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Wei-Hui Shi, Mu-Jin Ye, Song-Chang Chen, Jun-Yu Zhang, Yi-Yao Chen, Zhi-Yang Zhou, Ning-Xin Qin, Xuan-You Zhou, Nai-Xin Xu, Zi-Ru Jiang, Jing Lin, He-Feng Huang, Chen-Ming Xu
Summary: This study focused on prenatal diagnosis for Alport syndrome patients through genetic testing. Prenatal diagnoses were successful in identifying affected fetuses and healthy ones. The study also highlighted the importance of proteinuria monitoring during pregnancy in Alport syndrome patients.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Luminita-Ioana Iancu Loga, Lucia Dican, Alin Dan Chiorean, Vlad Florin Chelaru, Florin Ioan Elec, Cristina Sorina Catana, Monica Mihaela Marta, Roxana Liana Lucaciu, Adriana Corina Hangan, Cosmina Ioana Bondor, Mihaela Laura Vica, Horea Vladi Matei
Summary: This study found an association between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The interaction between genetic and environmental factors may play a role in the development of ESRD.
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(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Tingli Wang, Junlin Zhang, Yiting Wang, Lijun Zhao, Yucheng Wu, Honghong Ren, Yutong Zou, Rui Zhang, Huan Xu, Zhonglin Chai, Mark E. Cooper, Jie Zhang, Fang Liu
Summary: This study aimed to investigate whether renal pathology is an independent predictor for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in diabetic kidney diseases (DKD) with nephrotic range proteinuria. The results showed that glomerular pathology class III was the most common type, and hemoglobin and e-GFR were significantly associated with a higher risk of ESRD. Therefore, histopathological damage is not associated with poor renal outcomes in patients with DKD, but hemoglobin and e-GFR could predict poor renal outcomes.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Zhenhuan Zhao, Hui Qiao, Y. Ge, C. C. Kannapel, Sun-Sang J. Sung, Felicia Gaskin, Kenneth S. K. Tung, Shu Man Fu
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CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Kostantinos Kostopanagiotou, Mace M. Schuurmans, Ilhan Inci, Rene Hage
Summary: There are two distinct phenotypes in COVID-19 related end stage lung disease, namely COVID-19 related acute respiratory distress syndrome (CARDS) and post-COVID pulmonary fibrosis (PCPF). The CARDS phenotype has a worse prognosis compared to the PCPF phenotype, which evolves without ARDS picture. Further studies are needed to define the optimal treatment options for these two phenotypes, including anti-fibrotic drugs or lung transplantation.
ANNALS OF MEDICINE
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ziad M. El-Zaatari, Luan D. Truong
Summary: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) occurring in the setting of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) shows unique clinicopathological characteristics, with acquired cystic kidney disease-associated renal cell carcinoma (ACKD-RCC) and clear-cell papillary renal cell carcinoma (ccpRCC) being the most frequent types. Other types of RCC also occur in ESRD, albeit with different frequencies from the non-ESRD general population. While the histological features of RCC do not vary in the setting of ESRD vs. non-ESRD, other findings, such as multifocality and multiple tumor types, are more frequent in ESRD. Studies have generated novel and important knowledge of the etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, immunophenotype, and molecular characteristics of ESRD-associated RCC.
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Pediatrics
Zhechi He, Ke Wu, Wenqing Xie, Jianghua Chen
Summary: FSGS is a heterogeneous disorder that affects the filtration function of the kidneys, leading to nephrotic syndrome in children and adults. Genetic factors, including variants in the ACTN4 gene, can contribute to the development of FSGS. Early onset severe proteinuria with poor prognosis is a common symptom of genetic FSGS, highlighting the importance of genetic screening if necessary.
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Mingao Yuan, Ruiqi Liu, Yang Feng, Zuofeng Shang
Summary: This paper tackles the important problem of whether communities exist in observed hypergraphs. The authors systematically study the distinguishability between hypergraphs with community structure and their Erdos-Renyi counterparts. They propose concrete test statistics for distinguishing the models and make three main contributions: discovering a phase transition, deriving signal-to-noise ratio thresholds, and suggesting a computationally feasible test based on sub-hypergraph counts.
ANNALS OF STATISTICS
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Mohamed A. Attia, Wei-Ting Chang, Ravi Tandon
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Marco Guarneri, Letizia Scola, Rosa Maria Giarratana, Manuela Bova, Caterina Carollo, Loredana Vaccarino, Leonardo Calandra, Domenico Lio, Carmela Rita Balistreri, Santina Cottone
Summary: This study analyzed a group of gene SNPs in ESRD patients and controls and found that IL6 rs180795 and MIF rs755622 SNPs may be markers of genetic susceptibility to chronic kidney disease. In addition, MIF rs755622 may interact with diabetes or hypercholesterolemia in increasing susceptibility to ESRD.
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Urology & Nephrology
Martina Uzzo, Gabriella Moroni, Claudio Ponticelli
Summary: Thin basement membrane (TBM) is a glomerular disorder characterized by uniform thinning of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM). Most TBM patients have isolated hematuria with good renal prognosis, but long-term proteinuria and kidney dysfunction may occur.
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Divya Ail, Diane Nava, In Pyo Hwang, Elena Brazhnikova, Celine Nouvel-Jaillard, Alexandre Dentel, Corentin Joffrois, Lionel Rousseau, Julie Degardin, Stephane Bertin, Jose-Alain Sahel, Olivier Goureau, Serge Picaud, Deniz Dalkara
Summary: To test novel therapies, suitable nonhuman primate models are needed, but there is a lack of relevant macaque models of retinal degeneration. Researchers have generated three distinct inducible cynomolgus macaque models of retinal degeneration to address this issue. Among the three models, the CRISPR-Cas9-based approach is the most advantageous for recapitulating disease-specific features and ease of implementation. The acute model, on the other hand, degenerates the fastest and is the most relevant for testing end-stage vision restoration therapies.
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Haoyu Chen, Marta Pelizzola, Andreas Futschik
Summary: The identification of genomic regions affected by selection can be done by analyzing changes in allele frequencies at SNP positions. This study proposes a new testing approach that uses haplotype frequencies instead of allele frequencies. Simulated data shows that this approach has higher power compared to SNP-based tests, especially for smaller or moderate number of candidate haplotypes. Combining a moderate number of haplotype subsets can improve power when the number of haplotypes is large.
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Chang Min Heo, Won Ho Lee, Bong Soo Park, Yoo Jin Lee, Sihyung Park, Yang Wook Kim, Dong Ah Lee, Byeong Cheol Yoo, Kang Min Park
Summary: This study compares glymphatic dysfunction between patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and healthy controls, and reveals the presence of glymphatic dysfunction in patients with ESRD as demonstrated by the DTI-ALPS index. Additionally, a significant positive correlation is found between the DTI-ALPS index and serum parathyroid hormone levels in ESRD patients.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
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Weijuan Lou, Wenhui Li, Ming Yang, Chong Yuan, Rui Jing, Shunjie Chen, Cheng Fang
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Carolina Un Lam, Chin-Ying Stephen Hsu, Robert Yee, David Koh, Yung Seng Lee, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Meijin Cai, Kenneth Kwek, Seang Mei Saw, Peter Gluckman, Yap Seng Chong
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Carolina Un Lam, Chin-Ying Stephen Hsu, Robert Yee, David Koh, Yung Seng Lee, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Meijin Cai, Kenneth Kwek, Seang Mei Saw, Keith Godfrey, Peter Gluckman, Yap Seng Chong
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(2016)
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Xiaoli Gao, Shan Jiang, David Koh, Chin-Ying Stephen Hsu
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Smrithi Prasad, Jayanth Narayanan, Vivien K. G. Lim, Gerald C. H. Koh, David S. Q. Koh, Pranjal H. Mehta
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(2017)
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(2018)
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Anne H. Y. Chu, Sheryl H. X. Ng, Mahsa Paknezhad, Alvaro Gauterin, David Koh, Michael S. Brown, Falk Muller-Riemenschneider
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Chemistry, Analytical
Juthi Adhikari, Mohammad Rizwan, David Koh, Natasha Ann Keasberry, Minhaz Uddin Ahmed
CURRENT ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2020)
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David Koh
OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
(2020)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Wee Hoe Gan, David Koh
Summary: Singapore's construction sector employs over 450,000 workers, with a disproportionately high impact from the pandemic. Through multilevel safe management measures, including government interventions, the sector saw a significant decline in COVID-19 incidence rates, enabling phased reopening of construction worksites from July onwards.
SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK
(2021)
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David Koh, Alvin Tan
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Ayako Kohno, Maznah Dahlui, David Koh, Inge Dhamanti, Hanif Rahman, Takeo Nakayama
Summary: This qualitative study aimed to explore factors influencing healthcare-seeking behaviors and experiences of Muslims from Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia and Malaysia) living in Japan. Findings indicated that language barrier is one of the main challenges faced by Muslims in accessing healthcare services in Japan.
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Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Adi Idris, Sumaira Z. Hasnain, Lu Z. Huat, David Koh
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David Koh, Hui Poh Goh
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