Kidney Research

New Kidney Research Study Results from University of Zurich Described

Published in Blood Weekly, January 12th, 2012

2012 JAN 12 -- "Renal allografts inevitably develop progressive morphological and functional deterioration. Naesens et al. now report on a transcriptomic approach to identify transcriptional markers that might predict rapid development of chronic damage even in histologically unremarkable allografts," scientists writing in the journal Kidney International report.

"The data indicate that processes similar to those seen in overt acute rejection are also involved in chronic allograft nephropathy," wrote T. Fehr and colleagues, University of Zurich.

The researchers concluded: "Identifying such 'sub-morphological' markers should help...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2012-01-12)

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