{"title":"Post-transplant Thrombotic Microangiopathy.","authors":"Anuja Java, Matthew A Sparks, David Kavanagh","doi":"10.1681/ASN.0000000645","DOIUrl":"10.1681/ASN.0000000645","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a challenging and serious complication of kidney transplantation that significantly affects graft and patient survival, occurring in 0.8%-15% of transplant recipients. TMA is characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and organ injury due to endothelial damage and microthrombi formation in small vessels. However, clinical features can range from a renal-limited form, diagnosed only on a kidney biopsy, to full-blown systemic manifestations, which include neurologic, gastrointestinal, and cardiovascular injury. TMA can arise because of genetic or acquired defects such as in complement-mediated TMA or can occur in the context of other conditions like infections, autoimmune diseases, or immunosuppressive drugs, where complement activation may also play a role. Recurrent TMA after kidney transplant is almost always complement-mediated, although complement overactivation may also play a role in de novo post-transplant TMAs associated with ischemia-reperfusion injury, immunosuppressive drugs, antibody-mediated rejection, viral infections, and relapse of autoimmune diseases, such as antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. Differentiating between a complement-mediated process and one triggered by other factors is often challenging but critical to minimize allograft damage because the former is nonresponsive to supportive therapy, needs long-term anticomplement therapy, and has a high risk of recurrence. Given the central role of complement and effect of genetic defects on the risk of recurrence in many forms of post-transplant TMA, genetic testing for complement disorders is key for proper diagnosis and management. Given that complement activation may also play a role in a subset of TMAs associated with other conditions, prompt recognition and timely initiation of anticomplement therapy is equally important. In addition, TMA associated with noncomplement genes, often part of a broader syndromic process with distinct clinical features, has also been described. Early identification and treatment are essential to prevent graft failure and other severe complications. This review explores the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying various post-transplant TMAs.</p>","PeriodicalId":17217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The American Society of Nephrology","volume":" ","pages":"940-951"},"PeriodicalIF":10.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12059091/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143071046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Riana K Parvez, Réka L Csipán, Jing Liu, Ara Gevorgyan, Elisabeth A Rutledge, Jinjin Guo, Doh Kyung Kim, Andrew P McMahon
{"title":"Developmental and Cell Fate Analyses Support a Postnatal Origin for the Cortical Collecting System in the Mouse Kidney.","authors":"Riana K Parvez, Réka L Csipán, Jing Liu, Ara Gevorgyan, Elisabeth A Rutledge, Jinjin Guo, Doh Kyung Kim, Andrew P McMahon","doi":"10.1681/ASN.0000000579","DOIUrl":"10.1681/ASN.0000000579","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The American Society of Nephrology","volume":" ","pages":"812-824"},"PeriodicalIF":10.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12059095/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142813541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brendon L Neuen, Benjamin Catanese, Annamarie Chang, Mark Heise, Pierluigi Tricoci, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, G Michael Felker, Kenneth W Mahaffey, Myles Wolf, Glenn M Chertow
{"title":"Effects of Clazakizumab on Anemia and Iron Metabolism in Patients with Kidney Failure.","authors":"Brendon L Neuen, Benjamin Catanese, Annamarie Chang, Mark Heise, Pierluigi Tricoci, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, G Michael Felker, Kenneth W Mahaffey, Myles Wolf, Glenn M Chertow","doi":"10.1681/ASN.0000000654","DOIUrl":"10.1681/ASN.0000000654","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The American Society of Nephrology","volume":" ","pages":"923-925"},"PeriodicalIF":10.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12059111/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143256225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Methodological Considerations to Enhance the Relevance of Causal Observational Research in the Field of Kidney Disease.","authors":"Antoine Créon, Juan Jesus Carrero, Edouard L Fu","doi":"10.1681/ASN.0000000660","DOIUrl":"10.1681/ASN.0000000660","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The American Society of Nephrology","volume":" ","pages":"988"},"PeriodicalIF":10.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12059110/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143625035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vikas S Sridhar, Ayodele Odutayo, Satish Garg, Thomas Danne, Alessandro Doria, Michael Mauer, Michael J Davies, Phillip Banks, Manon Girard, David Z I Cherney
{"title":"Efficacy and Safety of Sotagliflozin in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes and CKD.","authors":"Vikas S Sridhar, Ayodele Odutayo, Satish Garg, Thomas Danne, Alessandro Doria, Michael Mauer, Michael J Davies, Phillip Banks, Manon Girard, David Z I Cherney","doi":"10.1681/ASN.0000000540","DOIUrl":"10.1681/ASN.0000000540","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The American Society of Nephrology","volume":" ","pages":"890-900"},"PeriodicalIF":10.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12059092/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142562551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimizing Quality Care within a Bundled Framework.","authors":"Matthew B Rivara, Mallika L Mendu","doi":"10.1681/ASN.0000000665","DOIUrl":"10.1681/ASN.0000000665","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The American Society of Nephrology","volume":" ","pages":"976-980"},"PeriodicalIF":10.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12059114/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143416800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Use of Intravenous Albumin in Nephrology Practice Should Be Guideline-Based.","authors":"Emma K Ullrich,Jeannie Callum,Edward G Clark","doi":"10.1681/asn.0000000750","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1681/asn.0000000750","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The American Society of Nephrology","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143897323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lucas Jacobs,Maria do Carmo Filomena Mesquita,Joëlle Nortier,Frédéric Collart
{"title":"Addressing Disparities in ESKD Care: Insights from a Multicultural European Cohort.","authors":"Lucas Jacobs,Maria do Carmo Filomena Mesquita,Joëlle Nortier,Frédéric Collart","doi":"10.1681/asn.0000000713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1681/asn.0000000713","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The American Society of Nephrology","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143861984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ashutosh M Shukla,Yi Guo,Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo,Serena Jingchuan Guo
{"title":"Authors' Reply: Addressing Disparities in ESKD Care: Insights from a Multicultural European Cohort.","authors":"Ashutosh M Shukla,Yi Guo,Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo,Serena Jingchuan Guo","doi":"10.1681/asn.0000000714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1681/asn.0000000714","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The American Society of Nephrology","volume":"108 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143861988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GIT ArfGAP2: A Cytoskeletal Safeguard in Podocytes: Suppressing Rac1 to Combat Glomerular Injury.","authors":"Shuta Ishibe,Xuefei Tian","doi":"10.1681/asn.0000000707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1681/asn.0000000707","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The American Society of Nephrology","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143861990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}