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
(511 Results)
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Proteomic atlas of T cell exhaustion defines proteostatic collapse
What is this study about?T cell exhaustion is a big reason cancer immunotherapies stop working, but most of what we…
Read on Cell• October 2026
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SEISMIC: A Multistakeholder Summit Addressing Access Issues in Diagnosis and Treatment of C3G Nephropathy and IC-MPGN
What is this report about?C3G and IC-MPGN are ultrarare kidney diseases driven by overactivation of the alternative complement pathway, and…
Read on KIReports• October 2026
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Clinicopathologic and Outcome Characteristics of Glomerulopathy With Striated Deposits: A Case Series
What is this study about?Glomerulopathy with striated deposits (GSD) is a very rare kidney disease defined by deposits with a…
Read on AJKD• October 2026
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Kikuchi-Fujimoto-Like Renal Involvement in Autoimmune Disease
What is this study about?Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease (KFD) is a rare, self-limiting condition that mainly affects lymph nodes. It causes a…
Read on KIReports• September 2026
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Clinical and Histopathologic Spectrum of Primary Nonfunction in Renal Allografts
What is this study about?Primary nonfunction (PNF) is one of the worst outcomes in kidney transplant. It’s a subset of…
Read on KIReports• August 2026
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Severe Class III Lupus Nephritis With Concurrent Thrombotic Microangiopathy and Suspected Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Requiring Complement Blockade: A Complex Multisystem Presentation
What is this case about?Lupus nephritis (LN) is a common complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but when it shows…
Read on PubMed• August 2026
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Quantitative Serological Detection of NELL1 Autoantibodies in Membranous Nephropathy
Membranous nephropathy (MN) has multiple subtypes, each driven by a different target antigen. One of the less common subtypes involves…
Read on PubMed• June 2026
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Pulmonary-renal Syndrome Caused by an Overlap Systemic Lupus Erythematosus/Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Vasculitis Syndrome in the Setting of Immune Complex-mediated Glomerulonephritis in a Patient with COVID-19 Infection
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 continues to be a global public health issue. Kidney…
Read on PubMed• June 2026
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Multiplexed Detection of Membranous Nephropathy Antigens by Multi-Reaction Monitoring Mass Spectrometry
Membranous nephropathy (MN) is a kidney disease where the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks proteins in the kidney’s filtration barrier.…
Read on KIReports• June 2026
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Clinical and Histologic Predictors of Non-Diabetic Kidney Disease in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
Researchers looked at nearly 50,000 kidney biopsy records from diabetic patients collected between 2001 and 2024. They wanted to understand…
Read on PubMed• April 2026
