Featured Publications
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.

All Publications
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Age-Related Neuroendocrine, Cognitive, And Behavioral Co-Morbidities Are Promoted By Hiv-1 Tat Expression In Male Mice
In the U.S. about half of the HIV-infected individuals are aged 50 and older. In men living with HIV, secondary…
Read on PubMed• October 2022
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HIV-1 Tat Upregulates The Receptor For Advanced Glycation End Products And Superoxide Dismutase-2 In The Heart Of Transgenic Mice
Cardiovascular disorder (CVD) is a common comorbidity in people living with HIV (PLWH). Although the underlying mechanisms are unknown, virotoxic…
Read on MDPI• October 2022
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Traditional Indigenous Medicines Are An Etiologic Consideration For NELL1-positive Membranous Nephropathy
Traditional indigenous medicines (TIM) are founded on ancient historical practice. These medications are obtained over the counter, vary in composition,…
Read on PubMed• September 2022
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Independent Actions By Hiv-1 Tat And Morphine To Increase Recruitment Of Monocyte-Derived Macrophages Into The Brain In A Region-Specific Manner
Despite advances in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), approximately one-half of people infected with HIV (PWH) experience neurocognitive…
Read on PubMed• September 2022
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Urine Uromodulin As A Biomarker Of Kidney Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis
Uromodulin, produced exclusively in the kidney’s thick ascending limb, is a biomarker of kidney tubular health. However, the relationship between…
Read on PubMed• August 2022
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C3 Glomerulopathy Associated With Both Hypertensive Retinopathy And Purtscher-Like Retinopathy
This article reports the case of a 21-year-old woman with both hypertensive retinopathy and Purtscher-like retinopathy in association with C3…
Read on PubMed• August 2022
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The Alternative Pathway Is Necessary and Sufficient for Complement Activation by Anti-THSD7A Autoantibodies, Which Are Predominantly IgG4 in Membranous Nephropathy
Membranous nephropathy (MN) is an immune kidney disease characterized by glomerular subepithelial immune complexes (ICs) containing antigen, IgG, and products…
Read on PubMed• July 2022
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18F-MK-6240 tau-PET In Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia
Tau is one of several proteins associated with frontotemporal dementia. While knowing which protein is causing a patient’s disease is…
Read on PubMed• June 2022
