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Visit us virtually at ASN Kidney Week 2021!

Here's where you can find NUGoKidney and Northwestern Nephrology fellows and faculty online during this year's digital ASN Kidney Week experience. 


Thursday, November 4th 

Sessions Moderated by NU Nephrology Faculty

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST / 12:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Special Session:  Joint ASN-NAM Plenary: ASN President's Address, Covid-19 Panel
Speaker: Susan Quaggin, MD
Location: Live-Stream
 
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST / 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
Translational Session:  Novel Mechanisms of Organ Cross-Talk in CKD-MBD
Speaker: Aline Martin, PhD
Location: Live-Stream
 
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST / 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
Basic/ Clinical Science Session:  Control of Kidney Development
Speaker: Gal Finer, MD, PhD
Location: Live-Stream 

Oral Abstracts 

Oral Abstract Session: Kidney Transplantation: Breakthroughs from Basic to Translational to Clinical Research

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM CST / 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM EDT 
The Role of Combined Gene Expression Profiling and Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA to Diagnose Acute Rejection in Patients with Acute Allograft Dysfunction 
Contributing Author: Sook Hyeon Park, MD 
Location: Simulive

Posters - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT / 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT | On-demand

Mechanisms of VEGFR3 Signaling in Glomerular Development 
Full details and abstract here.  
AKI in a mouse model of COVID-19: therapeutic potential of a novel soluble ACE2 variant. 
Full details and abstract here. 
ACE2 and TMPRSS2 Co-Localization in Proximal Tubules from Human Kidneys 
Full details and abstract here. 
A popping renal artery 
Full details and abstract here. 
SGLT2 inhibition ameliorates tubular injury with metabolic suppression in very early phase of diet-induced Diabetic Kidney Disease 
Full details and abstract here. 
Difference in Therapeutic Effects Between Roxadustat and Daprodustat, HIF-PH inhibitors, Depending on the Blood Type in Hemodialysis (HD) Patients 
Full details and abstract here. 
Uncovering Mechanisms of Risk-VariantAPOL1-modulated inflammatory Signaling in Macrophages 
Full details and abstract here. 
Admission Sodium and Related Features to Predict Falls in Machine Learning Models 
Full details and abstract here. 
Machine Learning Classification of Tweets for Patient Dialysis Experience 
Full details and abstract here. 
The collapsing variant of FSGS in a patient with HLH due to an Aggressive T Cell Lymphoma  
Full details and abstract here. 
A Case of Mistaken Identity: Alport Syndrome Masquerading as Polycystic Kidney Disease 
Full details and abstract here. 
ANCA-Associated Glomerulonephritis and Vasculitis Following COVID-19 Vaccination in a Patient with Giant Cell Arteritis 
Full details and abstract here 
Navigating Vaccine Hesitancy in a Hemodialysis Clinic 
Full details and abstract here 
Shared Decision-Making Among Older Adults with Advanced CKD 
Full details and abstract here 
Validity of a Simple Equation to Estimate Urine Output in Outpatients with Suspected Nephrolithiasis 
Full details and abstract here 
Machine Learning and Bioinformatics Approaches to Discover Urine Gene Expression Biomarkers for Kidney Transplant Rejection 
Full details and abstract here 
Recurrence of Hypophosphatemia Despite FGF-23 Reduction in Dmp1 Knockout Mice 
Full details and abstract here 
Reduction of Hnf4α Expression in CKD Accelerates Disease Progression 
Full details and abstract here 
Distinct Effects of FGF23, Iron and Phosphate on Mineral Metabolism and Kidney Function in Mice with CKD 
Full details and abstract here 
Trajectory of Gene Expression Profile and Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Before and After Subclinical Acute Rejection 
Full details and abstract here 
Can a Combination of Blood Gene Expression and Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Improve Detection of Acute Rejection in Stable and Unstable Kidney Allograft Recipients? 
Full details and abstract here 
Can Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA or Gene Expression Profile Be Used to Monitor Response to Treatment After Subclinical Acute Rejection? 
Full details and abstract here 
The Role of Combined Gene Expression Profiling and Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA to Diagnose Acute Rejection in Patients with Acute Allograft Dysfunction 
Full details and abstract here 
Pro-Inflammatory Signaling Alters Hematopoiesis in Anemic Mice 
Full details and abstract here 
Stromal Transcription Factor 21 Is Critical for Development of the Interstitium and Nephron Progenitor Cells via Interaction with Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling 
Full details and abstract here 
The Assessment of Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) Fluid Composition in Critically Ill Patients with and Without COVID-19 and AKI 
Full details and abstract here 
NUGoKidney Research Cores: Paving the Way for Breakthroughs in Kidney Therapeutics 
Full details and abstract here 

Preserved Kidney Allograft Function and Unique Urinary Biomarker Profiles in Living Donor Kidney Transplant (LDKT) Patients Tolerized with an Investigational Allo-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Therapy 
Full details and abstract here 

 

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Friday, November 5th 

Sessions Moderated by NU Nephrology Faculty

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST / 1:00PM – 3:00 PM EDT 
Clinical Practice Session:  Usual Suspects: Diagnosing and Managing Common Glomerular Diseases, Including the Michelle P. Winn, MD, Endowed Lectureship  
Moderator: Shikha Wadhwani, MD, MS 
Location: On-Demand 

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST / 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST 
Clinical Practice Session: Going the Extra Mile: Improving Kidney Transplant Allocation, Including the Garabed Eknoyan Endowed Lectureship 

Moderator: John Friedewald, MD 
Location: On-Demand 

Invited Speakers

Basic/Clinical Science Session: Small Giants in the Cell: Organelles in the Kidney World  
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST / 1:00PM – 3:00 PM EDT 
Speaker: Paul DeCaen, PhD 
Location: On-Demand
 
Basic/ Clinical Science Session: Emerging Treatment Paradigms for CKD-MBD: Controversies in Treating CKD-MBD 
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST / 1:00PM – 3:00 PM EDT 
Speaker: Tamara Isakova, MD, MMSc 
Location: On Demand 
 
Basic/ Clinical Science Session: New and Novel Pathways Implicated in the Development of Genetic Kidney Disease: From Linkage to Pathway: Functional Validation of Variants Identified Through Genome-Wide Association Studies 
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST / 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT 
Speaker: Jennie J Lin, MD, MTR 
Location: On-Demand 
 
Event: Transplant 2030: Establishing Equity Within Transplant Centers 
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST / 1:30PM – 3:30 PM EDT 
Speaker: Dinee C Simpson, MD 
Location: Live-Stream 
 
Clinical Practice Session: Renal Biopsy: Clinical Correlations 2021 
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST /  5:00PM – 7:00 PM EDT 
Speaker: Carla Ellis, MD, MS, FCAP 
Location: Livestream  

 

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Saturday, November 6th 

Sessions Moderated by NU Nephrology Faculty 

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST / 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT 
Basic/Clinical Science Session: APOL1 Epidemiology, Causal Mechanisms, and Therapeutics: Are We There Yet?
Moderator: Jennie J Lin, MD, MTR
Location: Livestream 

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST / 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT 
Clinical Practice Session: Cardiovascular Disease in CKD: The Heart of the Matter 
Moderator: Rupal C Mehta, MD 
Location: Livestream 

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST/ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT 
Clinical Practice SessionImproving Interobserver Agreement and Clinical Value of Renal Biopsies, Including the Burton D. Rose, MD, Endowed Lectureship 

Moderator: Carla Ellis, MD, MS, FCAP 
Location: On Demand 


Oral Abstracts

Oral Abstract Session: COVID-19 and Kidney Diseases: From Bedside to Bench 
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CST / 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT 
A Novel Soluble ACE2 Protein Protects from Lethal SARS-CoV-2 Infection 
Contributing Author: Luise Hassler 
Location: Simulive 


Oral Abstract Session: AKI: Repair, Stay Put, or Transition to CKD 
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CST / 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT 
Moderator : Anand Srivastava, MD, MPH 
Differential Role of Endothelial Prolyl-Hydroxylase 1, 2, 3 in AKI 
Contributing Author: Ratnakar Tiwari, PhD 
Location: Simulive 


Posters - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT / 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT | On-demand

A novel soluble ACE2 protein protects from lethal SARS-CoV-2 infection
Full details and abstract here.

Differential Role of Endothelial Prolyl-Hydroxylase 1, 2, 3 in AKI
Full details and abstract here

 

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Publications 

Recurrence of Scleroderma Renal Crisis After Kidney Transplantation (PUB272) 
Authors: Pablo Portocarrero, MBBChCybele Ghossein, MDYashpal Kanwar, MD, PhD 
Full details and abstract here. 
Chronic Milk-Alkali Syndrome 
Authors: Samantha Saggese, PAManal Alotaibi, MBBS  
Full details and abstract here. 
A Case of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis (AAV) in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) 
Authors: Veronica Zamora-Olivencia, MDManal Alotaibi, MBBS 
Full details and abstract here. 
Perineural Cysts in Polycystic Kidney Disease 
Authors: Kana Amari, MDJennifer A Tuazon, MD 
Full details and abstract here. 

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