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.
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Apolipoprotein L1 Risk Variants Associate With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-Associated Collapsing Glomerulopathy
Collapsing glomerulopathy is a devastating renal disease that primarily affects African Americans and associates with numerous etiologies, such as HIV…
Read on PubMed• April 2013
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Oxalate Nephropathy And Intravenous Vitamin C
Oxalate nephropathy is a rare condition characterized by extensive calcium oxalate deposition in the renal tubules, resulting in kidney injury.
Read on PubMed• March 2013
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Initial Assessment Of The Pathogenic Mechanisms Of The Recently Identified Alzheimer Risk Loci
Recent genome wide association studies have identified CLU, CR1, ABCA7 BIN1, PICALM and MS4A6A/MS4A6E in addition to the long established…
Read on PubMed• March 2013
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Central Administration Of Angiotensin IV Rapidly Enhances Novel Object Recognition Among Mice
Angiotensin IV (Val(1)-Tyr(2)-Ile(3)-His(4)-Pro(5)-Phe(6)) has demonstrated potential cognitive-enhancing effects.
Read on PubMed• February 2013
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Meprin A Metalloproteinase And Its Role In Acute Kidney Injury
Meprin A, composed of - and -subunits, is a membrane-associated neutral metalloendoprotease that belongs to the astacin family of zinc…
Read on PubMed• February 2013
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Renal Cortical Infarction Following Treatment With Sumatriptan In A Kidney Allograft Recipient
Renal cortical infarction is a rare cause of acute kidney injury that results from inadequate blood flow to the kidney,…
Read on PubMed• February 2013
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Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma Of The Neck With T(6;8) Translocation: Report Of A Case And Literature Review
Spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma is an uncommon subtype of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. Found almost exclusively in children, these tumors are classically located…
Read on PubMed• February 2013
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Redefining C3 Glomerulopathy: ‘C3 Only’ Is A Bridge Too Far
We read with interest the recent articles highlighting the clinicopathologic findings in patients with C3 glomerulopathy. These important studies add…
Read on PubMed• February 2013
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Neuropathologic Correlates Of Cognition In A Population-Based Sample
Many cognitively normal older adults have underlying neuropathologic changes of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), vascular brain injury (VBI), or Lewy body…
Read on PubMed• January 2013
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Conditional Tat Protein Expression In The GT-Tg Bigenic Mouse Brain Induces Gray Matter Density Reductions
Tat (Trans-activator of transcription) is implicated in the neuropathogenesis of HIV-1 infection and known to contribute to neuronal damage and…
Read on PubMed• December 2012