Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

“Call for Action” for the challenges of kidney diseases in aging/aged societies

• Open Access
• Special Report

Masaomi Nangaku, Yusuke Suzuki, Motoko Yanagita

Diabetic kidney disease: the kidney disease relevant to individuals with diabetes

• Open Access
• Review article

Keizo Kanasaki, Kohjiro Ueki, Masaomi Nangaku

METTL14 derived from exosomes of M1 macrophages promotes high glucose-induced apoptosis, inflammation and oxidative stress in glomerular endothelial cells by mediating PAQR3 m6A modification

• Original article

Yiqun Li, Jiarong Zhang, Yanli Zhu

Inhibition of ADAM17 attenuates high glucose-induced angiogenesis and inflammation in endothelial cells partly through down-regulation of GRO-α/CXCR2 expression: implications in peritoneal dialysis

• Open Access
• Original article

Na Jiang, Hao Feng, Weizhen Xie, Leyi Gu, Wei Fang, Tingting Ding, Jiangzi Yuan

Knockdown of nicotinamide N-methyltransferase ameliorates renal fibrosis caused by ischemia–reperfusion injury and remodels sphingosine metabolism

• Original article

Wanfeng Xu, Ling Hou

A comparison of the clinical efficacy of tonsillectomy with steroid pulse therapy and tonsillectomy therapy alone for patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy: a retrospective observational study

• Original article

Ryosuke Sato, Risa Wakisaka, Hiroki Komatsuda, Hidekiyo Yamaki, Kenzo Ohara, Takumi Kumai, Kan Kishibe, Naoki Nakagawa, Tatsuya Hayashi, Miki Takahara

Barriers to conservative kidney management for Japanese healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of end-stage renal disease

• Original article

Yumi Sota, Takuya Fujimaru, Kyoko Kobayashi, Kevin Y. Urayama, Nozomi Kadota, Kasumi Konishi, Yugo Ito, Masahiko Nagahama, Fumika Taki, Michiko Suzuki, Masaaki Nakayama

Effect of tonsillectomy combined with steroid pulse therapy upon IgA nephropathy depending on proteinuria status at diagnosis: a nationwide multicenter cohort study in Japan

• Open Access
• Original article

Hiroyuki Komatsu, Shouichi Fujimoto, Yuji Sato, Takashi Yasuda, Yoshinari Yasuda, Keiichi Matsuzaki, Keita Hirano, Tetsuya Kawamura, Takashi Yokoo, Yusuke Suzuki, Shoichi Maruyama

Favorable changes in the eGFR slope after dapagliflozin treatment and its association with the initial dip

• Original article

Rina Kawano, Tatsuya Haze, Akira Fujiwara, Aiko Haruna, Moe Ozawa, Yusuke Kobayashi, Sanae Saka, Nobuhito Hirawa, Kouichi Tamura

The association between renal medullary and cortical fibrosis, stiffness, and concentrating capacity: an observational, single-center cross-sectional study

• Original article

Hisato Shima, Toshio Doi, Yukari Yoshikawa, Takuya Okamoto, Manabu Tashiro, Tomoko Inoue, Kazuyoshi Okada, Jun Minakuchi

Comparison of serum alkaline phosphatase levels between two measurement methods in chronic hemodialysis patients in Japan: involvement of ABO blood group system and relationship with mortality risk

• Original article

Nobuo Nagano, Ayaka Tagahara, Takahito Shimada, Masaaki Miya, Noriko Tamei, Shigeaki Muto, Takaaki Tsutsui, Daiki Saito, Shusaku Itami, Tetsuya Ogawa, Kyoko Ito

Effects of salt reduction education from a salt questionnaire on inter-dialysis weight gain in patients on hemodialysis

• Original article

Naro Ohashi, Yukitoshi Sakao, Yuri Uchiyama, Taro Aoki, Sayaka Ishigaki, Takamasa Iwakura, Shinsuke Isobe, Tomoyuki Fujikura, Akihiko Kato, Hideo Yasuda

The phase angle before transplantation can predict the status of low muscle mass after kidney transplantation

• Original article

Hyo Jin Kim, Eun Young Seong, Hyuk Jae Jung, Sang Heon Song

Sacubitril/valsartan reduces proteinuria depending on blood pressure in patients with stage 4–5 chronic kidney disease

• Rapid communication

Yosuke Saka, Hiroshi Takahashi, Tomohiko Naruse, Yuzo Watanabe

Effects of anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in living kidney transplant recipients prior to transplantation

• Letter to the editor

Yusuke Tomita, Saeko Uehara, Mari Terada, Norio Yamamoto, Michio Nakamura

List of referees

• Acknowledgment