New Insights into the Mechanisms of Kidney Disease: Understanding Hypercholesterolemia in CKD; ADAM10 and Immune Injury to the Podocyte Slit Diaphragm

03/06/2021 5 min
New Insights into the Mechanisms of Kidney Disease: Understanding Hypercholesterolemia in CKD; ADAM10 and Immune Injury to the Podocyte Slit Diaphragm

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Episode Synopsis

Two papers published this month in JASN provide new insights into these unsolved questions: Why is the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease so high in kidney patients? Why is the podocyte slit diaphragm so vulnerable to immunological injury?