Kidney Diseases: Molecular Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Strategies—3rd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 612
Special Issue Editor
Interests: kidney fibrosis; glomerulosclerosis; diabetic nephropathy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The number of patients with chronic kidney disease is growing exponentially worldwide, affecting up to 14% of the adult population. A wide range of damaging factors (e.g., immunological causes, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and acute kidney injury) cause inflammation and scarring in the kidney. Due to the high prevalence of chronic kidney disease and its progression to renal failure regardless of etiology, it is important to better understand the underlying pathomechanisms.
Unraveling new molecular pathways that participate in disease progression is essential in order to develop better therapeutic strategies. Key topics cover acute renal failure, chronic kidney diseases, especially diabetic kidney disease and hypertensive nephropathy, glomerulopathies, renal aspects of autoimmune diseases, kidney fibrosis, polycystic kidney disease, obstructive uropathy, and cardiovascular complications related to kidney diseases. This Special Issue aims to present novel experimental and clinical aspects of the pathogenesis and treatment.
Dr. Gábor Kökény
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- kidney fibrosis
- chronic kidney disease
- gene expression
- acute kidney injury
- inflammation
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