression of CKD, and fluid overload, which is associated with kidney failure, can lead to both obstructive and central sleep apnoea. The presence of obstructive sleep apnoea in CKD can exacerbate the already heightened cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in these patients, as well as leading to daytime fatigue and reduced quality of life. Increased awareness, timely diagnosis and appropriate therapeutic interventions are essential to reduce the negative impact of sleep disorders in patients with kidney disease. In this Review, Owen Lyons discusses the diagnosis, epidemiology and pathophysiology of three sleep disorders that commonly affect patients with chronic kidney disease — restless legs syndrome, insomnia and sleep apnoea — and their impact on patient morbidity and mortality.","PeriodicalId":19059,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Nephrology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":28.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141092134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-17DOI: 10.1038/s41581-024-00847-9
Slim Slama, Valerie A. Luyckx, Bianca Hemmingsen
Kidney disease is strongly linked with cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes, infections and other health conditions, as well as social determinants of health and climate change. Consequently, a holistic approach to promote well-being, protect individual health and improve access to quality primary care will support kidney health.
{"title":"Kidney health within the broader non-communicable disease agenda","authors":"Slim Slama, Valerie A. Luyckx, Bianca Hemmingsen","doi":"10.1038/s41581-024-00847-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41581-024-00847-9","url":null,"abstract":"Kidney disease is strongly linked with cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes, infections and other health conditions, as well as social determinants of health and climate change. Consequently, a holistic approach to promote well-being, protect individual health and improve access to quality primary care will support kidney health.","PeriodicalId":19059,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Nephrology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":28.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41581-024-00847-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140954080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-09DOI: 10.1038/s41581-024-00843-z
Kristin Meliambro, John C. He, Kirk N. Campbell
Podocytes are the key target cells for injury across the spectrum of primary and secondary proteinuric kidney disorders, which account for up to 90% of cases of kidney failure worldwide. Seminal experimental and clinical studies have established a causative link between podocyte depletion and the magnitude of proteinuria in progressive glomerular disease. However, no substantial advances have been made in glomerular disease therapies, and the standard of care for podocytopathies relies on repurposed immunosuppressive drugs. The past two decades have seen a remarkable expansion in understanding of the mechanistic basis of podocyte injury, with prospects increasing for precision-based treatment approaches. Dozens of disease-causing genes with roles in the pathogenesis of clinical podocytopathies have been identified, as well as a number of putative glomerular permeability factors. These achievements, together with the identification of novel targets of podocyte injury, the development of potential approaches to harness the endogenous podocyte regenerative potential of progenitor cell populations, ongoing clinical trials of podocyte-specific pharmacological agents and the development of podocyte-directed drug delivery systems, contribute to an optimistic outlook for the future of glomerular disease therapy. In this Review, the authors summarize the mechanistic rationale for current treatments for podocytopathies and for novel podocyte-targeted therapies. They also discuss potential approaches to regenerate podocytes and to develop podocyte-specific drug delivery systems.
{"title":"Podocyte-targeted therapies — progress and future directions","authors":"Kristin Meliambro, John C. He, Kirk N. Campbell","doi":"10.1038/s41581-024-00843-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41581-024-00843-z","url":null,"abstract":"Podocytes are the key target cells for injury across the spectrum of primary and secondary proteinuric kidney disorders, which account for up to 90% of cases of kidney failure worldwide. Seminal experimental and clinical studies have established a causative link between podocyte depletion and the magnitude of proteinuria in progressive glomerular disease. However, no substantial advances have been made in glomerular disease therapies, and the standard of care for podocytopathies relies on repurposed immunosuppressive drugs. The past two decades have seen a remarkable expansion in understanding of the mechanistic basis of podocyte injury, with prospects increasing for precision-based treatment approaches. Dozens of disease-causing genes with roles in the pathogenesis of clinical podocytopathies have been identified, as well as a number of putative glomerular permeability factors. These achievements, together with the identification of novel targets of podocyte injury, the development of potential approaches to harness the endogenous podocyte regenerative potential of progenitor cell populations, ongoing clinical trials of podocyte-specific pharmacological agents and the development of podocyte-directed drug delivery systems, contribute to an optimistic outlook for the future of glomerular disease therapy. In this Review, the authors summarize the mechanistic rationale for current treatments for podocytopathies and for novel podocyte-targeted therapies. They also discuss potential approaches to regenerate podocytes and to develop podocyte-specific drug delivery systems.","PeriodicalId":19059,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Nephrology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":28.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140895581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-08DOI: 10.1038/s41581-024-00841-1
Sanjay Jain, Michael T. Eadon
The ability to localize hundreds of macromolecules to discrete locations, structures and cell types in a tissue is a powerful approach to understand the cellular and spatial organization of an organ. Spatially resolved transcriptomic technologies enable mapping of transcripts at single-cell or near single-cell resolution in a multiplex manner. The rapid development of spatial transcriptomic technologies has accelerated the pace of discovery in several fields, including nephrology. Its application to preclinical models and human samples has provided spatial information about new cell types discovered by single-cell sequencing and new insights into the cell–cell interactions within neighbourhoods, and has improved our understanding of the changes that occur in response to injury. Integration of spatial transcriptomic technologies with other omics methods, such as proteomics and spatial epigenetics, will further facilitate the generation of comprehensive molecular atlases, and provide insights into the dynamic relationships of molecular components in homeostasis and disease. This Review provides an overview of current and emerging spatial transcriptomic methods, their applications and remaining challenges for the field. Spatially resolved transcriptomic technologies enable the mapping of transcripts at single-cell or near single-cell resolution in a multiplex manner. This Review describes current and emerging spatial transcriptomic methods, their applications of relevance to kidney biology and remaining challenges for the field.
{"title":"Spatial transcriptomics in health and disease","authors":"Sanjay Jain, Michael T. Eadon","doi":"10.1038/s41581-024-00841-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41581-024-00841-1","url":null,"abstract":"The ability to localize hundreds of macromolecules to discrete locations, structures and cell types in a tissue is a powerful approach to understand the cellular and spatial organization of an organ. Spatially resolved transcriptomic technologies enable mapping of transcripts at single-cell or near single-cell resolution in a multiplex manner. The rapid development of spatial transcriptomic technologies has accelerated the pace of discovery in several fields, including nephrology. Its application to preclinical models and human samples has provided spatial information about new cell types discovered by single-cell sequencing and new insights into the cell–cell interactions within neighbourhoods, and has improved our understanding of the changes that occur in response to injury. Integration of spatial transcriptomic technologies with other omics methods, such as proteomics and spatial epigenetics, will further facilitate the generation of comprehensive molecular atlases, and provide insights into the dynamic relationships of molecular components in homeostasis and disease. This Review provides an overview of current and emerging spatial transcriptomic methods, their applications and remaining challenges for the field. Spatially resolved transcriptomic technologies enable the mapping of transcripts at single-cell or near single-cell resolution in a multiplex manner. This Review describes current and emerging spatial transcriptomic methods, their applications of relevance to kidney biology and remaining challenges for the field.","PeriodicalId":19059,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Nephrology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":28.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140881296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}