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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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Can fecal calprotectin serve as a screen for necrotizing enterocolitis in infants?
Researchers are debating if fecal calprotectin results are useful for infant patients, especially in screening for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Currently,…
Read on PubMed• January 2026
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An Unusual Presentation of IgA Vasculitis and IgA Nephropathy: A Case Report
Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy is the most common glomerulonephritis worldwide. While IgA nephropathy mainly presents with renal manifestations, systemic symptoms…
Read Publication• January 2026
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Trial of Pegcetacoplan in C3 Glomerulopathy and Immune-Complex MPGN
Dr. Walker is a middle author on this important New England Journal of Medicine paper from the VALIANT trial. This…
Read on PubMed• December 2025
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The Growing Challenge of Inadequate Kidney Biopsies: Quantifying the Problem and Impact to Nephropathology Practice
A kidney biopsy is critical for the diagnosis and management of medical renal disease, yet biopsy adequacy has become a…
Download PDF• October 2025
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HIV-1 Tat Impairment of Mitochondrial Respiration via Complexes I and II Can Be Ameliorated by Allopregnanolone in Opioid-Exposed or Opioid-Naïve Cells and Mice
HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders are prevalent despite antiretroviral intervention. Some HIV virotoxins, such as the trans-activator of transcription (Tat), are not…
Read on PubMed• August 2025
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Ionic Liquid Coating-Driven Nanoparticle Delivery to the Brain: Applications for NeuroHIV
Delivering cargo to the central nervous system (CNS) remains a pharmacological challenge. For infectious diseases such as HIV, the CNS…
Read on PubMed• August 2025
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Renal Pathology Society/International Kidney and Monoclonal Gammopathy Research Group consensus on pathologic definitions and terminology of monoclonal gammopathy-associated kidney lesions
This article reports on a consensus effort by the Renal Pathology Society and International Kidney and Monoclonal Gammopathy Research Group…
Read on PubMed• July 2025
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Spectrum of Kidney Pathology in Patients With Syphilis
This study is the largest cohort published of patients with kidney diseases associated with syphilis. It found that syphilis can…
Read on PubMed• July 2025
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Detection and Characterization of NELL1 Autoantibodies in NELL1 Positive Membranous Nephropathy
The study describes new lab tests that can be used to monitor people with a kidney disease called NELL1-associated membranous…
Read on PubMed• June 2025
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Kidney Biopsy Findings in People With Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis
This study looked at kidney problems in people who have a type of fatty liver disease called MASH (metabolic dysfunction–associated…
Read on PubMed• June 2025