Background: A limiting factor in expanding the kidney donor pool is donor kidneys with renal tumors or cysts. Partial nephrectomy (PN) to remove these lesions prior to transplantation may help ...
Collecting duct was compressed longitudinally by severe inflammation and fibrosis in renal cortex around cyst (Figure 2f). In contrast, collecting duct had a tendency to dilate in renal medulla ...
It is unknown whether a sexual dimorphism of renal microcirculation is present in patients with arterial hypertension. We aimed to compare the cortical microcirculation in women and men with ...
2014). The abundance of renal cortical proteins was measured by immunoblotting, as previously described (Vieira-Filho et al. 2014). The protein samples (80 μg) were separated by SDS polyacrylamide gel ...
Background: This study aimed to observe the correlation between renal cortical blood perfusion (CBP) parameters and BP response in patients with severe renal artery stenosis (RAS) who underwent ...