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
(483 Results)
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HBEGF Promotes Gliomagenesis In The Context Of Ink4a/Arf And Pten loss
Heparin-binding epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like growth factor (HBEGF) is a ligand for the EGF receptor (EGFR), one of the most…
Read on PubMed• August 2017
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Collapsing Glomerulopathy: A 30-Year Perspective And Single, Large Center Experience
Collapsing glomerulopathy (CGP) is a pattern of kidney injury seen on renal biopsy with multiple associations and etiologies.
Read on PubMed• August 2017
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Membranous Glomerulopathy With Light Chain-Restricted Deposits: A Clinicopathological Analysis Of 28 Cases
Membranous glomerulopathy (MG) is a common cause of nephrotic syndrome that results from the formation of immune complexes along the…
Read on PubMed• July 2017
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Transethnic Genome-Wide Scan Identifies Novel Alzheimer’s Disease Loci
Introduction: Genetic loci for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have been identified in whites of European ancestry, but the genetic architecture of AD…
Read on PubMed• July 2017
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Medullary Angiitis And Pauci-Immune Crescentic Glomerulonephritis
Although almost all pathological diagnoses made from a native kidney biopsy come from careful examination of the renal cortex, certain…
Read on PubMed• July 2017
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Rash And Hepatosplenomegaly In A Newborn
A newborn male infant, with an estimated gestational age of 35 weeks, was born via spontaneous vaginal delivery to a 28-year-old…
Read on PubMed• June 2017
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Effectiveness And Safety Of Two 18-Gauge Needle Types On Native And Allograft Renal Biopsies
Percutaneous biopsy is a key diagnostic tool for both native and allograft kidney diseases.
Read on PubMed• June 2017
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Selective Vulnerability Of Striatal D2 Versus D1 Dopamine Receptor-Expressing Medium Spiny Neurons In HIV-1 Tat Transgenic Male Mice
Despite marked regional differences in HIV susceptibility within the CNS, there has been surprisingly little exploration into the differential vulnerability…
Read on PubMed• May 2017
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ABCC9 Gene Polymorphism Is Associated With Hippocampal Sclerosis Of Aging Pathology
Hippocampal sclerosis of aging (HS-Aging) is a high-morbidity brain disease in the elderly but risk factors are largely unknown.
Read on PubMed• April 2017
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Conditional Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transactivator Of Transcription Protein Expression Induces Depression-Like Effects And Oxidative Stress
The prevalence of major depression in those with HIV/AIDS is substantially higher than in the general population. Mechanisms underlying this…
Read on PubMed• April 2017
