The serum and glucocorticoid inducible protein kinase (SGK) family members share similar structure, substrate specificity and function with AKT and signal downstream of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) signalling pathway. They regulate a range of fundamental cellular processes such as cell proliferation and survival, thereby playing an important role in cancer development. This perspective intends to give an overview on the involvement of SGKs (particularly SGK3) in cancer progression, and compares the actions of SGK3 and AKT in cell cycle regulation, oncogenic signalling, and the potential as a therapeutic target for cancer.
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Clin Exp Nephrol
December 2024
Department of Nephrology, Ningbo Yinzhou Second Hospital, No. 998, North Qianhe Road, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, 315000, Zhejiang Province, China.
Purpose: The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of rituximab (RTX) in primary IgA nephropathy (IgAN).
Methods: A retrospective review was conducted on the medical records of 22 patients diagnosed with primary IgAN who received RTX treatment. The clinical data, including blood tests, urine examinations and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), were analyzed at four time point: baseline, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months.
BMC Nephrol
December 2024
Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Background: To compare the efficacy and safety of rituximab (RTX), calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) and cyclophosphamide (CTX) plus glucocorticoids in the treatment of primary membranous nephropathy (PMN).
Methods: Totally 478 biopsy-proven PMN patients in single center were retrospectively included. After 1:1 propensity score matching (PSM), 258 patients were included in RTX, CNI or CTX group (86 patients in each group).
Biochem Pharmacol
December 2024
The National Clinical Research Center for Kidney Diseases, Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, China. Electronic address:
Podocyte injury leads to proteinuria and glomerular diseases. Different podocyte injuries have distinct mechanisms. It is desirable to use a regimen that targets the mechanism of a given podocyte injury for a specific and improved result.
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December 2024
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Background: It is unknown if glucocorticoid malabsorption contributes to the approximate 50% treatment failure rate in dogs with protein-losing enteropathy (PLE).
Objective: To compare pharmacokinetics (PK) of orally administered prednisolone in dogs with PLE vs healthy controls.
Animals: Fourteen dogs with well-characterized PLE and 7 control dogs.
Cureus
November 2024
Department of Nephrology, Toho University Medical Center, Sakura Hospital, Sakura, JPN.
Hypercalcemia is a common electrolyte disturbance, most frequently caused by hyperparathyroidism or malignancy, though it can also arise from adrenal insufficiency, creating diagnostic challenges. We present a case of a 78-year-old male patient with stage 3b chronic kidney disease due to immunoglobulin A nephropathy who exhibited altered mental status following dehydration caused by a five-day episode of diarrhea. The patient presented with hypercalcemia and acute kidney injury.
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