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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Renal Cortical Infarction Following Treatment With Sumatriptan In A Kidney Allograft Recipient
Renal cortical infarction is a rare cause of acute kidney injury that results from inadequate blood flow to the kidney,…
Read on PubMed• February 2013
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Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma Of The Neck With T(6;8) Translocation: Report Of A Case And Literature Review
Spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma is an uncommon subtype of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. Found almost exclusively in children, these tumors are classically located…
Read on PubMed• February 2013
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Redefining C3 Glomerulopathy: ‘C3 Only’ Is A Bridge Too Far
We read with interest the recent articles highlighting the clinicopathologic findings in patients with ‘C3 glomerulopathy’. These important studies add…
Read on PubMed• February 2013
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Neuropathologic Correlates Of Cognition In A Population-Based Sample
Many cognitively normal older adults have underlying neuropathologic changes of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), vascular brain injury (VBI), or Lewy body…
Read on PubMed• January 2013
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Conditional Tat Protein Expression In The GT-Tg Bigenic Mouse Brain Induces Gray Matter Density Reductions
Tat (Trans-activator of transcription) is implicated in the neuropathogenesis of HIV-1 infection and known to contribute to neuronal damage and…
Read on PubMed• December 2012
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Membranous Glomerulonephritis Is A Manifestation Of Igg4-Related Disease
IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic immune-mediated disease that typically manifests as fibro-inflammatory masses that can affect nearly any organ…
Read on PubMed• December 2012
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Bk Polyoma Virus Nephropathy In The Native Kidney
While BK polyoma virus nephropathy (PVN) is a well-recognized cause of renal allograft dysfunction, PVN of native kidneys is likely…
Read on PubMed• December 2012
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Association Of IgG Co-Deposition With Serum Levels Of Galactose-Deficient Iga1 In Pediatric Iga Nephropathy
To determine whether the absence of mesangial IgG deposits is associated with the absence of elevated blood levels of galactose-deficient…
Read on PubMed• December 2012
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IgG4-Related Tubulointerstitial Nephritis With Plasma Cell-Rich Renal Arteritis
Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related tubulointerstitial nephritis is a newly recognized clinicopathologic entity that may occur as an isolated renal lesion or…
Read on PubMed• December 2012
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Common Genetic Variants In The CLDN2 And PRSS1-PRSS2 Loci Alter Risk For Alcohol-Related And Sporadic Pancreatitis
Pancreatitis is a complex, progressively destructive inflammatory disorder. Alcohol was long thought to be the primary causative agent, but genetic…
Read on PubMed• December 2012
