Research Progress in Kidney Diseases

A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2026 | Viewed by 55

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Dear Colleagues,

Kidney diseases (KDs) are known worldwide from the bench to the bedside, but they are a hard theme to approach with one single point of view. In this sense, a selection of translational studies would support the medical science community to better understand the complex network of the renal failure process, its management, and potential treatment targets. This Special Issue will offer a comprehensive overview of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and acute kidney injury (AKI). It will include many areas in nephrology research and its correlated fields, such clinical parameters and biomarkers, molecular biology applied to KD diagnosis, and basic research on and innovation in nephrology. Manuscripts should address such topics as cardiovascular disease in CKD patients, diabetes, kidney disease, palliative care in CKD, biochemical tests for evaluation and prognostics in CKD, renal replacement therapies, and artificial intelligence (AI) applied to clinical routines. Hemodialysis and treatment advances in renal replacement therapy (RRT) used to replace the capacity of blood filtration, which is completely lost in end-stage renal disease (ESRD), are also welcome in this Special Issue.

Dr. Ane Claudia Fernandes Nunes
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Keywords

  • chronic kidney disease
  • acute kidney injury
  • hemodialysis
  • nephrology
  • renal failure
  • hypertension
  • diabetes
  • molecular genetics

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