{"title":"WNT10B–FOXO6 in senescence fate transition and fibrosis","authors":"Susan J. Allison","doi":"10.1038/s41581-026-01083-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41581-026-01083-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19059,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Nephrology","volume":"22 6","pages":"383-383"},"PeriodicalIF":39.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147817999","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":"Managing uncertainty in clinical care requires true partnership","authors":"Bill Wang \u0000 (, )","doi":"10.1038/s41581-026-01080-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41581-026-01080-2","url":null,"abstract":"For patients with chronic kidney disease, hypertension is a life-course challenge that begins early, accelerates kidney function decline and persists through kidney replacement therapy, including transplantation. However, guidance on blood pressure management remains fragmented across these disease phases. True partnership is needed to help patients to navigate this uncertainty.","PeriodicalId":19059,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Nephrology","volume":"22 7","pages":"453-454"},"PeriodicalIF":46.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147735498","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":"Genomic medicine is failing most of humanity","authors":"Oyesola O. Ojewunmi, Segun Fatumo","doi":"10.1038/s41581-026-01079-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41581-026-01079-9","url":null,"abstract":"African and other non-European populations are severely under-represented in genomic research. This lack of inclusion perpetuates health inequities, particularly in kidney disease. Achieving genomic equity demands structural reform, including recruitment of diverse cohorts as a scientific prerequisite, strengthening of local research capacity, democratized data access, and universal trans-ancestry analytical tools.","PeriodicalId":19059,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Nephrology","volume":"22 7","pages":"455-457"},"PeriodicalIF":46.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147731360","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}
Jacob Murray, Roos F. Marsman, Rik H. Olde Engberink, Liffert Vogt
{"title":"Salt and chronic kidney disease","authors":"Jacob Murray, Roos F. Marsman, Rik H. Olde Engberink, Liffert Vogt","doi":"10.1038/s41581-026-01076-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41581-026-01076-y","url":null,"abstract":"Disruption of sodium homeostasis has a central role in the development and progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Excess dietary sodium can overwhelm regulatory mechanisms and amplify pathways that promote kidney injury, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. In CKD, altered sodium handling has haemodynamic effects, leads to activation of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system and contributes to tissue sodium accumulation, endothelial dysfunction and inflammatory responses that further accelerate disease progression. Emerging evidence suggests that variability in these pathways — shaped by genetic predisposition and heterogeneous CKD phenotypes — may influence individual susceptibility to sodium-mediated damage and responses to therapeutic interventions. Although dietary sodium restriction remains a cornerstone of CKD management, improved understanding of sodium homeostasis as a multidimensional driver of CKD provides a broader framework for understanding disease mechanisms and may help to refine risk stratification and treatment strategies to enable maximal clinical benefit for patients at a high risk of sodium-mediated complications. In this Review, the authors discuss how pathophysiological mechanisms in chronic kidney disease contribute to an increased susceptibility to the negative consequences of high dietary salt intake and how excess salt can contribute to progressive renal function decline and hypertension.","PeriodicalId":19059,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Nephrology","volume":"22 8","pages":"522-540"},"PeriodicalIF":46.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147729388","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}
James D. McCully, Aybuke Celik, Amish Asthana, Giuseppe Orlando
{"title":"Therapeutic and mechanistic insights on mitochondrial transplantation in kidney disease","authors":"James D. McCully, Aybuke Celik, Amish Asthana, Giuseppe Orlando","doi":"10.1038/s41581-026-01072-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41581-026-01072-2","url":null,"abstract":"Acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are major contributors to global morbidity and mortality, with limited treatment options beyond supportive care. Mitochondrial dysfunction is a shared feature of both conditions, driving impaired energy production, oxidative stress and cell death. Owing to its reliance on oxidative phosphorylation, the kidney is especially vulnerable to ischaemia–reperfusion injury, a leading cause of AKI and a risk factor for long-term loss of kidney function. Persistent mitochondrial damage contributes to the transition from AKI to CKD, and strategies aimed at restoring mitochondrial health, therefore, have therapeutic potential. Here, we focus on mitochondrial transplantation, a therapeutic approach that delivers viable, respiratory-competent mitochondria to injured tissue to support recovery. Mitochondria for transplantation can be isolated from a variety of sources (autologous or allogeneic) without triggering an immune, autoimmune or inflammatory response, or a reaction to damage-associated molecular patterns. Isolated mitochondria can be delivered by intra-arterial injection, and, once in the target organ, they are rapidly integrated into the cells through endocytosis. Mitochondrial transplantation supports the restoration of mitochondrial function and associated signalling pathways, promoting enhanced organ function and cellular viability. Several preclinical studies have demonstrated improved kidney function, reduced inflammation and preserved mitochondrial structure following mitochondrial therapy in models of ischaemia. Acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease are closely associated with mitochondrial dysfunction. Here, the authors discuss the role of mitochondria in kidney homeostasis and disease, and examine the potential of mitochondrial transplantation as a therapeutic approach to mitigating kidney injury-associated cellular dysfunction, including technical considerations for kidney applications.","PeriodicalId":19059,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Nephrology","volume":"22 7","pages":"459-473"},"PeriodicalIF":46.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147680361","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":"Community power building to reduce inequities in access to health care","authors":"Kelli Owen, Nicole Scholes-Robertson","doi":"10.1038/s41581-026-01077-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41581-026-01077-x","url":null,"abstract":"Globally, health inequities in access to health care, including transplantation, have led to suboptimal outcomes for certain population groups, including First Nations people. Essential to overcoming these inequities is the inclusion of voices of people with lived experience of kidney disease in policy reform, research, health services design and workforce training.","PeriodicalId":19059,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Nephrology","volume":"22 6","pages":"377-378"},"PeriodicalIF":39.8,"publicationDate":"2026-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147680367","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}
Seoyeong Ahn (, ), Hyewon Yun (, ), Seyoung Kim, Ziyad Al-Aly, Michelle L. Bell, Whanhee Lee (, )
{"title":"Atmospheric stressors and kidney diseases","authors":"Seoyeong Ahn \u0000 (, ), Hyewon Yun \u0000 (, ), Seyoung Kim, Ziyad Al-Aly, Michelle L. Bell, Whanhee Lee \u0000 (, )","doi":"10.1038/s41581-026-01073-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41581-026-01073-1","url":null,"abstract":"The adverse effects of atmospheric conditions — including ambient air pollution from industry, wildfires and extreme atmospheric temperatures — on human health are well documented. However, their hazardous roles in kidney health have often been overlooked, despite the existence of plausible biological mechanisms for pathogenic effects. Emerging evidence from epidemiological studies indicates that exposures to ambient air pollutants such as particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone, wildfire smoke and extreme hot and cold temperatures may increase the risks of acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease and kidney failure, with experimental findings supporting the existence of corresponding mechanistic pathways. These findings suggest that exposure to atmospheric stressors contributes to a decline in kidney function and worsened health outcomes. Available evidence also suggests that certain populations may be particularly vulnerable to these stressors, further increasing their risk of kidney disease. A deeper understanding of the mechanisms linking ambient stressors to kidney health, along with the identification of high-risk populations, may help to guide research priorities and support targeted and pre-emptive action in nephrology. Air pollution is a major global health concern, with widespread effects on morbidity and mortality. This Review describes the epidemiological evidence linking atmospheric stressors, including particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, wildfire smoke and extreme temperatures, to kidney disease, and explores future research directions to better understand the role of atmospheric conditions on kidney health.","PeriodicalId":19059,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Nephrology","volume":"22 7","pages":"487-498"},"PeriodicalIF":46.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147645882","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}