Featured Publications
About Our Research
We’ve doubled down on our commitment to research and teaching.
Arkana is a learning, teaching, and innovating practice with one unifying passion – to actively work toward the day that our research yields breakthroughs that make our services unnecessary. Eradicating rare and common diseases is the end game of all of our efforts because patient health is foremost in our minds every day. Read about some of our latest publications below.
All Publications
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International Consortium on the Genetics of Electroconvulsive Therapy and Severe Depressive Disorders (Gen-ECT-ic)
Recent genome-wide association studies have demonstrated that the genetic burden associated with depression correlates with depression severity. Therefore, conducting genetic…
Read on PubMed• October 2020
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Resistant Starch Slows The Progression Of Ckd In The 5/6 Nephrectomy Mouse Model
Resistant Starch (RS) improves CKD outcomes. In this report, we study how RS modulates host-microbiome interactions in CKD by measuring…
Read on PubMed• October 2020
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Covan Is The New Hivan: The Re-Emergence Of Collapsing Glomerulopathy With Covid-19
Reports of collapsing glomerulopathy in patients of African ancestry and high-riskAPOL1genotype infected with SARS-CoV-2 have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read on PubMed• October 2020
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Renal Hypoplasia, From Grossly Insufficient To Not Quite Enough: Consideration For Expanded Concepts Based Upon The Author’s Perspective With Historical Review
Hypoplasia is defined in the Merriman-Webster dictionary as “a condition of arrested development in which an organ, or part, remains…
Read on PubMed• September 2020
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Histopathologic And Ultrastructural Findings In Postmortem Kidney Biopsy Material In 12 Patients With Aki And Covid-19
Since its emergence in Wuhan, China, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly throughout the world.
Read on PubMed• September 2020
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COVID-19-Associated Kidney Injury: A Case Series Of Kidney Biopsy Findings
Reports show that AKI is a common complication of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in hospitalized patients
Read on PubMed• September 2020
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Large And Uneven Bites In End-To-End Anastomosis Of The Rat Femoral Artery
Successful microvascular anastomosis depends on sutures that adequately oppose both cut vessel edges.
Read on PubMed• September 2020
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HIV-1 Tat Promotes Age-Related Cognitive, Anxiety-Like, And Antinociceptive Impairments In Female Mice That Are Moderated By Aging And Endocrine Status
Hypogonadism is a common comorbidity associated with HIV-1 that is more prevalent among infected individuals over the age of 45.…
Read on PubMed• September 2020
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Impact Of Deceased Donor Kidney Procurement Biopsy Technique On Histologic Accuracy
The factors that influence deceased donor kidney procurement biopsy reliability are not well established. We examined the impact of biopsy…
Read on PubMed• August 2020
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AKI And Collapsing Glomerulopathy Associated With COVID-19 And APOL 1 High-Risk Genotype
Kidney involvement is a feature of COVID-19 and it can be severe in Black patients. Previous research linked increased susceptibility…
Read on PubMed• August 2020