The proportion of nondiabetic renal lesions in proteinuric type 2 diabetic patients seems to vary according to the criteria used to perform the biopsy and to the ethnic background of the patient.

Engineers and clinicians working together developed an “optical biopsy” that could improve how kidney disease is diagnosed and studied. The new technology does not rely on stains or dyes. A whole ...

IgA nephropathy can be hard to predict and treat. Learn what factors make it likely to get worse and how best to treat it.

However, recent biopsy studies in humans have provided evidence that podocytes are functionally and structurally injured very early in the natural history of diabetic nephropathy.

The PRecIsion MEdicine based on kidney TIssue Molecular interrogation in diabetic nEphropathy (PRIMETIME) 1 cohort is designed to study clinical characteristics, diagnostic accuracy and prognostic ...

More than half of patients with diabetes undergoing kidney biopsy had additional findings other than diabetic kidney disease, according to published data from the Cleveland Clinic Florida.&ldquo ...

Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MDMedically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD Diabetic nephropathy is a form of long-term, chronic kidney disease resulting from having had diabetes for ...

Cancer therapies can trigger diverse kidney pathologies, so kidney biopsy is critical for management, according to investigators.

Study: Alterations of gut microbiota in biopsy-proven diabetic nephropathy and a long history of diabetes without kidney damage. Image Credit: ART-ur/Shutterstock.com Diabetic neuropathy and gut ...

Diabetes-related nephropathy is a potential complication of diabetes. Tests to help screen for nephropathy include urine protein tests, imaging tests, kidney biopsy, and glomerular filtration rate.