Invasive fungal diseases are a major cause of death in renal allograft recipients. We previously reported that adjunctive recombinant human interferon-γ therapy has clinical utility for invasive fungal diseases after renal transplantation. We have now developed a rapid peripheral blood-based quantitative real-time PCR assay that enables accurate profiling of cytokine imbalances. Our preliminary...

Renal elastography is a real-time ultrasound-based imaging method that can potentially be used in order to assess diffuse diseases of native kidneys. In find place the clinical practice for renal elastography, what influencing obtained results should known. The kidney shear wave speed influenced by different factors such as age, gender, measurement depth or urinary pressure. relationship with f...

abstract the prevalence of bilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ssnhl) is less than 5% and the etiology of most cases is unknown. due to many structural and functional similarities between the kidney and inner ear, many conditions, diseases, and drugs have both renal and cochlear effects and toxicities. there are several reports of ssnhl in patients with crf, uraemic patient, hemodialys...

Particulate matter (PM) has been found to damage vital body organs, including the lungs and heart, through vascular damage and oxidative stress. Recently, renal function and chronic urologic diseases have also been found to be related to PM. To investigate this, we reviewed the characteristics of PM related to renal toxicity, including recent studies on the associations of urologic diseases wit...