Background This study aimed to define the causes and associated risks of death compared
with the local general population in Chinese patients with lupus nephritis in the recent era. …

Mammalian or mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine-threonine kinase that plays
essential roles in cell growth, proliferation, metabolism, and survival. Increased activation …

Background Treatment decisions in kidney transplantation requires patients and clinicians
to weigh the benefits and harms of a broad range of medical and surgical interventions, but …

Background Delayed graft function (DGF) is an established complication after donation after
cardiac death (DCD) kidney transplants, but the impact of DGF on graft outcomes is …

Background Systemic inflammatory response has been shown to play a vital role in
carcinogenesis and tumor progression. Acute rejection is a systemic inflammatory state and may …

Objective. To expand the limited longterm data on sirolimus treatment in patients with lupus
nephritis (LN). Our pilot short-term data suggested efficacy of sirolimus treatment in these …

Objective. We investigated the long-term outcome of patients with proliferative LN treated
with CSs and MMF. Methods. This was a single-centre retrospective study on patients with …

Results In total, 3822 patients were transplanted between 1997 and 2009. Over a follow-up
period of 21,249 person-years (a median duration of 5.3 years [interquartile range, 2.22–8.6 …

Objective. To examine the disease flare rate in lupus nephritis (LN), focusing on renal flares,
and the factors associated with relapse risk in recent years. Methods. We analyzed data on …

Lupus nephritis (LN) leads to chronic kidney disease (CKD) through progressive fibrosis.
Mycophenolate inhibits inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase and is a standard treatment …