Chronic Allograft Nephropathy

Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease – Medscape


Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease
Medscape
Protective effects of atorvastatin on chronic allograft nephropathy in rats. J Surg Res 2007; 143: 428–436. Sandhu S, Wiebe N, Fried LF et al. Statins for improving renal outcomes: a meta-analysis. J Am Soc Nephrol 2006; 17: 2006–2016.

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Biogen Idec to buy Stromedix for up to $562M – Mass High Tech


Biogen Idec to buy Stromedix for up to $562M
Mass High Tech
In August 2008, Stromedix won orphan drug status from the US Food and Drug Administration for STX-100, as a treatment for chronic allograft nephropathy, a cause of transplant failure in patients with kidney transplants. Michael Gilman, founder and CEO ...

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Correcting Anemia Can Protect Renal Allografts – Renal and Urology News


Correcting Anemia Can Protect Renal Allografts
Renal and Urology News
Targeting hemoglobin (Hb) values of 13 g/dL or higher reduces progression of chronic allograft nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients, a prospective study suggests. After two years of treatment with epoetin beta to keep Hb levels in the normal ...

Correcting Anemia Reduces Odds of Renal Transplant Failure – Renal and Urology News


Correcting Anemia Reduces Odds of Renal Transplant Failure
Renal and Urology News
Complete correction of anemia (hemoglobin, 13 g/dL or higher) in kidney transplant recipients slows progression to chronic allograft nephropathy, a study found. Gabriel Choukroun, MD, PhD, of the Amiens University Hospital in France, and colleagues ...

Correcting Anemia Reduces Odds of Renal Transplant Failure – MD News (press release)


MD News (press release)

Correcting Anemia Reduces Odds of Renal Transplant Failure
MD News (press release)
Complete correction of anemia (hemoglobin, ≥13 g/dL) in kidney transplant recipients slows progression to chronic allograft nephropathy, according to a study published online Dec. 22 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. ...
Complete Anemia Correction Improves Transplant OutcomesMedscape

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Correcting Anemia Reduces Odds of Renal Transplant Failure – Doctors Lounge


Correcting Anemia Reduces Odds of Renal Transplant Failure
Doctors Lounge
Complete correction of anemia (hemoglobin, ≥13 g/dL) in kidney transplant recipients slows progression to chronic allograft nephropathy, according to a study published online Dec. 22 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. THURSDAY, Dec. ...

Regulus Therapeutics to Present New In Vivo Data for microRNA-21 in Kidney … – PR Newswire (press release)


Regulus Therapeutics to Present New In Vivo Data for microRNA-21 in Kidney ...
PR Newswire (press release)
In humans, miR-21 was upregulated in biopsies from kidney transplant patients with histological markers of acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN). To further understand the role of miR-21 in the preclinical models, ...

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