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Association of Serum Uromodulin with Death, Cardiovascular Events, and Kidney Failure in CKD.
CONCLUSIONS: Higher serum uromodulin is independently associated with lower risk for mortality, cardiovascular events, and kidney failure in white patients with CKD. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRY NAME AND REGISTRATION NUMBER: Deutsches Register für Klinische Studien (DRKS; German national database of clinical studies), DRKS00003971. PMID: 32291270 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - April 13, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Steubl D, Schneider MP, Meiselbach H, Nadal J, Schmid MC, Saritas T, Krane V, Sommerer C, Baid-Agrawal S, Voelkl J, Kotsis F, Köttgen A, Eckardt KU, Scherberich JE, GCKD Study Investigators Tags: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Source Type: research

Effects of Normothermic Machine Perfusion Conditions on Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
In this study the effect of NMP perfusion fluid on survival, metabolism and function of thawed cryopreserved human (h)MSC and porcine (p)MSC in suspension conditions was studied. Suspension conditions reduced the viability of pMSC by 40% in both perfusion fluid and culture medium. Viability of hMSC was reduced by suspension conditions by 15% in perfusion fluid, whilst no differences were found in survival in culture medium. Under adherent conditions, survival of the cells was not affected by perfusion fluid. The perfusion fluid did not affect survival of fresh MSC in suspension compared to the control culture medium. The f...
Source: Frontiers in Immunology - April 9, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

A Blood Filter Fights Deadly Inflammatory Response
A new blood filtration technology may prove to be life-saving for patients whose normally healthy inflammatory response to injury or illness has gone into overdrive, resulting in fatally high levels of cytokines in their blood. In an interview with MD+DI, Dr. Phillip Chan, MD, PhD, CEO of CytoSorbents Corp., explained that inflammation, and the production of substances called cytokines that drive inflammation, are the body’s natural response to heal injury or infection. But sometimes, the inflammatory response is so severe in such conditions as sepsis and infection, burn injuries, trauma, pancreatitis, li...
Source: MDDI - October 9, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Susan Shepard Tags: Cardiovascular Source Type: news