This week, we will discuss the use of creating chimeras to induce immune tolerance and its potential to decrease or eliminate the need for immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients.
FIND-CKD extends finerenone beyond diabetic kidney disease, showing slower eGFR decline and sustained albuminuria reduction in non-diabetic CKD. While the benefits are modest and cardiovascular effects remain uncertain, the trial opens the door to broader use of nsMRAs and raises important questions about combination therapy with SGLT2 inhibitors.
Can rivaroxaban improve cardiovascular outcomes in patients with advanced CKD.? Although vascular inflammation and thrombosis are at the heart of CV damage, anticoagulants have not previously shown benefits in CVD patients.
This week, NephJC will discuss whether obinutuzumab is ready to outperform tacrolimus in primary membranous nephropathy
In this edition of NephJC, we discuss the largest case series of kidney biopsies in patients with Diabetes.