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Ranieri R, Candeliere F, Sola L, Leonardi A, Rossi M, Amaretti A, Raimondi S. Production of arabitol from glycerol by immobilized cells of Wickerhamomyces anomalus WC 1501. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2024; 12:1375937. [PMID: 38659644 PMCID: PMC11039890 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1375937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
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Polyalcohols such as arabitol are among the main targets of biorefineries aiming to upcycle wastes and cheap substrates. In previous works Wickerhamomyces anomalus WC 1501 emerged as an excellent arabitol producer utilizing glycerol. Arabitol production by this strain is not growth associated, therefore, in this study, pre-grown cells were entrapped in calcium alginate beads (AB) and utilized for glycerol transformation to arabitol. Flasks experiments aimed to assess the medium composition (i.e., the concentration of inorganic and organic nitrogen sources and phosphates) and to establish the appropriate carrier-to-medium proportion. In flasks, under the best conditions of ammonium limitation and the carrier:medium ratio of 1:3 (w/v), 82.7 g/L glycerol were consumed in 168 h, yielding 31.2 g/L arabitol, with a conversion of 38% and volumetric productivity of 186 mg/mL/h. The process with immobilized cells was transferred to laboratory scale bioreactors with different configurations: stirred tank (STR), packed bed (PBR), fluidized bed (FBR), and airlift (ALR) bioreactors. The STR experienced oxygen limitation due to the need to maintain low stirring to preserve AB integrity and performed worse than flasks. Limitations in diffusion and mass transfer of oxygen and/or nutrients characterized also the PBR and the FBR and were partially relieved only in ALR, where 89.4 g/L glycerol were consumed in 168 h, yielding 38.1 g/L arabitol, with a conversion of 42% and volumetric productivity of 227 mg/mL/h. When the ALR was supplied with successive pulses of concentrated glycerol to replenish the glycerol as it was being consumed, 117 g/L arabitol were generated in 500 h, consuming a total of 285 g/L glycerol, with a 41% and 234 mg/L/h. The study strongly supports the potential of W. anomalus WC 1501 for efficient glycerol-to-arabitol conversion using immobilized cells. While the yeast shows promise by remaining viable and active for extended periods, further optimization is required, especially regarding mixing and oxygenation. Improving the stability of the immobilization process is also crucial for reusing pre-grown cells in multiple cycles, reducing dead times, biomass production costs, and enhancing the economic feasibility of the process.
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- Raffaella Ranieri
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Biogest-Siteia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Biogest-Siteia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Biogest-Siteia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Francis A, Harhay MN, Ong ACM, Tummalapalli SL, Ortiz A, Fogo AB, Fliser D, Roy-Chaudhury P, Fontana M, Nangaku M, Wanner C, Malik C, Hradsky A, Adu D, Bavanandan S, Cusumano A, Sola L, Ulasi I, Jha V. Chronic kidney disease and the global public health agenda: an international consensus. Nat Rev Nephrol 2024:10.1038/s41581-024-00820-6. [PMID: 38570631 DOI: 10.1038/s41581-024-00820-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Early detection is a key strategy to prevent kidney disease, its progression and related complications, but numerous studies show that awareness of kidney disease at the population level is low. Therefore, increasing knowledge and implementing sustainable solutions for early detection of kidney disease are public health priorities. Economic and epidemiological data underscore why kidney disease should be placed on the global public health agenda - kidney disease prevalence is increasing globally and it is now the seventh leading risk factor for mortality worldwide. Moreover, demographic trends, the obesity epidemic and the sequelae of climate change are all likely to increase kidney disease prevalence further, with serious implications for survival, quality of life and health care spending worldwide. Importantly, the burden of kidney disease is highest among historically disadvantaged populations that often have limited access to optimal kidney disease therapies, which greatly contributes to current socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes. This joint statement from the International Society of Nephrology, European Renal Association and American Society of Nephrology, supported by three other regional nephrology societies, advocates for the inclusion of kidney disease in the current WHO statement on major non-communicable disease drivers of premature mortality.
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- Anna Francis
- Department of Nephrology, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Academic Nephrology Unit, Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Division of Healthcare Delivery Science & Innovation, Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz UAM, RICORS2040, Madrid, Spain
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine IV, Renal and Hypertensive Disease & Transplant Centre, Saarland University Medical Centre, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, Department of Hemodialysis and Apheresis, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Research and Epidemiology, Renal Research Unit, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- International Society of Nephrology, Brussels, Belgium
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- International Society of Nephrology, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Nephrology, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Instituto de Nefrologia Pergamino, Pergamino City, Argentina
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- Centro de Hemodiálisis Crónica CASMU-IAMPP, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria
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- George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, New Delhi, India.
- School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK.
- Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
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Martini S, Sola L, Cattivelli A, Cristofolini M, Pizzamiglio V, Tagliazucchi D, Solieri L. Cultivable microbial diversity, peptide profiles, and bio-functional properties in Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1342180. [PMID: 38567075 PMCID: PMC10985727 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1342180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Introduction Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) communities shape the sensorial and functional properties of artisanal hard-cooked and long-ripened cheeses made with raw bovine milk like Parmigiano Reggiano (PR) cheese. While patterns of microbial evolution have been well studied in PR cheese, there is a lack of information about how this microbial diversity affects the metabolic and functional properties of PR cheese. Methods To fill this information gap, we characterized the cultivable fraction of natural whey starter (NWS) and PR cheeses at different ripening times, both at the species and strain level, and investigated the possible correlation between microbial composition and the evolution of peptide profiles over cheese ripening. Results and discussion The results showed that NWS was a complex community of several biotypes belonging to a few species, namely, Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus helveticus, and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis. A new species-specific PCR assay was successful in discriminating the cheese-associated species Lacticaseibacillus casei, Lacticaseibacillus paracasei, Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus, and Lacticaseibacillus zeae. Based on the resolved patterns of species and biotype distribution, Lcb. paracasei and Lcb. zeae were most frequently isolated after 24 and 30 months of ripening, while the number of biotypes was inversely related to the ripening time. Peptidomics analysis revealed more than 520 peptides in cheese samples. To the best of our knowledge, this is the most comprehensive survey of peptides in PR cheese. Most of them were from β-caseins, which represent the best substrate for LAB cell-envelope proteases. The abundance of peptides from β-casein 38-88 region continuously increased during ripening. Remarkably, this region contains precursors for the anti-hypertensive lactotripeptides VPP and IPP, as well as for β-casomorphins. We found that the ripening time strongly affects bioactive peptide profiles and that the occurrence of Lcb. zeae species is positively linked to the incidence of eight anti-hypertensive peptides. This result highlighted how the presence of specific LAB species is likely a pivotal factor in determining PR functional properties.
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- Serena Martini
- Nutritional Biochemistry, Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Microbial Biotechnologies and Fermentation Technologies, Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Nutritional Biochemistry, Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Lactic Acid Bacteria and Yeast Biotechnology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Nutritional Biochemistry, Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Lactic Acid Bacteria and Yeast Biotechnology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Candeliere F, Musmeci E, Sola L, Amaretti A, Raimondi S, Rossi M. Genomic and functional analysis of the mucinolytic species Clostridium celatum, Clostridium tertium, and Paraclostridium bifermentans. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1359726. [PMID: 38511005 PMCID: PMC10952124 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1359726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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Mucins are large glycoproteins whose degradation requires the expression of several glycosil hydrolases to catalyze the cleavage of the oligosaccharide chains and release monosaccharides that can be assimilated. In this study, we present a characterization on the strains Clostridium celatum WC0700, Clostridium tertium WC0709, and Paraclostridium bifermentans WC0705. These three strains were previously isolated from enrichment cultures on mucin of fecal samples from healthy subjects and can use mucin as sole carbon and nitrogen source. Genome analysis and in vitro functional analysis of these strains elucidated their physiological and biochemical features. C. celatum WC0700 harbored the highest number of glycosyl hydrolases specific for mucin degradation, while P. bifermentans WC0705 had the least. These predicted differences were confirmed growing the strains on 5 mucin-decorating monosaccharides (L-fucose, N-Acetylneuraminic acid, galactose, N-acetylgalactosamine, and N-acetylglucosamine) as only source of carbon. Fermenting mucin, they all produced formic, acetic, propionic, butyric, isovaleric, and lactic acids, and ethanol; acetic acid was the main primary metabolite. Further catabolic capabilities were investigated, as well as antibiotic susceptibility, biofilm formation, tolerance to oxygen and temperature. The potential pathogenicity of the strains was evaluated through in silico research of virulence factors. The merge between comparative and functional genomics and biochemical/physiological characterization provided a comprehensive view of these mucin degraders, reassuring on the safety of these species and leaving ample scope for deeper investigations on the relationship with the host and for assessing if some relevant health-promoting effect could be ascribed to these SCFA producing species.
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- Francesco Candeliere
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Material Engineering (DICAM), Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Biogest Siteia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Biogest Siteia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Biogest Siteia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Candeliere F, Sola L, Raimondi S, Rossi M, Amaretti A. Good and bad dispositions between archaea and bacteria in the human gut: New insights from metagenomic survey and co-occurrence analysis. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2024; 9:88-98. [PMID: 38292760 PMCID: PMC10824687 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2023.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
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Archaea are an understudied component of the human microbiome. In this study, the gut archaeome and bacteriome of 60 healthy adults from different region were analyzed by whole-genome shotgun sequencing. Archaea were ubiquitously found in a wide range of abundances, reaching up to 7.2 %. The dominant archaeal phylum was Methanobacteriota, specifically the family Methanobacteriaceae, encompassing more than 50 % of Archaea in 50 samples. The previously underestimated Thermoplasmatota, mostly composed of Methanomassiliicoccaceae, dominated in 10 subjects (>50 %) and was present in all others except one. Halobacteriota, the sole other archaeal phylum, occurred in negligible concentration, except for two samples (4.6-4.8 %). This finding confirmed that the human gut archaeome is primarily composed of methanogenic organisms and among the known methanogenic pathway: i) hydrogenotrophic reduction of CO2 is the predominant, being the genus Methanobrevibacter and the species Methanobrevibacter smithii the most abundant in the majority of the samples; ii) the second pathway, that involved Methanomassiliicoccales, was the hydrogenotrophic reduction of methyl-compounds; iii) dismutation of acetate or methyl-compounds seemed to be absent. Co-occurrence analysis allowed to unravel correlations between Archaea and Bacteria that shapes the overall structure of the microbial community, allowing to depict a clearer picture of the human gut archaeome.
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- Francesco Candeliere
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
- Biogest-Siteia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
- Biogest-Siteia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
- Biogest-Siteia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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Luyckx VA, Elmaghrabi A, Sahay M, Scholes-Robertson N, Sola L, Speare T, Tannor EK, Tuttle K, Okpechi IG. Equity and Quality of Global CKD Care - what are we waiting for? Am J Nephrol 2023:000535864. [PMID: 38109870 DOI: 10.1159/000535864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important but insufficiently recognized public health problem. Unprecedented advances in delaying progression of CKD and reducing kidney failure and death have been made in recent years, with the addition of the sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and other newer medication to the established standard of care with inhibitors of the renin angiotensin system. Despite knowledge of these effective therapies, their prescription and use remains suboptimal globally, and more specially in low resource settings. Many challenges contribute to this gap between knowledge and translation into clinical care, which is even wider in lower resource settings across the globe. Implementation of guideline-directed care is hampered by lack of disease awareness, late or missed diagnosis, clinical inertia, poor quality care, cost of therapy, systemic biases, and lack of patient empowerment. All of these are exacerbated by the social determinants of health and global inequities. Summary CKD is a highly manageable condition but requires equitable and sustainable access to quality care supported by health policies, health financing, patient and healthcare worker education and affordability of medications and diagnostics. Key Messages The gap between the knowledge and tools to treat CKD and the implementation of optimal quality kidney care should no longer be tolerated. Advocacy, research and action are required to improve equitable access to sustainable quality care for CKD everywhere.
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Canney M, Induruwage D, Tang M, Alencar de Pinho N, Er L, Zhao Y, Djurdjev O, Ahn YH, Behnisch R, Calice-Silva V, Chesnaye NC, de Borst MH, Dember LM, Dionne J, Ebert N, Eder S, Fenton A, Fukagawa M, Furth SL, Hoy WE, Imaizumi T, Jager KJ, Jha V, Kang HG, Kitiyakara C, Mayer G, Oh KH, Onu U, Pecoits-Filho R, Reichel H, Richards A, Schaefer F, Schaeffner E, Scheppach JB, Sola L, Ulasi I, Wang J, Yadav AK, Zhang J, Feldman HI, Taal MW, Stengel B, Levin A. Regional Variation in Hemoglobin Distribution Among Individuals With CKD: the ISN International Network of CKD Cohorts. Kidney Int Rep 2023; 8:2056-2067. [PMID: 37850014 PMCID: PMC10577366 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
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Introduction Despite recognized geographic and sex-based differences in hemoglobin in the general population, these factors are typically ignored in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in whom a single therapeutic range for hemoglobin is recommended. We sought to compare the distribution of hemoglobin across international nondialysis CKD populations and evaluate predictors of hemoglobin. Methods In this cross-sectional study, hemoglobin distribution was evaluated in each cohort overall and stratified by sex and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). Relationships between candidate predictors and hemoglobin were assessed from linear regression models in each cohort. Estimates were subsequently pooled in a random effects model. Results A total of 58,613 participants from 21 adult cohorts (median eGFR range of 17-49 ml/min) and 3 pediatric cohorts (median eGFR range of 26-45 ml/min) were included with broad geographic representation. Hemoglobin values varied substantially among the cohorts, overall and within eGFR categories, with particularly low mean hemoglobin observed in women from Asian and African cohorts. Across the eGFR range, women had a lower hemoglobin compared to men, even at an eGFR of 15 ml/min (mean difference 5.3 g/l, 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.7-6.9). Lower eGFR, female sex, older age, lower body mass index, and diabetic kidney disease were all independent predictors of a lower hemoglobin value; however, this only explained a minority of variance (R2 7%-44% across cohorts). Conclusion There are substantial regional differences in hemoglobin distribution among individuals with CKD, and the majority of variance is unexplained by demographics, eGFR, or comorbidities. These findings call for a renewed interest in improving our understanding of hemoglobin determinants in specific CKD populations.
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- Mark Canney
- Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Canada
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- Methodology and Analytics, BC Renal, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Methodology and Analytics, BC Renal, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Institute of Medical Biometry, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
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- Research Department, Pro-rim Foundation, Joinville-SC, Brazil
- School of Medicine, UNIVILLE, Joinville-SC, Brazil
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- Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Quality of Care, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- ERA Registry, Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Medical Informatics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Canada
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- Institute of Public Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine IV (Nephrology and Hypertension), Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Centre for Chronic Disease, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan. Department of Advanced Medicine, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Quality of Care, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- ERA Registry, Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Medical Informatics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, New Delhi, India
- School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK
- Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Departments of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Internal Medicine IV (Nephrology and Hypertension), Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria
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- DOPPS Program Area, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- School of Medicine, Pontifica Universidade Catolica do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Value Evidence and Outcomes, GSK, Brentford, Middlesex, UK
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- Pediatric Nephrology Division, University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Public Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- Hemodialysis Unit, CASMU-IAMPP, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Department of Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria
- Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
- Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Centre for Kidney Research and Innovation, Academic Unit for Translational Medical Sciences, University of Nottingham School of Medicine, Nottingham, UK
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- CESP, University Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, Clinical Epidemiology Team, Villejuif, France
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Canada
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Pecoits-Filho R, Jimenez BY, Ashuntantang GE, de Giorgi F, De Cosmo S, Groop PH, Liew A, Hradsky A, Pontremoli R, Sola L, Ceriello A. [A policy brief by the International Diabetes Federation and the International Society of Nephrology]. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2023; 203:110902. [PMID: 37689281 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2023.110902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/11/2023]
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- Roberto Pecoits-Filho
- Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil; Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Yaounde General Hospital, University of Yaounde, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Yaounde General Hospital, University of Yaounde, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Scientific Institute "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", San Giovanni Rotondo, FG, Italy
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- Department of Nephrology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Diabetes, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; George Institute for Global Health, Newtown, Australia
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- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino; Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università degli studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Centro de Hemodiálisis Crónica, Centro de Asistencia del Sindicato Medico del Uruguay- Institución de Asistencia Medica Privada de Profesionales sin fines de lucro (CASMU-IAMPP), Montevideo, Uruguay
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Nasuti C, Ruffini J, Sola L, Di Bacco M, Raimondi S, Candeliere F, Solieri L. Sour Beer as Bioreservoir of Novel Craft Ale Yeast Cultures. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2138. [PMID: 37763982 PMCID: PMC10537276 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11092138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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The increasing demand for craft beer is driving the search for novel ale yeast cultures from brewing-related wild environments. The focus of bioprospecting for craft cultures is to identify feral yeasts suitable to imprint unique sensorial attributes onto the final product. Here, we integrated phylogenetic, genotypic, genetic, and metabolomic techniques to demonstrate that sour beer during aging in wooden barrels is a source of suitable craft ale yeast candidates. In contrast to the traditional lambic beer maturation phase, during the aging of sour-matured production-style beer, different biotypes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae dominated the cultivable in-house mycobiota, which were followed by Pichia membranifaciens, Brettanomyces bruxellensis, and Brettanomyces anomalus. In addition, three putative S. cerevisiae × Saccharomyces uvarum hybrids were identified. S. cerevisiae feral strains sporulated, produced viable monosporic progenies, and had the STA1 gene downstream as a full-length promoter. During hopped wort fermentation, four S. cerevisiae strains and the S. cerevisiae × S. uvarum hybrid WY213 exceeded non-Saccharomyces strains in fermentative rate and ethanol production except for P. membranifaciens WY122. This strain consumed maltose after a long lag phase, in contrast to the phenotypic profile described for the species. According to the STA1+ genotype, S. cerevisiae partially consumed dextrin. Among the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by S. cerevisiae and the S. cerevisiae × S. uvarum hybrid, phenylethyl alcohol, which has a fruit-like aroma, was the most prevalent. In conclusion, the strains characterized here have relevant brewing properties and are exploitable as indigenous craft beer starters.
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- Chiara Nasuti
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Amendola, 2-Pad. Besta, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy; (C.N.); (J.R.)
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Amendola, 2-Pad. Besta, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy; (C.N.); (J.R.)
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 51, 41125 Modena, Italy; (L.S.); (S.R.); (F.C.)
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- Ca’ Del Brado Brewery, Via Andrea Costa, 146/2, 40065 Rastignano, Italy;
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 51, 41125 Modena, Italy; (L.S.); (S.R.); (F.C.)
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 51, 41125 Modena, Italy; (L.S.); (S.R.); (F.C.)
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Amendola, 2-Pad. Besta, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy; (C.N.); (J.R.)
- National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), 90133 Palermo, Italy
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Brambilla D, Sola L, Damin F, Mussida A, Chiari M. Immobilization of biotinylated antibodies through streptavidin binding aptamer. Talanta 2023; 265:124847. [PMID: 37390669 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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Liquid biopsy approaches are powerful strategies that potentially allow the diagnosis and prognosis of a number of diseases. The field is continuously and rapidly growing, encouraging the discovery of novel predictory biomarkers. Antibodies are usually exploited in sensors to validate biomarker candidates. Unfortunately, the immobilization of antibodies on the surface of sensors represents a challenging task. Immobilization strategies need to be optimized for each antibody, representing a huge obstacle to overcome in the discovery of new biomarkers. Herein we propose a novel strategy for the immobilization of antibodies, based on the use of a streptavidin-binding aptamer. Using this approach it is possible to immobilize antibodies on the surface of sensors with no need for optimization, with the only requirement for antibody to be biotinylated. The proposed strategy potentially paves the way towards a straightforward immobilization of antibodies on biosensors, making their use in biomarker validation more accessible.
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- D Brambilla
- National Research Council of Italy - Institute of Chemical Sciences and Technology (CNR - SCITEC), via Mario Bianco 9, 20131, Milan, Italy.
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- National Research Council of Italy - Institute of Chemical Sciences and Technology (CNR - SCITEC), via Mario Bianco 9, 20131, Milan, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy - Institute of Chemical Sciences and Technology (CNR - SCITEC), via Mario Bianco 9, 20131, Milan, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy - Institute of Chemical Sciences and Technology (CNR - SCITEC), via Mario Bianco 9, 20131, Milan, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy - Institute of Chemical Sciences and Technology (CNR - SCITEC), via Mario Bianco 9, 20131, Milan, Italy
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Matus Gonzalez A, Lorca E, Cabrera S, Hernandez A, Zúñiga-Sm C, Sola L, Michea L, Ferreiro Fuentes A, Cervantes L, Madero M, Teixeira-Pinto A, Wong G, Craig J, Jaure A. Nephrologists' perspectives on the impact of COVID-19 on caring for patients undergoing dialysis in Latin America: a qualitative study. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e062321. [PMID: 37173110 PMCID: PMC10186081 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To describe the experiences of nephrologists on caring for patients undergoing in-centre haemodialysis during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America. DESIGN Twenty-five semistructured interviews were conducted by Zoom videoconference in English and Spanish languages during 2020 until data saturation. Using thematic analysis, we conducted line-by-line coding to inductively identify themes. SETTING 25 centres across nine countries in Latin America. PARTICIPANTS Nephrologists (17 male and 8 female) were purposively sampled to include diverse demographic characteristics and clinical experience. RESULTS We identified five themes: shock and immediate mobilisation for preparedness (overwhelmed and distressed, expanding responsibilities to manage COVID-19 infection and united for workforce resilience); personal vulnerability (being infected with COVID-19 and fear of transmitting COVID-19 to family); infrastructural susceptibility of dialysis units (lacking resources and facilities for quarantine, struggling to prevent cross-contamination, and depletion of personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies); helplessness and moral distress (being forced to ration life-sustaining equipment and care, being concerned about delayed and shortened dialysis sessions, patient hesitancy to attend to dialysis sessions, being grieved by socioeconomic disparities, deterioration of patients with COVID-19, harms of isolation and inability to provide kidney replacement therapy); and fostering innovative delivery of care (expanding use of telehealth, increasing uptake of PD and shifting focus on preventing syndemics). CONCLUSION Nephrologists felt personally and professionally vulnerable and reported feeling helpless and morally distressed because they doubted their capacity to provide safe care for patients undergoing dialysis. Better availability and mobilisation of resources and capacities to adapt models of care, including telehealth and home-based dialysis, are urgently needed.
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- Andrea Matus Gonzalez
- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Centro de Hemodiálisis Crónica, Centro de Asistencia del Sindicato Medico del Uruguay- Institución de Asistencia Medica Privada de Profesionales sin fines de lucro (CASMU-IAMPP), Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Medicine and Office of Research, Denver Health, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Departamento de Nefrologia, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología, Ciudad de México, ciudad de Mexico (CDMX), México
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- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- College of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Candeliere F, Musmeci E, Amaretti A, Sola L, Raimondi S, Rossi M. Profiling of the intestinal community of Clostridia: taxonomy and evolutionary analysis. Microbiome Res Rep 2023; 2:13. [PMID: 38047279 PMCID: PMC10688793 DOI: 10.20517/mrr.2022.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Aim: Clostridia are relevant commensals of the human gut due to their major presence and correlations to the host. In this study, we investigated intestinal Clostridia of 51 healthy subjects and reconstructed their taxonomy and phylogeny. The relatively small number of intestinal Clostridia allowed a systematic whole genome approach based on average amino acid identity (AAI) and core genome with the aim of revising the current classification into genera and determining evolutionary relationships. Methods: 51 healthy subjects' metagenomes were retrieved from public databases. After the dataset's validation through comparison with Human Microbiome Project (HMP) samples, the metagenomes were profiled using MetaPhlAn3 to identify the population ascribed to the class Clostridia. Intestinal Clostridia genomes were retrieved and subjected to AAI analysis and core genome identification. Phylogeny investigation was conducted with RAxML and Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean (UPGMA) algorithms, and SplitsTree for split decomposition. Results: 225 out of 406 bacterial taxonomic units were ascribed to Bacillota [Firmicutes], among which 124 were assigned to the class Clostridia. 77 out of the 124 taxonomic units were referred to a species, altogether covering 87.7% of Clostridia abundance. According to the lowest AAI genus boundary set at 55%, 15 putative genera encompassing more than one species (G1 to G15) were identified, while 19 species did not cluster with any other one and each appeared to belong to a diverse genus. Phylogenetic investigations highlighted that most of the species clustered into three main evolutive clades. Conclusion: This study shed light on the species of Clostridia colonizing the gut of healthy adults and pinpointed several gaps in knowledge regarding the taxonomy and the phylogeny of Clostridia.
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- Francesco Candeliere
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena 41125, Italy
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- Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Material Engineering (DICAM), Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna 40136, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena 41125, Italy
- Biogest Siteia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia 42124, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena 41125, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena 41125, Italy
- Biogest Siteia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia 42124, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena 41125, Italy
- Biogest Siteia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia 42124, Italy
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Bolognesi M, Prosa M, Toerker M, Lopez Sanchez L, Wieczorek M, Giacomelli C, Benvenuti E, Pellacani P, Elferink A, Morschhauser A, Sola L, Damin F, Chiari M, Whatton M, Haenni E, Kallweit D, Marabelli F, Peters J, Toffanin S. A Fully Integrated Miniaturized Optical Biosensor for Fast and Multiplexing Plasmonic Detection of High- and Low-Molecular-Weight Analytes. Adv Mater 2023:e2208719. [PMID: 36932736 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202208719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Optical biosensors based on plasmonic sensing schemes combine high sensitivity and selectivity with label-free detection. However, the use of bulky optical components is still hampering the possibility of obtaining miniaturized systems required for analysis in real settings. Here, a fully miniaturized optical biosensor prototype based on plasmonic detection is demonstrated, which enables fast and multiplex sensing of analytes with high- and low molecular weight (80 000 and 582 Da) as quality and safety parameters for milk: a protein (lactoferrin) and an antibiotic (streptomycin). The optical sensor is based on the smart integration of: i) miniaturized organic optoelectronic devices used as light-emitting and light-sensing elements and ii) a functionalized nanostructured plasmonic grating for highly sensitive and specific localized surface plasmon resonance (SPR) detection. The sensor provides quantitative and linear response reaching a limit of detection of 10-4 refractive index units once it is calibrated by standard solutions. Analyte-specific and rapid (15 min long) immunoassay-based detection is demonstrated for both targets. By using a custom algorithm based on principal-component analysis, a linear dose-response curve is constructed which correlates with a limit of detection (LOD) as low as 3.7 µg mL-1 for lactoferrin, thus assessing that the miniaturized optical biosensor is well-aligned with the chosen reference benchtop SPR method.
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- Margherita Bolognesi
- Institute of Nanostructured Materials (ISMN) - National Research Council (CNR), Via P. Gobetti 101, Bologna, 40129, Italy
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- Institute of Nanostructured Materials (ISMN) - National Research Council (CNR), Via P. Gobetti 101, Bologna, 40129, Italy
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- Fraunhofer FEP, Winterbergstraße 28, 01277, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Nanostructured Materials (ISMN) - National Research Council (CNR), Via P. Gobetti 101, Bologna, 40129, Italy
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- Plasmore s.r.l, Viale Vittorio Emanuele II 4, Pavia, 27100, Italy
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research - Wageningen University and Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, Wageningen, 6708 WB, The Netherlands
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- SCITEC Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche "G. Natta" - National Research Council (CNR), Via Mario Bianco 9, Milano, 20131, Italy
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- SCITEC Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche "G. Natta" - National Research Council (CNR), Via Mario Bianco 9, Milano, 20131, Italy
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- SCITEC Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche "G. Natta" - National Research Council (CNR), Via Mario Bianco 9, Milano, 20131, Italy
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- QuadraChem Laboratories Ltd (QCL), Riverside - Forest Row Business Park, East Sussex, RH18 5DW, UK
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- CSEM Center Muttenz, Tramstrasse 99, Muttenz, CH-4132, Switzerland
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- CSEM Center Muttenz, Tramstrasse 99, Muttenz, CH-4132, Switzerland
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- Physics Department - University of Pavia, Via A. Bassi 6, Pavia, 27100, Italy
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research - Wageningen University and Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, Wageningen, 6708 WB, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Nanostructured Materials (ISMN) - National Research Council (CNR), Via P. Gobetti 101, Bologna, 40129, Italy
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Damin F, Galbiati S, Clementi N, Ferrarese R, Mancini N, Sola L, Chiari M. Dual-Domain Reporter Approach for Multiplex Identification of Major SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern in a Microarray-Based Assay. Biosensors (Basel) 2023; 13:269. [PMID: 36832035 PMCID: PMC9953785 DOI: 10.3390/bios13020269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to evolve into many variants emerging around the world. To enable regular surveillance and timely adjustments in public health interventions, it is of the utmost importance to accurately monitor and track the distribution of variants as rapidly as possible. Genome sequencing is the gold standard for monitoring the evolution of the virus, but it is not cost-effective, rapid and easily accessible. We have developed a microarray-based assay that can distinguish known viral variants present in clinical samples by simultaneously detecting mutations in the Spike protein gene. In this method, the viral nucleic acid, extracted from nasopharyngeal swabs, after RT-PCR, hybridizes in solution with specific dual-domain oligonucleotide reporters. The domains complementary to the Spike protein gene sequence encompassing the mutation form hybrids in solution that are directed by the second domain ("barcode" domain) at specific locations on coated silicon chips. The method utilizes characteristic fluorescence signatures to unequivocally differentiate, in a single assay, different known SARS-CoV-2 variants. In the nasopharyngeal swabs of patients, this multiplex system was able to genotype the variants which have caused waves of infections worldwide, reported by the WHO as being of concern (VOCs), namely Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Omicron variants.
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- Francesco Damin
- National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Technologies “G. Natta”, 20131 Milan, Italy
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- Complications of Diabetes Units, Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Virology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Virology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Virology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Technologies “G. Natta”, 20131 Milan, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Technologies “G. Natta”, 20131 Milan, Italy
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Sola L, Abdel Mallak L, Damin F, Mussida A, Brambilla D, Chiari M. Optimization of Functional Group Concentration of N, N-Dimethylacrylamide-based Polymeric Coatings and Probe Immobilization for DNA and Protein Microarray Applications. Micromachines (Basel) 2023; 14:302. [PMID: 36838001 PMCID: PMC9961972 DOI: 10.3390/mi14020302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We report here a deep investigation into the effect of the concentration of a polymeric coating's functional groups on probe density immobilization with the aim of establishing the optimal formulation to be implemented in specific microarray applications. It is widely known that the ideal performance of a microarray strictly depends on the way probes are tethered to the surface since it influences the way they interact with the complementary target. The N, N-dimethylacrylamide-based polymeric coating introduced by our research group in 2004 has already proven to offer great flexibility for the customization of surface properties; here, we demonstrate that it also represents the perfect scaffold for the modulation of probe grafting. With this aim in mind, polymers with increasing concentrations of N-acryloyloxysuccinimide (NAS) were synthesized and the coating procedure optimized accordingly. These were then tested not only in DNA microarray assays, but also using protein probes (with different MWs) to establish which formulation improves the assay performance in specific applications. The flexibility of this polymeric platform allowed us also to investigate a different immobilization chemistry-specifically, click chemistry reactions, thanks to the insertion of azide groups into the polymer chains-and to evaluate possible differences generated by this modification.
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Sola L, Brambilla D, Mussida A, Damin F, Chiari M. A Bifunctional Polymeric Coating for the Co-Immobilization of Proteins and Peptides on Microarray Substrates. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2578:27-39. [PMID: 36152278 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2732-7_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The analytical performance of the microarray technique in screening the affinity and reactivity of molecules toward a specific target is highly affected by the coupling chemistry adopted to bind probes to the surface. However, the surface functionality limits the biomolecules that can be attached to the surface to a single type of molecule, thus forcing the execution of separate analyses to compare the performance of different species in recognizing their targets. Here, we introduce a new N,N-dimethylacrylamide-based polymeric coating, bearing simultaneously different functionalities (N-acryloyloxysuccinimide and azide groups) to allow an easy and straightforward method to co-immobilize proteins and oriented peptides on the same substrate. The bifunctional copolymer has been obtained by partial post-polymerization modification of the functional groups of a common precursor. This strategy represents a convenient method to reduce the number of analyses, therefore possible systematic or random errors, besides offering a drastic shortage in time, reagents, and costs.
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- Laura Sola
- National Research Council of Italy, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche (SCITEC-CNR), Milan, Italy.
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- National Research Council of Italy, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche (SCITEC-CNR), Milan, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche (SCITEC-CNR), Milan, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche (DISFARM), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche (SCITEC-CNR), Milan, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche (SCITEC-CNR), Milan, Italy
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Piedimonte P, Sola L, Chiari M, Ferrari G, Sampietro M. Peptide-Based Sensor and Microfluidic Platform for IgG Antibody Detection by Differential Impedance Sensing. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2578:191-198. [PMID: 36152288 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2732-7_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Serological assays enable infection screening as relatively easy-to-operate approaches compared with standard methods. In addition, to be relevant for early diagnosis, specific antibody detection is important for epidemiological surveillance and quantitative detection has potential significance for evaluating the severity and prognosis of different diseases.Here, we describe the detection process based on differential impedance sensing of IgG antibodies labeled with polystyrene nanoparticles. The electrode differential configuration, the amplification with nanoparticle functionalization, the electronic reading, and the microfluidic protocol allow to reach a limit of detection below 100 pg/mL for commercial IgG antibody spiked in buffer.
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- Paola Piedimonte
- Department of Electronics Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
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- National Research Council of Italy, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche (SCITEC-CNR), Milan, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche (SCITEC-CNR), Milan, Italy
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- Department of Electronics Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Electronics Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Neuen BL, Bello AK, Levin A, Lunney M, Osman MA, Ye F, Ashuntantang GE, Bellorin-Font E, Gharbi MB, Davison S, Ghnaimat M, Harden P, Jha V, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Kerr PG, Klarenbach S, Kovesdy CP, Luyckx V, Ossareh S, Perl J, Rashid HU, Rondeau E, See EJ, Saad S, Sola L, Tchokhonelidze I, Tesar V, Tungsanga K, Kazancioglu RT, Wang AYM, Yang CW, Zemchenkov A, Zhao MH, Jager KJ, Caskey FJ, Perkovic V, Jindal KK, Okpechi IG, Tonelli M, Feehally J, Harris DC, Johnson DW. National health policies and strategies for addressing chronic kidney disease: Data from the International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas. PLOS Glob Public Health 2023; 3:e0001467. [PMID: 36963092 PMCID: PMC10021302 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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National strategies for addressing chronic kidney disease (CKD) are crucial to improving kidney health. We sought to describe country-level variations in non-communicable disease (NCD) strategies and CKD-specific policies across different regions and income levels worldwide. The International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas (GKHA) was a multinational cross-sectional survey conducted between July and October 2018. Responses from key opinion leaders in each country regarding national NCD strategies, the presence and scope of CKD-specific policies, and government recognition of CKD as a health priority were described overall and according to region and income level. 160 countries participated in the GKHA survey, comprising 97.8% of the world's population. Seventy-four (47%) countries had an established national NCD strategy, and 53 (34%) countries reported the existence of CKD-specific policies, with substantial variation across regions and income levels. Where CKD-specific policies existed, non-dialysis CKD care was variably addressed. 79 (51%) countries identified government recognition of CKD as a health priority. Low- and low-middle income countries were less likely to have strategies and policies for addressing CKD and have governments which recognise it as a health priority. The existence of CKD-specific policies, and a national NCD strategy more broadly, varied substantially across different regions around the world but was overall suboptimal, with major discrepancies between the burden of CKD in many countries and governmental recognition of CKD as a health priority. Greater recognition of CKD within national health policy is critical to improving kidney healthcare globally.
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- Brendon L Neuen
- The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Renal Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Yaounde General Hospital, University of Yaounde, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Division of Nephology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Urinary Tract Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca, University Hassan II of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, The Specialty Hospital, Amman, Jordan
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- Oxford Kidney Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- George Institute for Global Health India, New Delhi, India
- School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Division of Nephrology, St. Michael's Hospital and the Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Nephrology, Kidney Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Intensive Care Nephrology and Transplantation Department, Hopital Tenon, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Department of Intensive Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
- School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Dialysis Unit, CASMU-IAMPP, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Nephrology Development Clinical Center, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Department of Nephrology, General University Hospital, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Disease and Nephrology, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
- Key Lab of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China
- Key Lab of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China; Beijing, China
- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China
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- ERA Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- The Richard Bright Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization's Collaborating Centre in Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney Disease, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Kidney Disease Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
- Metro South and Ipswich Nephrology and Transplant Services (MINTS), Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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Rios P, Silvariño R, Sola L, Ferreiro A, Lamadrid V, Fajardo L, Gadola L. Mineral and bone disorder and longterm survival in a chronic kidney disease grade 3b-4cohort. Ren Fail 2022; 44:1356-1367. [PMID: 35946486 PMCID: PMC9373789 DOI: 10.1080/0886022x.2022.2107543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mineral and bone disorder biomarkers ‘normal ranges’ are controversial. The aim of the study was to evaluate the association between serum calcium (Ca), phosphate (P), intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), and 25(OH) vitamin D levels and mortality risk, in a chronic kidney disease (CKD) grade (G) 3b-4 cohort. The Uruguayan National Renal Healthcare Program (NRHP-UY) CKD patients’ cohort, included between 1 October 2004 and 1 March 2020 and followed-up until 1 March 2021, was analyzed with the Ethics Committee approval. A total of 6473 patients were analyzed: 56% men, median age 73 (65–79) years, 55% on CKD G3b. At the end of the follow-up, 2459 (37.7%) patients had died (6.4/100 patient–year). There were iPTH data on 2013 patients (younger, with lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and lesser comorbidities). By bivariate Cox analysis the lowest death risk was observed with mean Ca between 9.01 and 10.25 mg/dl, P between 2.76 and 4.0 mg/dl, iPTH ≤ 105 pg/ml, and 25(OH) vitamin D >10 ng/ml. The multivariate Cox regression mortality risk adjusted to age, sex, CKD etiology, diabetes, smoking, cardiovascular comorbidity, blood pressure, proteinuria, eGFR, renin-angiotensin system blockers and vitamin D treatments, serum Ca, P, iPTH, and 25(OH) vitamin D (n = 964) showed that a higher mortality risk was associated with p > 4.00 mg/dl (HR 1.668, CI 95%: 1.201–2.317), iPTH >105 pg/ml (HR 1.386, CI 95%: 1.012–1.989), and 25(OH) vitamin D ≤ 10 ng/ml (HR 1.958, CI 95%: 1.238–3.098) and a lower mortality risk with 1,25(OH)2 vitamin D treatment (HR 0.639, CI 95%: 0.451–0.906). These data may contribute to the precise G3b-4 CKD-MBD biomarkers levels definition.
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- Pablo Rios
- Comisión Asesora Programa de Salud Renal, Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Comisión Asesora Programa de Salud Renal, Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Montevideo, Uruguay.,Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Comisión Asesora Programa de Salud Renal, Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Comisión Asesora Programa de Salud Renal, Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Montevideo, Uruguay.,Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Comisión Asesora Programa de Salud Renal, Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Sociedad Uruguaya de Nefrología, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Comisión Asesora Programa de Salud Renal, Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Montevideo, Uruguay.,Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Sola L, Quadu E, Bortolazzo E, Bertoldi L, Randazzo CL, Pizzamiglio V, Solieri L. Insights on the bacterial composition of Parmigiano Reggiano Natural Whey Starter by a culture-dependent and 16S rRNA metabarcoding portrait. Sci Rep 2022; 12:17322. [PMID: 36243881 PMCID: PMC9569347 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22207-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Natural whey starters (NWS) are undefined bacterial communities produced daily from whey of the previous cheese-making round, by application of high temperature. As a result, in any dairy plant, NWS are continuously evolving, undefined mixtures of several strains and/or species of lactic acid bacteria, whose composition and performance strongly depend on the selective pressure acting during incubation. While NWS is critical to assure consistency to cheese-making process, little is known about the composition, functional features, and plant-to-plant fluctuations. Here, we integrated 16S rRNA metabarcoding and culture-dependent methods to profile bacterial communities of 10 NWS sampled in the production area of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. 16S rRNA metabarcoding analysis revealed two main NWS community types, namely NWS type-H and NWS type-D. Lactobacillus helveticus was more abundant in NWS type-H, whilst Lactobacillus delbrueckii/St. thermophilus in NWS type-D, respectively. Based on the prediction of metagenome functions, NWS type-H samples were enriched in functional pathways related to galactose catabolism and purine metabolism, while NWS type-D in pathways related to aromatic and branched chain amino acid biosynthesis, which are flavor compound precursors. Culture-dependent approaches revealed low cultivability of individual colonies as axenic cultures and high genetic diversity in the pool of cultivable survivors. Co-culturing experiments showed that fermentative performance decreases by reducing the bacterial complexity of inoculum, suggesting that biotic interactions and cross-feeding relationships could take place in NWS communities, assuring phenotypic robustness. Even though our data cannot directly predict these ecological interactions, this study provides the basis for experiments targeted at understanding how selective regime affects composition, bacterial interaction, and fermentative performance in NWS.
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- Laura Sola
- grid.7548.e0000000121697570Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- grid.7548.e0000000121697570Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- grid.423913.eCentro Ricerche Produzioni Animali, 42121 Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- grid.8158.40000 0004 1757 1969Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy ,ProBioEtna Srl, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- grid.433295.aConsorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano Reggiano, 42124 Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- grid.7548.e0000000121697570Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy ,NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, 90133 Palermo, Italy
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Rios P, Sola L, Ferreiro A, Silvariño R, Lamadrid V, Ceretta L, Gadola L. Adherence to multidisciplinary care in a prospective chronic kidney disease cohort is associated with better outcomes. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0266617. [PMID: 36240220 PMCID: PMC9565398 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The Renal Healthcare Program Uruguay (NRHP-UY) is a national, multidisciplinary program that provides care to chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. In this study, we report the global results of CKD patient outcomes and a comparison between those treated at the NRHP-UY Units, with those patients who were initially included in the program but did not adhere to follow up. METHODS A cohort of not-on dialysis CKD patients included prospectively in the NRHP-UY between October 1st 2004 and September 30th 2017 was followed-up until September 30th 2019. Two groups were compared: a) Nephrocare Group: Patients who had at least one clinic visit during the first year on NRHP-UY (n = 11174) and b) Non-adherent Group: Patients who were informed and accepted to be included but had no subsequent data registered after admission (n = 3485). The study was approved by the Ethics Committee and all patients signed an informed consent. Outcomes were studied with Logistic and Cox´s regression analysis, Fine and Gray competitive risk and propensity-score matching tests. RESULTS 14659 patients were analyzed, median age 70 (60-77) years, 56.9% male. The Nephrocare Group showed improved achievement of therapeutic goals, ESKD was more frequent (HR 2.081, CI 95%1.722-2.514) as planned kidney replacement therapy (KRT) start (OR 2.494, CI95% 1.591-3.910), but mortality and the combined event (death and ESKD) were less frequent (HR 0.671, CI95% 0.628-0.717 and 0.777, CI95% 0.731-0.827) (p = 0.000) compared to the Non-adherent group. Results were similar in the propensity-matched group: ESKD (HR 2.041, CI95% 1.643-2.534); planned kidney replacement therapy (KRT) start (OR 2.191, CI95% 1.322-3.631) death (HR 0.692, CI95% 0.637-0.753); combined event (HR 0.801, CI95% 0.742-0.865) (p = 0.000). CONCLUSION Multidisciplinary care within the NRHP-UY is associated with timely initiation of KRT and lower mortality in single outcomes, combined analysis, and propensity-matched analysis.
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- Pablo Rios
- Comisión Asesora de Programa de Salud Renal, Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Comisión Asesora de Programa de Salud Renal, Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Comisión Asesora de Programa de Salud Renal, Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Departamento de Nefrología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Comisión Asesora de Programa de Salud Renal, Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Departamento de Nefrología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Comisión Asesora de Programa de Salud Renal, Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Comisión Asesora de Programa de Salud Renal, Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Comisión Asesora de Programa de Salud Renal, Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Departamento de Nefrología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Bharati J, Zavaleta-Cortijo C, Bressan T, Shingada A, Obrador G, Sola L, Peiris D, Miranda JJ, Jha V. The environment and kidney health: challenges and opportunities. Salud Publica Mex 2022; 64:S46-S55. [DOI: 10.21149/12799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The accelerating environmental degradation as a result of modernisation and climate change is an urgent threat to human health. Environment change can impact kidney health in a variety of ways such as water scarcity, global heating and changing biodiversity. Ever increasing industrialization of health care has a large carbon footprint, with dialysis being a major contributor. There have been calls for all stakeholders to adopt a ‘one health approach’ and develop mitigation and adaptation strategies to combat this challenge. Because of its exquisite sensitivity to various elements of environment change, kidney health can be a risk marker and a therapeutic target for such interventions. In this narrative review, we discuss the various mechanisms through which environmental change is linked to kidney health and the ways that the global kidney health communities can respond to environmental change.
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Borga P, Milesi F, Peserico N, Groppi C, Damin F, Sola L, Piedimonte P, Fincato A, Sampietro M, Chiari M, Melloni A, Bertacco R. Active Opto-Magnetic Biosensing with Silicon Microring Resonators. Sensors (Basel) 2022; 22:3292. [PMID: 35590981 PMCID: PMC9105977 DOI: 10.3390/s22093292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/23/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Integrated optical biosensors are gaining increasing attention for their exploitation in lab-on-chip platforms. The standard detection method is based on the measurement of the shift of some optical quantity induced by the immobilization of target molecules at the surface of an integrated optical element upon biomolecular recognition. However, this requires the acquisition of said quantity over the whole hybridization process, which can take hours, during which any external perturbation (e.g., temperature and mechanical instability) can seriously affect the measurement and contribute to a sizeable percentage of invalid tests. Here, we present a different assay concept, named Opto-Magnetic biosensing, allowing us to optically measure off-line (i.e., post hybridization) tiny variations of the effective refractive index seen by microring resonators upon immobilization of magnetic nanoparticles labelling target molecules. Bound magnetic nanoparticles are driven in oscillation by an external AC magnetic field and the corresponding modulation of the microring transfer function, due to the effective refractive index dependence on the position of the particles above the ring, is recorded using a lock-in technique. For a model system of DNA biomolecular recognition we reached a lowest detected concentration on the order of 10 pm, and data analysis shows an expected effective refractive index variation limit of detection of 7.5×10-9 RIU, in a measurement time of just a few seconds.
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- Piero Borga
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Via G. Colombo 81, 20133 Milano, Italy; (F.M.); (C.G.); (R.B.)
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Via G. Colombo 81, 20133 Milano, Italy; (F.M.); (C.G.); (R.B.)
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Via Ponzio, 34/5, 20133 Milano, Italy; (N.P.); (P.P.); (M.S.); (A.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Via G. Colombo 81, 20133 Milano, Italy; (F.M.); (C.G.); (R.B.)
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta” SCITEC CNR, Via Mario Bianco 9, 20131 Milano, Italy; (F.D.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta” SCITEC CNR, Via Mario Bianco 9, 20131 Milano, Italy; (F.D.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Via Ponzio, 34/5, 20133 Milano, Italy; (N.P.); (P.P.); (M.S.); (A.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Via Ponzio, 34/5, 20133 Milano, Italy; (N.P.); (P.P.); (M.S.); (A.M.)
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta” SCITEC CNR, Via Mario Bianco 9, 20131 Milano, Italy; (F.D.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Via Ponzio, 34/5, 20133 Milano, Italy; (N.P.); (P.P.); (M.S.); (A.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Via G. Colombo 81, 20133 Milano, Italy; (F.M.); (C.G.); (R.B.)
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Piedimonte P, Sola L, Cretich M, Gori A, Chiari M, Marchisio E, Borga P, Bertacco R, Melloni A, Ferrari G, Sampietro M. Differential Impedance Sensing platform for high selectivity antibody detection down to few counts: A case study on Dengue Virus. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 202:113996. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.113996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Brambilla D, Mussida A, Ferretti AM, Sola L, Damin F, Chiari M. Polymeric Coating of Silica Microspheres for Biological Applications: Suppression of Non-Specific Binding and Functionalization with Biomolecules. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14040730. [PMID: 35215642 PMCID: PMC8877092 DOI: 10.3390/polym14040730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The use of micro- and nanoparticles in biological applications has dramatically grown during the last few decades due to the ease of protocols development and compatibility with microfluidics devices. Particles can be composed by different materials, i.e., polymers, inorganic dielectrics, and metals. Among them, silica is a suitable material for the development of biosensing applications. Depending on their final application, the surface properties of particles, including silica, are tailored by means of chemical modification or polymeric coating. The latter strategy represents a powerful tool to create a hydrophilic environment that enables the functionalization of particles with biomolecules and the further interaction with analytes. Here, the use of MCP-6, a dimethylacrylamide (DMA)-based ter-copolymer, to coat silica microspheres is presented. MCP-6 offers unprecedented ease of coating, imparting silica particles a hydrophilic coating with antifouling properties that is able to provide high-density immobilization of biological probes.
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Pino A, Russo N, Solieri L, Sola L, Caggia C, Randazzo CL. Microbial Consortia Involved in Traditional Sicilian Sourdough: Characterization of Lactic Acid Bacteria and Yeast Populations. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10020283. [PMID: 35208738 PMCID: PMC8875953 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10020283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Sourdough is one of the oldest starters traditionally used for making baked goods, offering several advantages to the sensory, rheology, and shelf life of final products. The present study investigated, for the first time, the microbiota of spontaneously fermented Maiorca dough samples collected from bakeries located in Sicily (Italy). Four sourdough samples (M1, M2, M3, and M4), were produced using Triticum vulgare Host. var. albidum Koern (Maiorca grain) were subjected to LAB and yeasts isolation and identification at the species level. The in-depth characterization of the lactobacilli population revealed that Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Levilactobacillus brevis unquestionably dominated the Maiorca sourdough ecosystem. Concerning the yeasts community, high species diversity was found. Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Wickerhamomyces anomalus were the most frequently isolated species. In addition, Torulaspora delbrueckii, Pichia kluyveri, Candida boidinii, and Candida diddensiae were also detected. Investigations on both pro-technological and functional traits of the isolated strains could lead to the selection of starters for the production of baked goods.
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- Alessandra Pino
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environment, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy; (A.P.); (N.R.); (C.C.)
- ProBioEtna srl, Spin-off of University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environment, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy; (A.P.); (N.R.); (C.C.)
- ProBioEtna srl, Spin-off of University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy; (L.S.); (L.S.)
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy; (L.S.); (L.S.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environment, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy; (A.P.); (N.R.); (C.C.)
- ProBioEtna srl, Spin-off of University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environment, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy; (A.P.); (N.R.); (C.C.)
- ProBioEtna srl, Spin-off of University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
- Correspondence:
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Solieri L, Sola L, Vaccalluzzo A, Randazzo CL, Martini S, Tagliazucchi D. Characterization of Cell-Envelope Proteinases from Two Lacticaseibacillus casei Strains Isolated from Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese. Biology (Basel) 2022; 11:biology11010139. [PMID: 35053137 PMCID: PMC8773131 DOI: 10.3390/biology11010139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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In the present work, two cell-envelope proteinases (CEPs) from Lacticaseibacillus casei strains PRA205 and 2006 were characterized at both the biochemical and genetic levels. The genomes of both L. casei strains included two putative CEPs genes prtP2 and prtR1, but only prtR1 was transcribed. The extracted PrtR1 proteinases were serine proteinases with optimal activity at 40 °C and pH 7.5, and were activated by Ca2+ ions. Interestingly, PrtR1 from L. casei PRA205 exhibited high residual activity at pH 4 and at 5 °C, suggesting its possible exploitation for fermented food production. The caseinolytic activity against αS1- and β-casein indicated that both PrtR1s belonged to the PI/PIII type. These PrtR1s cleaved β-casein peptide bonds preferentially when amino acid M or N was present at the P1 subsite and amino acids A and D were at the P1' subsite. Several bioactive peptides were found to be released from PrtR1 after αs1- and β-casein hydrolysis.
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- Lisa Solieri
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Amendola, 2—Pad. Besta, 42100 Reggio Emilia, Italy; (L.S.); (L.S.); (S.M.)
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Amendola, 2—Pad. Besta, 42100 Reggio Emilia, Italy; (L.S.); (L.S.); (S.M.)
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, via Santa Sofia, 100, 95123 Catania, Italy; (A.V.); (C.L.R.)
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, via Santa Sofia, 100, 95123 Catania, Italy; (A.V.); (C.L.R.)
- ProBioEtna srl, Spin off University of Catania, via Santa Sofia, 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Amendola, 2—Pad. Besta, 42100 Reggio Emilia, Italy; (L.S.); (L.S.); (S.M.)
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Amendola, 2—Pad. Besta, 42100 Reggio Emilia, Italy; (L.S.); (L.S.); (S.M.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0522-522060
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Sola L, Brambilla D, Mussida A, Consonni R, Damin F, Cretich M, Gori A, Chiari M. A bi-functional polymeric coating for the co-immobilization of proteins and peptides on microarray substrates. Anal Chim Acta 2021; 1187:339138. [PMID: 34753566 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.339138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The analytical performance of the microarray technique in screening the affinity and reactivity of molecules towards a specific target, is highly affected by the coupling chemistry adopted to bind probes to the surface. However, the surface functionality limits the biomolecules that can be attached to the surface to a single type of molecule, thus forcing the execution of separate analyses to compare the performance of different species in recognizing their targets. Here we introduce a new N, N-dimethylacrylamide-based polymeric coating, bearing simultaneously different functionalities (N-acryloyloxysuccinimide and azide groups) to allow an easy and straightforward method to co-immobilize proteins and oriented peptides on the same substrate. The bi-functional copolymer has been obtained by partial post polymerization modification of the functional groups of a common precursor. A NMR characterization of the copolymer was conducted to quantify the percentage of NAS that has been transformed into azido groups. The polymer was used to coat surfaces onto which both native antibodies and alkyne modified peptides were immobilized, to perform the phenotype characterization of extracellular vesicles (EVs). This strategy represents a convenient method to reduce the number of analysis, thus possible systematic or random errors, besides offering a drastic shortage in time, reagents and costs.
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- Laura Sola
- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche "G.Natta", National Research Council of Italy, Via Mario Bianco 9, 20131, Milan, Italy.
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche "G.Natta", National Research Council of Italy, Via Mario Bianco 9, 20131, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche "G.Natta", National Research Council of Italy, Via Mario Bianco 9, 20131, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche "G.Natta", National Research Council of Italy, Via Mario Bianco 9, 20131, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche "G.Natta", National Research Council of Italy, Via Mario Bianco 9, 20131, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche "G.Natta", National Research Council of Italy, Via Mario Bianco 9, 20131, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche "G.Natta", National Research Council of Italy, Via Mario Bianco 9, 20131, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche "G.Natta", National Research Council of Italy, Via Mario Bianco 9, 20131, Milan, Italy
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Vanjur L, Carzaniga T, Casiraghi L, Zanchetta G, Damin F, Sola L, Chiari M, Buscaglia M. Copolymer Coatings for DNA Biosensors: Effect of Charges and Immobilization Chemistries on Yield, Strength and Kinetics of Hybridization. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13223897. [PMID: 34833198 PMCID: PMC8625010 DOI: 10.3390/polym13223897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The physical–chemical properties of the surface of DNA microarrays and biosensors play a fundamental role in their performance, affecting the signal’s amplitude and the strength and kinetics of binding. We studied how the interaction parameters vary for hybridization of complementary 23-mer DNA, when the probe strands are immobilized on different copolymers, which coat the surface of an optical, label-free biosensor. Copolymers of N, N-dimethylacrylamide bringing either a different type or density of sites for covalent immobilization of DNA probes, or different backbone charges, were used to functionalize the surface of a Reflective Phantom Interface multispot biosensor made of a glass prism with a silicon dioxide antireflective layer. By analyzing the kinetic hybridization curves at different probe surface densities and target concentrations in solution, we found that all the tested coatings displayed a common association kinetics of about 9 × 104 M−1·s−1 at small probe density, decreasing by one order of magnitude close to the surface saturation of probes. In contrast, both the yield of hybridization and the dissociation kinetics, and hence the equilibrium constant, depend on the type of copolymer coating. Nearly doubled signal amplitudes, although equilibrium dissociation constant was as large as 4 nM, were obtained by immobilizing the probe via click chemistry, whereas amine-based immobilization combined with passivation with diamine carrying positive charges granted much slower dissociation kinetics, yielding an equilibrium dissociation constant as low as 0.5 nM. These results offer quantitative criteria for an optimal selection of surface copolymer coatings, depending on the application.
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- Luka Vanjur
- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20054 Segrate, Italy; (L.V.); (T.C.); (L.C.); (G.Z.)
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20054 Segrate, Italy; (L.V.); (T.C.); (L.C.); (G.Z.)
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20054 Segrate, Italy; (L.V.); (T.C.); (L.C.); (G.Z.)
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20054 Segrate, Italy; (L.V.); (T.C.); (L.C.); (G.Z.)
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-SCITEC), 20131 Milano, Italy; (F.D.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-SCITEC), 20131 Milano, Italy; (F.D.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-SCITEC), 20131 Milano, Italy; (F.D.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20054 Segrate, Italy; (L.V.); (T.C.); (L.C.); (G.Z.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0250330352
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Evangelidis N, Sautenet B, Madero M, Tong A, Ashuntantang G, Sanabria LC, de Boer IH, Fung S, Gallego D, Levey AS, Levin A, Lorca E, Okpechi IG, Rossignol P, Sola L, Usherwood T, Wheeler DC, Cho Y, Howell M, Guha C, Scholes-Robertson N, Widders K, Gonzalez AM, Teixeira-Pinto A, Viecelli AK, Bernier-Jean A, Anumudu S, Dunn L, Wilkie M, Craig JC. Standardised Outcomes in Nephrology - Chronic Kidney Disease (SONG-CKD): a protocol for establishing a core outcome set for adults with chronic kidney disease who do not require kidney replacement therapy. Trials 2021; 22:612. [PMID: 34503563 PMCID: PMC8427149 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-021-05574-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Globally, over 1.2 million people die from chronic kidney disease (CKD) every year. Patients with CKD are up to 10 times more likely to die prematurely than progress to kidney failure requiring kidney replacement therapy. The burden of symptoms and impaired quality of life in CKD may be compounded by comorbidities and treatment side effects. However, patient-important outcomes remain inconsistently and infrequently reported in trials in patients with CKD, which can limit evidence-informed decision-making. The Standardised Outcomes in Nephrology - Chronic Kidney Disease (SONG-CKD) aims to establish a consensus-based core outcome set for trials in patients with CKD not yet requiring kidney replacement therapy to ensure outcomes of relevance to patients, caregivers and health professionals are consistently reported in trials. METHODS SONG-CKD involves four phases: a systematic review to identify outcomes (domains and measures) that have been reported in randomised controlled trials involving adults with CKD who do not require kidney replacement therapy; stakeholder key informant interviews with health professionals involved in the care of adults with CKD to ascertain their views on establishing core outcomes in CKD; an international two-round online Delphi survey with patients, caregivers, clinicians, researchers, policy makers and industry representatives to obtain consensus on critically important outcome domains; and stakeholder consensus workshops to review and finalise the set of core outcome domains for trials in CKD. DISCUSSION Establishing a core outcome set to be reported in trials in patients with CKD will enhance the relevance, transparency and impact of research to improve the lives of people with CKD. TRIAL REGISTRATION Not applicable. This study is registered with the Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials (COMET) database: http://www.comet-initiative.org/Studies/Details/1653 .
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- Nicole Evangelidis
- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. .,Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Sydney, Australia.
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- Department of Nephrology, CHU Tours, INSERM SPHERE U1246, University of Tours, University of Nantes, Tours, France
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Renales, Hospital de Especialidades, CMNO, IMSS, Guadalajara, Mexico
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- Department of Medicine, Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine & Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Federacion Nacional ALCER (Spanish Kidney Patient's Federation), Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Nephrology, Hospital Salvador, Santiago, Chile
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.,Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Université de Lorraine, Inserm, Centre d'Investigations Clinique 1433 and Inserm U1116; CHRU Nancy; F-CRIN INI-CRCT, Nancy, France
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- Dialysis Unit, CASMU-IAMPP, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- The University of Sydney, Westmead Clinical School, Westmead, NSW, Australia.,The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,Australasian Kidney Trials Network, Centre for Health Services Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Sydney, Australia
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- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Sydney, Australia
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- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Sydney, Australia
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- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Sydney, Australia
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- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,Australasian Kidney Trials Network, Centre for Health Services Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Sydney, Australia
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- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Sheffield Kidney Institute, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Kidney Institute, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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Yeung E, Bello AK, Levin A, Lunney M, Osman MA, Ye F, Ashuntantang G, Bellorin-Font E, Benghanem Gharbi M, Davison S, Ghnaimat M, Harden P, Jha V, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Kerr P, Klarenbach S, Kovesdy C, Luyckx V, Neuen B, O'Donoghue D, Ossareh S, Perl J, Ur Rashid H, Rondeau E, See E, Saad S, Sola L, Tchokhonelidze I, Tesar V, Tungsanga K, Turan Kazancioglu R, Wang AYM, Wiebe N, Yang CW, Zemchenkov A, Zhao M, Jager KJ, Caskey F, Perkovic V, Jindal K, Okpechi IG, Tonelli M, Feehally J, Harris DC, Johnson D. Current status of health systems financing and oversight for end-stage kidney disease care: a cross-sectional global survey. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e047245. [PMID: 34244267 PMCID: PMC8273453 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES The Global Kidney Health Atlas (GKHA) is a multinational, cross-sectional survey designed to assess the current capacity for kidney care across all world regions. The 2017 GKHA involved 125 countries and identified significant gaps in oversight, funding and infrastructure to support care for patients with kidney disease, especially in lower-middle-income countries. Here, we report results from the survey for the second iteration of the GKHA conducted in 2018, which included specific questions about health financing and oversight of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) care worldwide. SETTING A cross-sectional global survey. PARTICIPANTS Key stakeholders from 182 countries were invited to participate. Of those, stakeholders from 160 countries participated and were included. PRIMARY OUTCOMES Primary outcomes included cost of kidney replacement therapy (KRT), funding for dialysis and transplantation, funding for conservative kidney management, extent of universal health coverage, out-of-pocket costs for KRT, within-country variability in ESKD care delivery and oversight systems for ESKD care. Outcomes were determined from a combination of desk research and input from key stakeholders in participating countries. RESULTS 160 countries (covering 98% of the world's population) responded to the survey. Economic factors were identified as the top barrier to optimal ESKD care in 99 countries (64%). Full public funding for KRT was more common than for conservative kidney management (43% vs 28%). Among countries that provided at least some public coverage for KRT, 75% covered all citizens. Within-country variation in ESKD care delivery was reported in 40% of countries. Oversight of ESKD care was present in all high-income countries but was absent in 13% of low-income, 3% of lower-middle-income, and 10% of upper-middle-income countries. CONCLUSION Significant gaps and variability exist in the public funding and oversight of ESKD care in many countries, particularly for those in low-income and lower-middle-income countries.
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Urinary Tract Diseases Department, University of Hassan II Casablanca Faculty of Science Ain Chock, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The Specialty Hospital, Amman, Jordan
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- Oxford Kidney Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California, USA
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- Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre Clayton, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Nephrology, Memphis VA Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Institute of Biomedical Ethics and the History of Medicine, University of Zurich Institute of Biomedical Ethics History of Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland
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- The George Institute for Global Health, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
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- Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust, Salford, UK
- Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Nephrology, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Nephrology, Kidney Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Intensive Care Nephrology and Transplantation Department, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Intensive Care, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Dialysis Unit, CASMU-IAMPP, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Nephrology Development Clinical Center, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Department of Nephrology, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, King Chulalong Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
- Bhumirajanagarindra Kidney Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Kidney Research Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Disease and Nephrology, North-Western State Medical University named after I I Mechnikov, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- The George Institute for Global Health, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
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- Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Kidney Disease Research, The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, Queensland, Australia
- Metro South Integrated Nephrology and Transplant Services (MINTS), Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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Collister D, Mbuagbaw L, Guyatt G, Devereaux PJ, Tennankore KK, Reis G, Sola L, Xavier D, Jha V, Gallagher M, Dans AL, Liu W, de Zoysa J, Félix C, Mark PB, Li Z, Tyrwhitt J, Wilkinson J, Sheridan P, Yuan F, Walsh M. Three week compared to seven week run-in period length and the assessment of pre-randomization adherence: A study within a trial. Contemp Clin Trials 2021; 107:106466. [PMID: 34098039 DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS To examine how measuring adherence at 3 weeks by self-report and pill counts compares to measurements at 7 weeks in a pre-randomization run-in period. METHODS Study within a trial of an international parallel group randomized controlled trial (RCT) that compares spironolactone to placebo. Adults receiving dialysis enter an 8-week active run-in period with spironolactone. Adherence was assessed by both self-report and pill counts in a subgroup of participants at both 3 weeks and 7 weeks. RESULTS 332 participants entered the run-in period of which 166 had complete data. By self-report, 146/166 (94.0%) and 153/166 (92.2%) had at least 80% adherence at 3 and 7 weeks respectively (kappa = 0.27 (95% C.I. 0.16 to 0.38). By pill counts, the mean (SD) adherence was 96.5% (16.1%) and 92.4% (18.2%) at 3 and 7 weeks respectively (r = 0.32) with a mean (SD) difference of 3.1% (17.8%) and a 95% limit of agreement from -31.7% to +37.9%. The proportion of adherent participants by self-report and pill counts at 3 weeks agreed in 87.4% of participants (McNemar's p-value 0.58, kappa 0.11, p = 0.02) and at 7 weeks agreed in 92.2% (McNemar's p-value 0.82, kappa 0.47, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Three and seven-week run-in periods and both self-reported and pill count assessments performed similarly. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03020303.
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- David Collister
- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Canada; Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Canada.
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Canada.
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Canada; Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Canada.
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Canada; Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Canada.
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- Departamento de Medicina, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Division of Clinical Research, St. John's Medical College, India.
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- The George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, India.
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- University of the Philippines, College of Medicine, Philippines.
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- Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Malaysia
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Facultad de Ciencias Medicas Eugenio Espejo, Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial, Ecuador
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Nephrology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada.
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Canada; Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Canada
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Dziomba S, Wysocka M, Jońca J, Sola L, Steć A, Waleron K, Wielgomas B. Investigation of selected parameters of capillary zone electrophoresis method for analysis of isolates of outer membrane vesicles. Electrophoresis 2021; 42:2010-2017. [PMID: 34015152 DOI: 10.1002/elps.202000360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) has recently been proposed by our group as a novel technique for outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) characterization (J. Chromatography 1621 (2020) 461047). In present work the impact of selected parameters of CZE method on OMVs isolates analysis was assessed. It was shown that the extension of sample injection plug length significantly improves the detectability of macromolecular aggregates in CZE. Moreover, a negligible adsorption of OMVs to both uncoated and polymer-modified (poly(DMA-GMA-MAPS)) capillary walls was proven. Finally, the relaxation effect as well as deformation/polarization of vesicles were demonstrated to affect OMVs electrophoretic mobility. The significance of these findings was discussed.
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- Szymon Dziomba
- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche "G. Natta", CNR, Italy
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- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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Wainstein M, Bello AK, Jha V, Harris DCH, Levin A, Gonzalez-Bedat MC, Rosa-Diez GJ, Ferreiro Fuentes A, Sola L, Pecoits-Filho R, Claure-Del Granado R, Madero M, Osman MA, Saad S, Zaidi D, Lunney M, Ye F, Katz IJ, Khan M, Shrapnel S, Tonelli M, Okpechi IG, Johnson DW. International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas: structures, organization, and services for the management of kidney failure in Latin America. Kidney Int Suppl (2011) 2021; 11:e35-e46. [PMID: 33981469 DOI: 10.1016/j.kisu.2021.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Latin America is a region with a widely variable socioeconomic landscape, facing a surge in noncommunicable diseases, including chronic kidney disease and kidney failure, exposing significant limitations in the delivery of care. Despite region-wide efforts to explore and address these limitations, much uncertainty remains as to the capacity, accessibility, and quality of kidney failure care in Latin America. Through this second iteration of the International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas, we aimed to report on these indicators to provide a comprehensive map of kidney failure care in the region. Survey responses were received from 18 (64.2%) countries, representing 93.8% of the total population in Latin America. The median prevalence and incidence of treated kidney failure in Latin America were 715 and 157 per million population, respectively, the latter being higher than the global median (142 per million population), with Puerto Rico, Mexico, and El Salvador experiencing much of this growing burden. In most countries, public and private systems collectively funded most aspects of kidney replacement therapy (dialysis and transplantation) care, with patients incurring at least 1% to 25% of out-of-pocket costs. In most countries, >90% of dialysis patients able to access kidney replacement therapy received hemodialysis (n = 11; 5 high income and 6 upper-middle income), and only a small minority began with peritoneal dialysis (1%-10% in 67% of countries; n = 12). Few countries had chronic kidney disease registries or targeted detection programs. There is a large variability in the availability, accessibility, and quality of kidney failure care in Latin America, which appears to be subject to individual countries' funding structures, underreliance on cheap kidney replacement therapy, such as peritoneal dialysis, and limited chronic kidney disease surveillance and management initiatives.
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- Marina Wainstein
- National Health and Medical Research Council Chronic Kidney Disease Centre of Research Excellence and Chronic Kidney Disease in Queensland, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Kidney Health Service, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, New Delhi, India.,School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK.,Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Executive Board of the Latin American Dialysis and Transplantation Registry, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University Institute Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Executive Board of the Latin American Dialysis and Transplantation Registry, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nefrología e Hipertensión, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Dialysis Unit, Centro Asistencial del Sindicato Médico del Uruguay Institución de Asistencia Médica Privada de Profesionales Sin Fines de Lucro, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.,Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hospital Obrero #2-Caja Nacional de Salud, Universidad Mayor de San Simon School of Medicine, Cochabamba, Bolivia
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, National Heart Institute, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Medicine, Department of Renal Medicine, St George and Sutherland Hospitals, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Faculty of Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization's Collaborating Centre in Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney Disease, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.,Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.,Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Nephrology, Metro South and Ipswich Nephrology and Transplant Services, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Centre for Kidney Disease Research, University of Queensland at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Translation Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Brambilla D, Sola L, Ferretti AM, Chiodi E, Zarovni N, Fortunato D, Criscuoli M, Dolo V, Giusti I, Murdica V, Kluszczyńska K, Czernek L, Düchler M, Vago R, Chiari M. EV Separation: Release of Intact Extracellular Vesicles Immunocaptured on Magnetic Particles. Anal Chem 2021; 93:5476-5483. [PMID: 33769802 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c05194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have attracted considerable interest due to their role in cell-cell communication, disease diagnosis, and drug delivery. Despite their potential in the medical field, there is no consensus on the best method for separating micro- and nanovesicles from cell culture supernatant and complex biological fluids. Obtaining a good recovery yield and preserving physical characteristics is critical for the diagnostic and therapeutic use of EVs. The separation of a single class of EVs, such as exosomes, is complex because blood and cell culture media contain many nanoparticles in the same size range. Methods that exploit immunoaffinity capture provide high-purity samples and overcome the issues of currently used separation methods. However, the release of captured nanovesicles usually requires harsh conditions that hinder their use in certain types of downstream analysis. A novel capture and release approach for small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) is presented based on DNA-directed immobilization of antiCD63 antibody. The flexible DNA linker increases the capture efficiency and allows for releasing EVs by exploiting the endonuclease activity of DNAse I. This separation protocol works under mild conditions, enabling the release of vesicles suitable for analysis by imaging techniques. In this study, sEVs recovered from plasma were characterized by established techniques for EV analysis, including nanoparticle tracking and transmission electron microscopy.
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- Dario Brambilla
- Institute of Chemical Science and Technology "Giulio Natta", National Research Council of Italy (CNR-SCITEC), via Mario Bianco 9, 20131 Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Chemical Science and Technology "Giulio Natta", National Research Council of Italy (CNR-SCITEC), via Mario Bianco 9, 20131 Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Chemical Science and Technology "Giulio Natta", National Research Council of Italy (CNR-SCITEC), via Gaudenzio Fantoli 16/15, 20138 Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Chemical Science and Technology "Giulio Natta", National Research Council of Italy (CNR-SCITEC), via Mario Bianco 9, 20131 Milan, Italy
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- Exosomics Siena S.p.A., Strada del Petriccio e Belriguardo 35, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Exosomics Siena S.p.A., Strada del Petriccio e Belriguardo 35, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Exosomics Siena S.p.A., Strada del Petriccio e Belriguardo 35, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, via Vetoio, Coppito 1, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, via Vetoio, Coppito 1, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Urological Research Institute, Division of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biology of Cancer, Medical University of Lodz, 6/8 Mazowiecka Street, 92-215 Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, 112, Sienkiewicza Street, 90-363 Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, 112, Sienkiewicza Street, 90-363 Lodz, Poland
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- Urological Research Institute, Division of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy.,Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Chemical Science and Technology "Giulio Natta", National Research Council of Italy (CNR-SCITEC), via Mario Bianco 9, 20131 Milan, Italy
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Galbiati S, Damin F, Brambilla D, Ferraro L, Soriani N, Ferretti AM, Burgio V, Ronzoni M, Vago R, Sola L, Chiari M. Small EVs-Associated DNA as Complementary Biomarker to Circulating Tumor DNA in Plasma of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2021; 14:ph14020128. [PMID: 33562158 PMCID: PMC7915475 DOI: 10.3390/ph14020128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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It is widely accepted that assessing circular tumor DNA (ctDNA) in the plasma of cancer patients is a promising practice to evaluate somatic mutations from solid tumors noninvasively. Recently, it was reported that isolation of extracellular vesicles improves the detection of mutant DNA from plasma in metastatic patients; however, no consensus on the presence of dsDNA in exosomes has been reached yet. We analyzed small extracellular vesicle (sEV)-associated DNA of eleven metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients and compared the results obtained by microarray and droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) to those reported on the ctDNA fraction. We detected the same mutations found in tissue biopsies and ctDNA in all samples but, unexpectedly, in one sample, we found a KRAS mutation that was not identified either in ctDNA or tissue biopsy. Furthermore, to assess the exact location of sEV-associated DNA (outside or inside the vesicle), we treated with DNase I sEVs isolated with three different methodologies. We found that the DNA inside the vesicles is only a small fraction of that surrounding the vesicles. Its amount seems to correlate with the total amount of circulating tumor DNA. The results obtained in our experimental setting suggest that integrating ctDNA and sEV-associated DNA in mCRC patient management could provide a complete real-time assessment of the cancer mutation status.
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- Silvia Galbiati
- Complications of Diabetes Units, Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Correspondence: (S.G.); (F.D.)
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta” SCITEC CNR, 20131 Milan, Italy; (D.B.); (L.F.); (A.M.F.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
- Correspondence: (S.G.); (F.D.)
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta” SCITEC CNR, 20131 Milan, Italy; (D.B.); (L.F.); (A.M.F.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta” SCITEC CNR, 20131 Milan, Italy; (D.B.); (L.F.); (A.M.F.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
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- Unit of Genomic for the Diagnosis of Human Pathologies, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy;
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta” SCITEC CNR, 20131 Milan, Italy; (D.B.); (L.F.); (A.M.F.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia Medica, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy; (V.B.); (M.R.)
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia Medica, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy; (V.B.); (M.R.)
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- Urological Research Institute, Division of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy;
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta” SCITEC CNR, 20131 Milan, Italy; (D.B.); (L.F.); (A.M.F.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta” SCITEC CNR, 20131 Milan, Italy; (D.B.); (L.F.); (A.M.F.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
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Lunney M, Bello AK, Levin A, Tam-Tham H, Thomas C, Osman MA, Ye F, Bellorin-Font E, Benghanem Gharbi M, Ghnaimat M, Htay H, Cho Y, Jha V, Ossareh S, Rondeau E, Sola L, Tchokhonelidze I, Tesar V, Tungsanga K, Kazancioglu RT, Wang AYM, Yang CW, Zemchenkov A, Zhao MH, Jager KJ, Jindal KK, Okpechi IG, Brown EA, Brown M, Tonelli M, Harris DC, Johnson DW, Caskey FJ, Davison SN. Availability, Accessibility, and Quality of Conservative Kidney Management Worldwide. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2021; 16:79-87. [PMID: 33323461 PMCID: PMC7792657 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.09070620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES People with kidney failure typically receive KRT in the form of dialysis or transplantation. However, studies have suggested that not all patients with kidney failure are best suited for KRT. Additionally, KRT is costly and not always accessible in resource-restricted settings. Conservative kidney management is an alternate kidney failure therapy that focuses on symptom management, psychologic health, spiritual care, and family and social support. Despite the importance of conservative kidney management in kidney failure care, several barriers exist that affect its uptake and quality. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS The Global Kidney Health Atlas is an ongoing initiative of the International Society of Nephrology that aims to monitor and evaluate the status of global kidney care worldwide. This study reports on findings from the 2018 Global Kidney Health Atlas survey, specifically addressing the availability, accessibility, and quality of conservative kidney management. RESULTS Respondents from 160 countries completed the survey, and 154 answered questions pertaining to conservative kidney management. Of these, 124 (81%) stated that conservative kidney management was available. Accessibility was low worldwide, particularly in low-income countries. Less than half of countries utilized multidisciplinary teams (46%); utilized shared decision making (32%); or provided psychologic, cultural, or spiritual support (36%). One-quarter provided relevant health care providers with training on conservative kidney management delivery. CONCLUSIONS Overall, conservative kidney management is available in most countries; however, it is not optimally accessible or of the highest quality.
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- Meaghan Lunney
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Urinary Tract Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca, University Hassan II of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, The Specialty Hospital, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Australasian Kidney Trials Network, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia,Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia,Metro South Integrated Nephrology and Transplant Services, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, New Delhi, India,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom,Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Intensive Care Nephrology and Transplantation Department, Hopital Tenon, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France,Intensive Care Nephrology and Transplantation Department, Hopital Tenon, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France and Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Dialysis Unit, Centro de Asistencia del Sindicato Médico del Uruguay - Institución de Asistencia Medica Privada de Profesionales (CASMU-IAMPP), Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Nephrology Development Clinical Center, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Department of Nephrology, General University Hospital, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand,Division of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; Bhumirajanagarindra Kidney Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan,Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Diseases, Clinical Pharmacology, and Nephrology, North-Western State Medical University named after I. I. Mechnikov, St. Petersburg, Russia,Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China,Key Lab of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China,Key Lab of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, China,Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China
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- European Renal Association – European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa,Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England
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- Department of Renal Medicine, St George Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada,Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization’s Collaborating Centre in Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney Disease, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Australasian Kidney Trials Network, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia,Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia,Metro South Integrated Nephrology and Transplant Services, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- UK Renal Registry, Learning and Research, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom and Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom,Richard Bright Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol National Health Service Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Tuttle KR, Brosius FC, Cavender MA, Fioretto P, Fowler KJ, Heerspink HJ, Manley T, McGuire DK, Molitch ME, Mottl AK, Perreault L, Rosas SE, Rossing P, Sola L, Vallon V, Wanner C, Perkovic V. SGLT2 Inhibition for CKD and Cardiovascular Disease in Type 2 Diabetes: Report of a Scientific Workshop Sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation. Am J Kidney Dis 2021; 77:94-109. [DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Brambilla D, Sola L, Chiari M. Advantageous antibody microarray fabrication through DNA-directed immobilization: A step toward use of extracellular vesicles in diagnostics. Talanta 2021; 222:121542. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Tuttle KR, Brosius FC, Cavender MA, Fioretto P, Fowler KJ, Heerspink HJL, Manley T, McGuire DK, Molitch ME, Mottl AK, Perreault L, Rosas SE, Rossing P, Sola L, Vallon V, Wanner C, Perkovic V. SGLT2 Inhibition for CKD and Cardiovascular Disease in Type 2 Diabetes: Report of a Scientific Workshop Sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation. Diabetes 2021; 70:1-16. [PMID: 33106255 PMCID: PMC8162454 DOI: 10.2337/dbi20-0040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Diabetes is the most frequent cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD), leading to nearly half of all cases of kidney failure requiring replacement therapy. The principal cause of death among patients with diabetes and CKD is cardiovascular disease (CVD). Sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors were developed to lower blood glucose levels by inhibiting glucose reabsorption in the proximal tubule. In clinical trials designed to demonstrate the CVD safety of SGLT2 inhibitors in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), consistent reductions in risks for secondary kidney disease end points (albuminuria and a composite of serum creatinine doubling or 40% estimated glomerular filtration rate decline, kidney failure, or death), along with reductions in CVD events, were observed. In patients with CKD, the kidney and CVD benefits of canagliflozin were established by the CREDENCE (Canagliflozin and Renal Events in Diabetes With Established Nephropathy Clinical Evaluation) trial in patients with T2DM, urinary albumin-creatinine ratio >300 mg/g, and estimated glomerular filtration rate of 30 to <90 mL/min/1.73 m2 To clarify and support the role of SGLT2 inhibitors for treatment of T2DM and CKD, the National Kidney Foundation convened a scientific workshop with an international panel of more than 80 experts. They discussed the current state of knowledge and unanswered questions in order to propose therapeutic approaches and delineate future research. SGLT2 inhibitors improve glomerular hemodynamic function and are thought to ameliorate other local and systemic mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of CKD and CVD. SGLT2 inhibitors should be used when possible by people with T2DM to reduce risks for CKD and CVD in alignment with the clinical trial entry criteria. Important risks of SGLT2 inhibitors include euglycemic ketoacidosis, genital mycotic infections, and volume depletion. Careful consideration should be given to the balance of benefits and harms of SGLT2 inhibitors and risk mitigation strategies. Effective implementation strategies are needed to achieve widespread use of these life-saving medications.
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- Katherine R Tuttle
- Providence Health Care and University of Washington School of Medicine, Spokane, WA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- National Kidney Foundation, New York, NY
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern, University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark
- University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- George Institute for Global Health, UNSW Sydney, Australia
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See EJ, Bello AK, Levin A, Lunney M, Osman MA, Ye F, Ashuntantang GE, Bellorin-Font E, Benghanem Gharbi M, Davison S, Ghnaimat M, Harden P, Htay H, Jha V, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Kerr PG, Klarenbach S, Kovesdy CP, Luyckx V, Neuen B, O'Donoghue D, Ossareh S, Perl J, Rashid HU, Rondeau E, Syed S, Sola L, Tchokhonelidze I, Tesar V, Tungsanga K, Kazancioglu RT, Wang AYM, Yang CW, Zemchenkov A, Zhao MH, Jager KJ, Caskey F, Perkovic V, Jindal KK, Okpechi IG, Tonelli M, Feehally J, Harris DC, Johnson DW. Availability, coverage, and scope of health information systems for kidney care across world countries and regions. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2020; 37:159-167. [PMID: 33351951 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Health information systems (HIS) are fundamental tools for the surveillance of health services, estimation of disease burden and prioritization of health resources. Several gaps in the availability of HIS for kidney disease were highlighted by the first iteration of the Global Kidney Health Atlas. METHODS As part of its second iteration, the International Society of Nephrology conducted a cross-sectional global survey between July and October 2018 to explore the coverage and scope of HIS for kidney disease, with a focus on kidney replacement therapy (KRT). RESULTS Out of a total of 182 invited countries, 154 countries responded to questions on HIS (85% response rate). KRT registries were available in almost all high-income countries, but few low-income countries, while registries for non-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) or acute kidney injury (AKI) were rare. Registries in high-income countries tended to be national, in contrast to registries in low-income countries, which often operated at local or regional levels. Although cause of end-stage kidney disease, modality of KRT and source of kidney transplant donors were frequently reported, few countries collected data on patient-reported outcome measures and only half of low-income countries recorded process-based measures. Almost no countries had programs to detect AKI and practices to identify CKD-targeted individuals with diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, rather than members of high-risk ethnic groups. CONCLUSIONS These findings confirm significant heterogeneity in the global availability of HIS for kidney disease and highlight important gaps in their coverage and scope, especially in low-income countries and across the domains of AKI, non-dialysis CKD, patient-reported outcomes, process-based measures and quality indicators for KRT service delivery.
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- Emily J See
- Department of Intensive Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC,Australia.,School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC,Australia
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB,Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC,Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB,Canada
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB,Canada
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB,Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Yaounde General Hospital, University of Yaounde I, Yaoundé,Cameroon
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- Division of Nephology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, St Louis University, St Louis, MO,USA
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- Urinary Tract Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca, University Hassan II of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB,Canada
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, The Specialty Hospital, Amman,Jordan
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- Oxford Kidney Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford,UK
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore,Singapore
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- George Institute for Global Health India, New Delhi,India.,Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford,UK
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA,USA
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- Monash Medical Centre, Department of Nephrology, Monash Health, Clayton, VIC,Australia.,Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, VIC,Australia
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB,Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN,USA
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- Institute of Biomedical Ethics and the History of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich,Switzerland.,Renal Division, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA,USA
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- The George Institute for Global Health, Newtown, NSW,Australia
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- Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford,UK.,University of Manchester, Manchester,UK
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- Division of Nephrology, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Department of Medicine,IranUniversity of Medical Sciences, Tehran,Iran
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- Division of Nephrology, St Michael's Hospital and Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Toronto, ON,Canada.,Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON,Canada
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- Department of Nephrology, Kidney Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, Dhaka,Bangladesh
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- Intensive Care Nephrology and Transplantation Department, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Hopital Tenon, Paris,France.,Sorbonne Université, Paris,France
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB,Canada
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- Dialysis Unit, CASMU-IAMPP, Montevideo,Uruguay
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- Nephrology Development Clinical Center, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Department of Nephrology, General University Hospital, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Chulalong Memorial Hospital, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok,Thailand.,Bhumirajanagarindra Kidney Institute, Bangkok,Thailand
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- Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong
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- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan,Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Disease and Nephrology, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, St Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing,China.,Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing,China.,Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing,China.,Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences (CLS), Beijing,China
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- ERA-EDTA Registry, Academic Medical Center, Department of Medical Informatics, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam,The Netherlands
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- UK Renal Registry, Learning and Research Building, Southmead Hospital, Bristol,UK.,Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol,UK.,The Richard Bright Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol,UK
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- The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW,Australia
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- School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC,Australia
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town, Cape Town,South Africa.,Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town,South Africa
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB,Canada.,Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization's Collaborating Centre in Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney Disease, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB,Canada
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- Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW,Australia
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- Centre for Kidney Disease Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD,Australia.,Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD,Australia.,Metro South and Ipswich Nephrology and Transplant Services (MINTS), Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD,Australia
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Alles A, Cueto-Manzano AM, Ríos-Sarro PG, Robayo A, Sánchez-Polo V, Silvariño R, Sola L, Vallejos A, Zúñiga C. Recomendaciones de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nefrología e Hipertensión para la atención ambulatoria nefrológica y en el primer nivel de atención durante la pandemia de COVID-19. NEFRO 2020. [DOI: 10.24875/nefro.20000028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Arroabarren E, Aldunate MT, Anda M, Sola L, Tabar AI. Anaphylaxis Induced by Rectal Drug Formulations. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2020; 30:462-463. [DOI: 10.18176/jiaci.0584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Harris DCH, Davies SJ, Finkelstein FO, Jha V, Donner JA, Abraham G, Bello AK, Caskey FJ, Garcia GG, Harden P, Hemmelgarn B, Johnson DW, Levin NW, Luyckx VA, Martin DE, McCulloch MI, Moosa MR, O'Connell PJ, Okpechi IG, Pecoits Filho R, Shah KD, Sola L, Swanepoel C, Tonelli M, Twahir A, van Biesen W, Varghese C, Yang CW, Zuniga C. Increasing access to integrated ESKD care as part of universal health coverage. Kidney Int 2020; 95:S1-S33. [PMID: 30904051 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2018.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
The global nephrology community recognizes the need for a cohesive strategy to address the growing problem of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). In March 2018, the International Society of Nephrology hosted a summit on integrated ESKD care, including 92 individuals from around the globe with diverse expertise and professional backgrounds. The attendees were from 41 countries, including 16 participants from 11 low- and lower-middle-income countries. The purpose was to develop a strategic plan to improve worldwide access to integrated ESKD care, by identifying and prioritizing key activities across 8 themes: (i) estimates of ESKD burden and treatment coverage, (ii) advocacy, (iii) education and training/workforce, (iv) financing/funding models, (v) ethics, (vi) dialysis, (vii) transplantation, and (viii) conservative care. Action plans with prioritized lists of goals, activities, and key deliverables, and an overarching performance framework were developed for each theme. Examples of these key deliverables include improved data availability, integration of core registry measures and analysis to inform development of health care policy; a framework for advocacy; improved and continued stakeholder engagement; improved workforce training; equitable, efficient, and cost-effective funding models; greater understanding and greater application of ethical principles in practice and policy; definition and application of standards for safe and sustainable dialysis treatment and a set of measurable quality parameters; and integration of dialysis, transplantation, and comprehensive conservative care as ESKD treatment options within the context of overall health priorities. Intended users of the action plans include clinicians, patients and their families, scientists, industry partners, government decision makers, and advocacy organizations. Implementation of this integrated and comprehensive plan is intended to improve quality and access to care and thereby reduce serious health-related suffering of adults and children affected by ESKD worldwide.
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- David C H Harris
- Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- George Institute for Global Health India, New Delhi, India; University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- International Society of Nephrology, Brussels, Belgium
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- Nephrology Division, Madras Medical Mission Hospital, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Chennai, India
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- UK Renal Registry, Learning and Research, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK; Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; The Richard Bright Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Servicio de Nefrologia, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Fray Antonio Alcalde, University of Guadalajara Health Sciences Center, Hospital 278, Guadalajara, JAL, Mexico
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- Oxford Kidney Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Departments of Community Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Centre for Kidney Disease Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; Metro South and Ipswich Nephrology and Transplant Services (MINTS), Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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- Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Lecturer, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Paediatric Intensive and Critical Unit, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Renal Unit, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Westmead Clinical School, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil; Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Dialysis Unit, CASMU-IAMPP, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Parklands Kidney Centre, Nairobi, Kenya; Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Nephrology Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Catholic University of Santisima Concepción, Concepcion, Chile
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Htay H, Bello AK, Levin A, Lunney M, Osman MA, Ye F, Ashuntantang GE, Bellorin-Font E, Gharbi MB, Davison SN, Ghnaimat M, Harden P, Jha V, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Kerr PG, Klarenbach S, Kovesdy CP, Luyckx VA, Neuen B, O'Donoghue D, Ossareh S, Perl J, Rashid HU, Rondeau E, See EJ, Saad S, Sola L, Tchokhonelidze I, Tesar V, Tungsanga K, Kazancioglu RT, Yee-Moon Wang A, Yang CW, Zemchenkov A, Zhao MH, Jager KJ, Caskey FJ, Perkovic V, Jindal KK, Okpechi IG, Tonelli M, Harris DC, Johnson DW. Hemodialysis Use and Practice Patterns: An International Survey Study. Am J Kidney Dis 2020; 77:326-335.e1. [PMID: 32800843 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.05.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE Hemodialysis (HD) is the most common form of kidney replacement therapy. This study aimed to examine the use, availability, accessibility, affordability, and quality of HD care worldwide. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS Stakeholders (clinicians, policy makers, and consumer representatives) in 182 countries were convened by the International Society of Nephrology from July to September 2018. OUTCOMES Use, availability, accessibility, affordability, and quality of HD care. ANALYTICAL APPROACH Descriptive statistics. RESULTS Overall, representatives from 160 (88%) countries participated. Median country-specific use of maintenance HD was 298.4 (IQR, 80.5-599.4) per million population (pmp). Global median HD use among incident patients with kidney failure was 98.0 (IQR, 81.5-140.8) pmp and median number of HD centers was 4.5 (IQR, 1.2-9.9) pmp. Adequate HD services (3-4 hours 3 times weekly) were generally available in 27% of low-income countries. Home HD was generally available in 36% of high-income countries. 32% of countries performed monitoring of patient-reported outcomes; 61%, monitoring of small-solute clearance; 60%, monitoring of bone mineral markers; 51%, monitoring of technique survival; and 60%, monitoring of patient survival. At initiation of maintenance dialysis, only 5% of countries used an arteriovenous access in almost all patients. Vascular access education was suboptimal, funding for vascular access procedures was not uniform, and copayments were greater in countries with lower levels of income. Patients in 23% of the low-income countries had to pay >75% of HD costs compared with patients in only 4% of high-income countries. LIMITATIONS A cross-sectional survey with possibility of response bias, social desirability bias, and limited data collection preventing in-depth analysis. CONCLUSIONS In summary, findings reveal substantial variations in global HD use, availability, accessibility, quality, and affordability worldwide, with the lowest use evident in low- and lower-middle-income countries.
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- Htay Htay
- Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Yaounde General Hospital, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Division of Nephology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
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- Urinary Tract Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca, University Hassan II of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, The Specialty Hospital, Amman, Jordan
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- Oxford Kidney Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, New Delhi; Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India; School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA
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- Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Ethics and the History of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- The George Institute for Global Health, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
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- Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford; University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Division of Nephrology, St. Michael's Hospital and the Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Nephrology, Kidney Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Intensive Care Nephrology and Transplantation Department, Hopital Tenon, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Department of Intensive Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia; School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Dialysis Unit, CASMU-IAMPP, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Nephrology Development Clinical Center, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Department of Nephrology, General University Hospital, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Chulalong Memorial Hospital, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; Bhumirajanagarindra Kidney Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Disease, Clinical Pharmacology and Nephrology, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russia; Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China; Key Lab of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China; Key Lab of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, China; Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China
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- ERA-EDTA Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization's Collaborating Centre in Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney DiseaseUniversity of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales
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- Centre for Kidney Disease Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; Metro South and Ipswich Nephrology and Transplant Services (MINTS), Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
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Cho Y, Bello AK, Levin A, Lunney M, Osman MA, Ye F, Ashuntantang GE, Bellorin-Font E, Gharbi MB, Davison SN, Ghnaimat M, Harden P, Htay H, Jha V, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Kerr PG, Klarenbach S, Kovesdy CP, Luyckx V, Neuen B, O'Donoghue D, Ossareh S, Perl J, Rashid HU, Rondeau E, See EJ, Saad S, Sola L, Tchokhonelidze I, Tesar V, Tungsanga K, Kazancioglu RT, Yee-Moon Wang A, Yang CW, Zemchenkov A, Zhao MH, Jager KJ, Caskey FJ, Jindal KK, Okpechi IG, Tonelli M, Harris DC, Johnson DW. Peritoneal Dialysis Use and Practice Patterns: An International Survey Study. Am J Kidney Dis 2020; 77:315-325. [PMID: 32800844 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.05.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2019] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE Approximately 11% of people with kidney failure worldwide are treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD). This study examined PD use and practice patterns across the globe. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS Stakeholders including clinicians, policy makers, and patient representatives in 182 countries convened by the International Society of Nephrology between July and September 2018. OUTCOMES PD use, availability, accessibility, affordability, delivery, and reporting of quality outcome measures. ANALYTICAL APPROACH Descriptive statistics. RESULTS Responses were received from 88% (n=160) of countries and there were 313 participants (257 nephrologists [82%], 22 non-nephrologist physicians [7%], 6 other health professionals [2%], 17 administrators/policy makers/civil servants [5%], and 11 others [4%]). 85% (n=156) of countries responded to questions about PD. Median PD use was 38.1 per million population. PD was not available in 30 of the 156 (19%) countries responding to PD-related questions, particularly in countries in Africa (20/41) and low-income countries (15/22). In 69% of countries, PD was the initial dialysis modality for≤10% of patients with newly diagnosed kidney failure. Patients receiving PD were expected to pay 1% to 25% of treatment costs, and higher (>75%) copayments (out-of-pocket expenses incurred by patients) were more common in South Asia and low-income countries. Average exchange volumes were adequate (defined as 3-4 exchanges per day or the equivalent for automated PD) in 72% of countries. PD quality outcome monitoring and reporting were variable. Most countries did not measure patient-reported PD outcomes. LIMITATIONS Low responses from policy makers; limited ability to provide more in-depth explanations underpinning outcomes from each country due to lack of granular data; lack of objective data. CONCLUSIONS Large inter- and intraregional disparities exist in PD availability, accessibility, affordability, delivery, and reporting of quality outcome measures around the world, with the greatest gaps observed in Africa and South Asia.
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- Yeoungjee Cho
- Centre for Kidney Disease Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; Metro South and Ipswich Nephrology and Transplant Services (MINTS), Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Yaounde General Hospital, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Division of Nephology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
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- Urinary Tract Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca, University Hassan II of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, The Specialty Hospital, Amman, Jordan
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- Oxford Kidney Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, New Delhi, India; George Institute for Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA
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- Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Ethics and the History of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, New Delhi, India
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- Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom; University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Division of Nephrology, St. Michael's Hospital and the Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Nephrology, Kidney Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Intensive Care Nephrology and Transplantation Department, Hopital Tenon, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Department of Intensive Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia; School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Dialysis Unit, CASMU-IAMPP, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Nephrology Development Clinical Center, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Department of Nephrology, General University Hospital, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Chulalong Memorial Hospital, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; Bhumirajanagarindra Kidney Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Disease and Nephrology, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russia; Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China; Key Lab of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China; Key Lab of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, China; Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences (CLS), Beijing, China
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- ERA-EDTA Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization's Collaborating Centre in Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney Disease, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Kidney Disease Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; Metro South and Ipswich Nephrology and Transplant Services (MINTS), Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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Sola L, Levin NW, Johnson DW, Pecoits-Filho R, Aljubori HM, Chen Y, Claus S, Collins A, Cullis B, Feehally J, Harden PN, Hassan MH, Ibhais F, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Levin A, Saleh A, Schneditz D, Tchokhonelidze I, Turan Kazancioglu R, Twahir A, Walker R, Were AJ, Yu X, Finkelstein FO. Development of a framework for minimum and optimal safety and quality standards for hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Kidney Int Suppl (2011) 2020; 10:e55-e62. [PMID: 32149009 PMCID: PMC7031684 DOI: 10.1016/j.kisu.2019.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Substantial heterogeneity in practice patterns around the world has resulted in wide variations in the quality and type of dialysis care delivered. This is particularly so in countries without universal standards of care and governmental (or other organizational) oversight. Most high-income countries have developed such oversight based on documentation of adherence to standardized, evidence-based guidelines. Many low- and lower-middle-income countries have no or only limited organized oversight systems to ensure that care is safe and effective. The implementation and oversight of basic standards of care requires sufficient infrastructure and appropriate workforce and financial resources to support the basic levels of care and safety practices. It is important to understand how these standards then can be reasonably adapted and applied in low- and lower-middle-income countries.
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- Laura Sola
- Dialysis Unit, Centro Asistencial del Sindicato Médico del Uruguay Institución de Asistencia Médica Privada de Profesionales Sin Fines de lucro, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Centre for Kidney Disease Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
- Metro South and Ipswich Nephrology and Transplant Services, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
- Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Nephrology Department, Alqassimi Hospital, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
- Key Lab of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China
- Key Lab of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, China
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- Nephrology Division, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- NxStage Medical, Inc., Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Renal Unit, Greys Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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- Oxford Kidney Unit, Oxford University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Yatta Governmental Hospital, Yatta, Palestine
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Nephrology Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Otto Loewi Research Center, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Nephrology Development Clinical Center, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Parklands Kidney Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
- Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Renal Unit, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
- School of Medicine, Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
- East African Kidney Institute, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Division of Nephrology, Guangdong Provincial People’s School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Ministry of Health, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Pecoits-Filho R, Okpechi IG, Donner JA, Harris DC, Aljubori HM, Bello AK, Bellorin-Font E, Caskey FJ, Collins A, Cueto-Manzano AM, Feehally J, Goh BL, Jager KJ, Nangaku M, Rahman M, Sahay M, Saleh A, Sola L, Turan Kazancioglu R, Walker RC, Walker R, Yao Q, Yu X, Zhao MH, Johnson DW. Capturing and monitoring global differences in untreated and treated end-stage kidney disease, kidney replacement therapy modality, and outcomes. Kidney Int Suppl (2011) 2020; 10:e3-e9. [PMID: 32149004 PMCID: PMC7031690 DOI: 10.1016/j.kisu.2019.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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A large gap between the number of people with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) who received kidney replacement therapy (KRT) and those who needed it has been recently identified, and it is estimated that approximately one-half to three-quarters of all people with ESKD in the world may have died prematurely because they could not receive KRT. This estimate is aligned with a previous report that estimated that >3 million people in the world died each year because they could not access KRT. This review discusses the reasons for the differences in treated and untreated ESKD and KRT modalities and outcomes and presents strategies to close the global KRT gap by establishing robust health information systems to guide resource allocation to areas of need, inform KRT service planning, enable policy development, and monitor KRT health outcomes.
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- Roberto Pecoits-Filho
- School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
- Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- International Society of Nephrology, Brussels, Belgium
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- Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Nephrology Department, Alqassimi Hospital, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunity, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Nephology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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- UK Renal Registry, Learning and Research, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- The Richard Bright Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol National Health Service Trust, Bristol, UK
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- NxStage Medical, Inc., Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Renales, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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- Department of Nephrology and Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Serdang, Jalan Puchong, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- European Renal Association–European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Nephrology, The University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Hongo, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Sir Salimullah Medical College and Mitford Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Nephrology, Osmania Medical College and General Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Dialysis Unit, Centro Asistencial del Sindicato Médico del Uruguay Institución de Asistencia Médica Privada de Profesionales Sin Fines de lucro, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Division of Nephrology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Walker, School of Nursing, Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier, New Zealand
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- Division of Nephrology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Walker, School of Nursing, Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier, New Zealand
- Renal Department, Hawke's Bay District Health Board, Hastings, New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Medical Affairs, Baxter Healthcare, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Guangdong Provincial People’s School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Ministry of Health, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, China
- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Centre for Kidney Disease Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
- Metro South and Ipswich Nephrology and Transplant Services, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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Yang CW, Harris DC, Luyckx VA, Nangaku M, Hou FF, Garcia Garcia G, Abu-Aisha H, Niang A, Sola L, Bunnag S, Eiam-Ong S, Tungsanga K, Richards M, Richards N, Goh BL, Dreyer G, Evans R, Mzingajira H, Twahir A, McCulloch MI, Ahn C, Osafo C, Hsu HH, Barnieh L, Donner JA, Tonelli M. Global case studies for chronic kidney disease/end-stage kidney disease care. Kidney Int Suppl (2011) 2020; 10:e24-e48. [PMID: 32149007 PMCID: PMC7031689 DOI: 10.1016/j.kisu.2019.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The prevalence of chronic kidney disease and its risk factors is increasing worldwide, and the rapid rise in global need for end-stage kidney disease care is a major challenge for health systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Countries are responding to the challenge of end-stage kidney disease in different ways, with variable provision of the components of a kidney care strategy, including effective prevention, detection, conservative care, kidney transplantation, and an appropriate mix of dialysis modalities. This collection of case studies is from 15 countries from around the world and offers valuable learning examples from a variety of contexts. The variability in approaches may be explained by country differences in burden of disease, available human or financial resources, income status, and cost structures. In addition, cultural considerations, political context, and competing interests from other stakeholders must be considered. Although the approaches taken have often varied substantially, a common theme is the potential benefits of multistakeholder engagement aimed at improving the availability and scope of integrated kidney care.
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- Chih-Wei Yang
- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Institute of Biomedical Ethics and the History of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, The University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Hongo, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, National Clinical Research Center for Kidney Disease, Division of Nephrology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Servicio de Nefrologia, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Fray Antonio Alcalde, University of Guadalajara Health Sciences Center, Hospital 278, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Department of Nephrology, Dalal Jamm Hospital, Cheikh Anta Diop University Teaching Hospital, Dakar, Senegal
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- Dialysis Unit, CASMU-IAMPP, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Bhumirajanagarindra Kidney Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
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- SEHA Dialysis Services, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Nephrology and Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Serdang, Jalan Puchong, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Nephrology, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Centre for Nephrology, University College London, London, UK
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- Malawi Ministry of Health, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
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- Parklands Kidney Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
- Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Paediatric Intensive and Critical Unit, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Nephrology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- School of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization’s Coordinating Centre in Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney Disease, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- International Society of Nephrology, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization’s Coordinating Centre in Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney Disease, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Bello AK, Levin A, Lunney M, Osman MA, Ye F, Ashuntantang GE, Bellorin-Font E, Benghanem Gharbi M, Davison SN, Ghnaimat M, Harden P, Htay H, Jha V, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Kerr PG, Klarenbach S, Kovesdy CP, Luyckx VA, Neuen BL, O'Donoghue D, Ossareh S, Perl J, Rashid HU, Rondeau E, See E, Saad S, Sola L, Tchokhonelidze I, Tesar V, Tungsanga K, Turan Kazancioglu R, Wang AYM, Wiebe N, Yang CW, Zemchenkov A, Zhao MH, Jager KJ, Caskey F, Perkovic V, Jindal KK, Okpechi IG, Tonelli M, Feehally J, Harris DC, Johnson DW. Status of care for end stage kidney disease in countries and regions worldwide: international cross sectional survey. BMJ 2019; 367:l5873. [PMID: 31672760 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l5873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To determine the global capacity (availability, accessibility, quality, and affordability) to deliver kidney replacement therapy (dialysis and transplantation) and conservative kidney management. DESIGN International cross sectional survey. SETTING International Society of Nephrology (ISN) survey of 182 countries from July to September 2018. PARTICIPANTS Key stakeholders identified by ISN's national and regional leaders. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Markers of national capacity to deliver core components of kidney replacement therapy and conservative kidney management. RESULTS Responses were received from 160 (87.9%) of 182 countries, comprising 97.8% (7338.5 million of 7501.3 million) of the world's population. A wide variation was found in capacity and structures for kidney replacement therapy and conservative kidney management-namely, funding mechanisms, health workforce, service delivery, and available technologies. Information on the prevalence of treated end stage kidney disease was available in 91 (42%) of 218 countries worldwide. Estimates varied more than 800-fold from 4 to 3392 per million population. Rwanda was the only low income country to report data on the prevalence of treated disease; 5 (<10%) of 53 African countries reported these data. Of 159 countries, 102 (64%) provided public funding for kidney replacement therapy. Sixty eight (43%) of 159 countries charged no fees at the point of care delivery and 34 (21%) made some charge. Haemodialysis was reported as available in 156 (100%) of 156 countries, peritoneal dialysis in 119 (76%) of 156 countries, and kidney transplantation in 114 (74%) of 155 countries. Dialysis and kidney transplantation were available to more than 50% of patients in only 108 (70%) and 45 (29%) of 154 countries that offered these services, respectively. Conservative kidney management was available in 124 (81%) of 154 countries. Worldwide, the median number of nephrologists was 9.96 per million population, which varied with income level. CONCLUSIONS These comprehensive data show the capacity of countries (including low income countries) to provide optimal care for patients with end stage kidney disease. They demonstrate substantial variability in the burden of such disease and capacity for kidney replacement therapy and conservative kidney management, which have implications for policy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Aminu K Bello
- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6B 2B7, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
| | - Meaghan Lunney
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6B 2B7, Canada
| | - Gloria E Ashuntantang
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Yaounde General Hospital, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon
| | - Ezequiel Bellorin-Font
- Division of Nephology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA
| | - Mohammed Benghanem Gharbi
- Urinary Tract Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca, University Hassan II of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
| | - Sara N Davison
- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6B 2B7, Canada
| | - Mohammad Ghnaimat
- Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, The Specialty Hospital, Amman, Jordan
| | - Paul Harden
- Oxford Kidney Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
| | - Htay Htay
- Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
| | - Vivekanand Jha
- George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, New Delhi, India
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka, India
| | - Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA
- UCLA Fielding School of Public Health in Irvine and Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Peter G Kerr
- Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health, Clayton, VIC, Australia
- Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
| | - Scott Klarenbach
- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6B 2B7, Canada
| | - Csaba P Kovesdy
- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
- Memphis VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN, USA
| | - Valerie A Luyckx
- Institute of Biomedical Ethics and the History of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK
- University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
| | - Shahrzad Ossareh
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
| | - Jeffrey Perl
- Division of Nephrology, St Michael's Hospital and the Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
| | - Harun Ur Rashid
- Department of Nephrology, Kidney Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
| | - Eric Rondeau
- Intensive Care Nephrology and Transplantation Department, Hopital Tenon, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
| | - Emily See
- Department of Intensive Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
| | - Syed Saad
- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6B 2B7, Canada
| | - Laura Sola
- Dialysis Unit, CASMU-IAMPP, Montevideo, Uruguay
| | - Irma Tchokhonelidze
- Nephrology Development Clinical Center, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
| | - Vladimir Tesar
- Department of Nephrology, General University Hospital, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Kriang Tungsanga
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Bhumirajanagarindra Kidney Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6B 2B7, Canada
| | - Chih-Wei Yang
- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
| | - Alexander Zemchenkov
- Department of Internal Disease and Nephrology, North-Western State Medical University named after I I Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
- Key Lab of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China
- Key Lab of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China; Beijing, China
- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China
| | - Kitty J Jager
- ERA-EDTA Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - Fergus Caskey
- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Richard Bright Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
| | - Vlado Perkovic
- George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
| | - Kailash K Jindal
- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6B 2B7, Canada
| | - Ikechi G Okpechi
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - Marcello Tonelli
- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization's Collaborating Centre in Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney Disease, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
| | | | - David C Harris
- Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
| | - David W Johnson
- Centre for Kidney Disease Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Metro South and Ipswich Nephrology and Transplant Services, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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