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• This Week in Nephrology — Jul 15, 2026 15.07.2026 14min

  Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we are covering eight notable papers spanning three broad themes: advancements in glomerular disease management and symptom characterization, digital health innovations that reshape home dialysis and tran… This week's papers: 1. Remote Patient Monitoring Automated Peritoneal Dialysis and Clinical Outcomes: A Nationwide Real-World Cohort Study from Taiwan — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 2. PREDICT Tool for Pregnancy-Associated CKD Progression — Kidney International Reports 2026 3. Anti-CD20 Therapies and Antinephrin Autoantibodies in IgA Nephropathy With Minimal Change Disease — Kidney International Reports 2026 4. Kidney Survival in Children With Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome Treated by Rituximab — Kidney International Reports 2026 5. An Interactive Virtual Nephrologist to Engage Patients With Advanced CKD About Transplantation — American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2026 6. Characterization of Patient-Reported Loin Pain in IgAN — Kidney International Reports 2026 7. Viewpoint on donor-derived cell-free DNA: context of use and clinical utility are key — American Journal of Transplantation 2026 8. The kidney distal tubule potassium switch, modern diet and hypertension — Nature Reviews Nephrology 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/x8hmuqrjk8
• This Week in Nephrology — Jul 8, 2026 08.07.2026 16min

  Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we are covering ten notable papers spanning advancements in glomerular disease biomarkers and therapies, practical dietary and metabolic management in chronic kidney disease, and critical clinical updates… This week's papers: 1. Pivotal Clinical Trials in C3 Glomerulopathy: answers and remaining uncertainties. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation 2026 2. Randomized Crossover Trial of Low Sodium Dialysate on Tissue Sodium Accumulation in Hemodialysis. — Kidney international reports 2026 3. Effect of Semaglutide on Measured vs Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation 2026 4. Circulating Antinephrin Antibodies in Adult Chinese Patients With IgAN and Nephrotic-Range Proteinuria. — Kidney international reports 2026 5. Ultrasensitive Immunoassay Using a Novel Galactose-Deficient IgA1 Antibody and Its Clinical Application in the Diagnosis of IgAN. — Kidney international reports 2026 6. Severe Pregnancy-Associated Acute Kidney Injury and Maternal Vulnerability. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation 2026 7. Approach to Hyperkalemia: The Role of Diet and Pharmacological Therapies. — American journal of kidney diseases 2026 8. High Protein Diets: What to Tell Our Patients. — American journal of kidney diseases 2026 9. Impact of immunosuppressive therapy on renal and patient survival in rapidly progressive secondary IgA nephropathy. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation 2026 10. Evidence-Based Medicine versus Personalized Medicine when attempting to block complement in IgA nephropathy. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/w4m44w7mgx
• This Week in Nephrology — Jul 1, 2026 01.07.2026 10min

  Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we are covering seven notable papers spanning advancements in kidney transplantation, novel insights into risk prediction and genetics in chronic kidney disease, and the evolving paradigms of patient-cent… This week's papers: 1. Urinary protein vs albumin for assessing kidney failure risk in chronic kidney disease. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation 2026 2. Preformed Anti-DQ Alpha Donor-specific Antibodies and the Risk of Antibody-mediated Rejection After Kidney Transplantation. — Transplantation 2026 3. Desensitization With Tocilizumab and IVIg: A Prospective Controlled Cohort Study in a Predominantly Black American Population. — Transplantation 2026 4. Nephrology in the Paradigm of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health: Report of an ASN Initiative on Saving Kidneys, Hearts, and Lives. — Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2026 5. Palliative Dialysis: Putting the Person First in Dialysis Care. — American journal of kidney diseases 2026 6. Genetic Risk Factors for Kidney Function in Individuals with Type 1 Diabetes. — Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2026 7. Metrics That Matter: Evaluating the Correlates of Pretransplant Performance in US Kidney Transplant Programs. — Kidney international reports 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/ctwykemv6e
• This Week in Nephrology — Jun 27, 2026 27.06.2026 8min

  Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering ten notable papers spanning advanced management strategies for chronic kidney disease, new insights into genetic and glomerular diseases, and the growing complexity of cardiovascular comorb… This week's papers: 1. Primary aldosteronism. — Nature reviews. Disease primers 2026 2. Metabolic Acidosis and Progression of CKD: Current Guidelines and Considerations. — American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2026 3. Bortezomib-Cyclophosphamide-Dexamethasone versus Rituximab in PGNMID. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2026 4. Long-term kidney protection in IgA nephropathy with atrasentan. — Nature reviews. Nephrology 2026 5. Benefits of finerenone treatment across chronic kidney disease aetiologies. — Nature reviews. Nephrology 2026 6. Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Prevention and Management in Chronic Kidney Disease. — Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2026 7. A Framework for Risk-Based Implementation of Combination Therapy in CKD: Who, Why, When, and How? — Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2026 8. Whole genome sequencing for CKD of unexplained cause in Hong Kong. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2026 9. Medication Burden and Regimen Complexity Among Dialysis Patients from 2003 to 2024. — Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2026 10. APOL1 and Black Kidney Donors-Reducing Risk or Opportunity? — JAMA internal medicine 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/d7gfj9reng
• This Week in Nephrology — Jun 20, 2026 20.06.2026 16min

  Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we are covering nine notable papers spanning clinical management strategies in vulnerable kidney populations, precision medicine and individualized care, and translational breakthroughs in imaging, geneti… This week's papers: 1. Kidney Outcomes After Contrast Exposure in Patients Recovering From Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury: A Target Trial Emulation Study — American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2026 2. Comparing Catheters to Fistulas in Older Patients Starting Hemodialysis (ACCESS HD) — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 3. Non-invasive quantitative assessment of kidney injury using near-infrared autofluorescence imaging — Kidney International 2026 4. A cluster randomized controlled trial (GOAL trial) evaluated a comprehensive geriatric assessment for frail older people with chronic kidney disease — Kidney International 2026 5. The Effect of Gender-Affirming Hormone Treatment on Kidney Function Trajectories in Transgender and Gender Diverse Veterans — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 6. Towards autonomous medical artificial intelligence agents — Nature 2026 7. Genome-wide Screen Identifies Peroxisomal Role in APOL1 Podocytopathy — Kidney International 2026 8. Evidence- and Consensus-based European Guideline for Immunosuppressive Therapy After Pediatric Kidney Transplantation — Transplantation 2026 9. Donor bone marrow together with recipient regulatory T cells induces chimerism without irradiation in kidney transplantation — Science Translational Medicine 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/rcp3ac95fc
• This Week in Nephrology — Jun 14, 2026 14.06.2026 10min

  Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 7 notable papers spanning advances in kidney transplantation and new perspectives on chronic kidney disease, from risk factors to new therapeutics and diagnostics. Let's dive in. We begin… This week's papers: 1. Genetic Screening of Patients With Inherited Fanconi Syndrome. — Kidney international reports 2026 2. Limitations of Serum Bicarbonate as a Criterion for Metabolic Acidosis in CKD: Implications for Clinical Trials. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2026 3. Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential and Kidney Failure in Chronic Kidney Disease: An East Asian Cohort Study. — Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2026 4. Humoral Response to COVID-19 Vaccines and Infection During Sibeprenlimab Treatment of IgA Nephropathy: Data from the ENVISION Trial. — Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2026 5. Improving diagnostic performance of kidney allograft rejection with a model combining relative fraction and absolute copies of donor-derived cell-free DNA - re… — American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2026 6. Cyclosporin a- versus tacrolimus-specific lesions in calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2026 7. Discovery of Endothelial Cell Antibodies Associated with Pediatric and Adult Kidney Allograft Rejection and Assessment of a non-HLA Antibody Assay. — American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2026 8. Evaluation of the Association between Age, Sex and d-Amino Acid-Based Estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate. — Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2026 9. Treatment potential of oral small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonists. — Lancet (London, England) 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/ekwmdbhrhh
• This Week in Nephrology — Jun 6, 2026 06.06.2026 10min

  Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers, with a major focus on the expanding evidence for finerenone in chronic kidney disease, new data in glomerular disease, and important updates on risk management in advance… This week's papers: 1. Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Life Cycle of Guideline Development: Part 1: Introduction to a new series. — Kidney international 2026 2. Efficacy and safety of finerenone in patients with chronic kidney disease: an individual participant data pooled analysis (INFINITY). — Lancet (London, England) 2026 3. Diagnosis and Management of Acute and Chronic Lithium-Associated Nephrotoxicity. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2026 4. Finerenone in Persons with Chronic Kidney Disease without Diabetes. — The New England journal of medicine 2026 5. Finerenone in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Due to Glomerular Diseases: A Randomized Clinical Trial. — JAMA 2026 6. Atrasentan in patients with IgA nephropathy (ALIGN): final 2.5-year results from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. — Lancet (London, England) 2026 7. Low-Dose Rivaroxaban and Cardiovascular Events in Advanced Kidney Disease: The TRACK Randomized Clinical Trial. — JAMA 2026 8. Measured and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rates and Risk of Adverse Health Outcomes. — JAMA 2026 9. Chronic kidney disease, complex conditions, and advancing therapeutics: new hope and challenges. — Lancet (London, England) 2026 10. Advances in the diagnosis and detection of chronic kidney disease. — Lancet (London, England) 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/fbgn6n3fa2
• This Week in Nephrology — May 28, 2026 28.05.2026 12min

  Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning CKD risk and progression, new mechanisms in kidney injury, and strategies to optimize organ transplantation. Let's dive in. [PAUSE] Our first theme is a deep di… This week's papers: 1. Universal transcriptomic hallmarks of mammalian ageing and mortality. — Nature 2026 2. Role of Lipid Signaling by PTAFR in Tubular Epithelial Cells in AKI-to-CKD Transition. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2026 3. Efficacy and safety of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator inhibitor GLPG2737 for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: phase 2a MA… — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2026 4. The Kidney in the Middle: KDIGO Guidelines Address Multiple Key Components of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome. — Kidney international 2026 5. Canagliflozin Alleviates Experimental Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis through Suppression of Pathogenic T-Cell Responses. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2026 6. Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease EVENTs (PREVENT) Equation for Adverse Cardio-Kidney Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease Population. — Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2026 7. Anticholinergic Burden and Progression to Kidney Replacement Therapy. — Kidney international reports 2026 8. A Comprehensive Review of Strategies to Advance Kidney Exchange Programs and Optimize Effectiveness and Outcomes. — Kidney international reports 2026 9. Neonatal Acute Kidney Injury: Diagnosis, Recognition and Prevention. — Kidney international 2026 10. Contribution of Donor Hospital Characteristics to Deceased Donor Organ Recovery Rates. — American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/p79kg3fq24
• This Week in Nephrology — May 21, 2026 21.05.2026 13min

  Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning new therapeutic approaches in complex kidney diseases, innovations in diagnostics, and key considerations for transplantation in older adults. Let's dive in. [PA… This week's papers: 1. Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation Versus Continued Dialysis Among Patients Aged 75 Years or Older: A Target Trial Emulation. — American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2026 2. Gene-disease relationships for glomerular phenotypes: expert recommendations from ClinGen. — Nature reviews. Nephrology 2026 3. CRT-Estimands Framework: consensus based extension of the ICH E9(R1) addendum for cluster randomised trials. — BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2026 4. Urinary fluorogenic reporters for noninvasive detection and staging of kidney fibrosis. — Science translational medicine 2026 5. Nondialyzable versus Dialyzable Beta-Blockers in Hemodialysis: A Target Trial Emulation Study. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2026 6. Daratumumab Monotherapy versus Bortezomib-Based Regimens in frail patients with Biopsy-Proven Renal AL Amyloidosis. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2026 7. DUAL GIP/GLP-1Ra reduces residual proteinuria in non-diabetic fabry disease. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2026 8. Implementing the commitments of the World Health Assembly kidney health resolution: a key opportunity to improve health for millions. — Lancet (London, England) 2026 9. Loss of Cyclin G-Associated Kinase (Gak) Leads to Lysosome Dysfunction and Immune Modulation in Podocytes. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2026 10. Kidney biopsy during pregnancy: indications, complications, results and therapeutic impact. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/tufzhe352c
• This Week in Nephrology — May 14, 2026 14.05.2026 11min

  Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 8 notable papers spanning new insights into disease pathophysiology, advances in diagnostics, and modernizing our therapeutic approaches. Let's dive in. [PAUSE] First, we'll look at a few… This week's papers: 1. Weight Loss-Independent Mechanisms of Kidney Protection with Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and Implications for Clinical Practice. — American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2026 2. Clinical Relevance of Donor-Derived cfDNA In Monitoring Kidney Transplant Rejection. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2026 3. Lineage and organ signals sequentially build organ intrinsic nervous systems. — Nature 2026 4. Risk of Serious Adverse Events and Death With Low-Dose Methotrexate Versus Hydroxychloroquine in Adults Receiving Dialysis. — Seminars in dialysis 2026 5. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: biological insights and biomarker-guided disease management. — Nature reviews. Nephrology 2026 6. Tubulointerstitial diseases: an updated framework for diverse and emerging entities. — Kidney international 2026 7. Purine Metabolism Regulates the Severity of APOL1 Nephropathy. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2026 8. Comparative Analysis of Lupus Nephritis Guidelines: ACR 2025, EULAR 2025, and Kdigo 2024. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/qkq6xwbk4m