Featured Publications
Smartphone-Based Machine Learning Model for Real-Time Assessment of Medical… Smartphone-Based Machine Learning Model for…
We developed a machine learning model to perform binary classification of smartphone images of kidney biopsy tissue,…
We developed a machine learning model to perform binary classification of smartphone images of kidney biopsy tissue, based on the amount of cortex. The model was developed on smartphone images of 747 kidney biopsy cores from deceased donor kidneys,…
Cure Glomerulonephropathy Pathology Classification and Core Scoring Criteria,… Cure Glomerulonephropathy Pathology Classification…
Cure Glomerulonephropathy (CureGN) is an observational cohort study of patients with minimal change disease (MCD),…
Cure Glomerulonephropathy (CureGN) is an observational cohort study of patients with minimal change disease (MCD), focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), membranous nephropathy (MN), or IgA nephropathy. We developed a conventional,…
Clinical and Histopathologic Characteristics of Pediatric Patients With Primary… Clinical and Histopathologic Characteristics of…
Primary membranous nephropathy (PMN) is uncommon in children. Therefore, data on the clinical course of affected…
Primary membranous nephropathy (PMN) is uncommon in children. Therefore, data on the clinical course of affected children are scarce. In recent years, several novel antigens have been implicated in the pathogenesis of PMN. However, the…
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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Adult Changes In Thought Study: Dementia Is An Individually Varying Convergent Syndrome With Prevalent Clinically Silent Diseases That May Be Modified By Some Commonly Used Therapeutics
The Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) study is a longitudinal population-based prospective cohort study of brain aging and incident dementia…
Read on PubMed• July 2012
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Brain Expression Genome-Wide Association Study (eGWAS) Identifies Human Disease-Associated Variants
Genetic variants that modify brain gene expression may also influence risk for human diseases. We measured expression levels of 24,526…
Read on PubMed• June 2012
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Occult Tumors Presenting With Negative Imaging: Analysis Of The Literature
Some patients presenting with neurological symptoms and normal findings on imaging studies may harbor occult brain tumors that are undetectable…
Read on PubMed• June 2012
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Extensive Extramedullary Disease Involving The Colon In Multiple Myeloma: A Case Report And Review Of Literature
Organ involvement in multiple myeloma (MM) is characterized by infiltrative disease or by a myelomatous mass known as a plasmacytoma.
Read on PubMed• June 2012
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Persistent Or New Onset Microscopic Hematuria In Patients With Small Vessel Vasculitis In Remission: Findings On Renal Biopsy
Hematuria is considered a sign of active renal disease in patients with small-vessel vasculitis. In patients who are in apparent…
Read on PubMed• June 2012
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Expression Of Kallikrein-Related Peptidase 7 Predicts Poor Prognosis In Patients With Unresectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Kallikrein-related peptidase 7 (KLK7) is overexpressed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC). The aims of this study were to examine the…
Read on PubMed• May 2012
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Intra-Glomerular Metastases
A 55-year-old Caucasian man was referred for evaluation of worsening renal failure.
Read on Kidney International• May 2012
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Congenital Megaconial Myopathy Due To A Novel Defect In The Choline Kinase Beta Gene
To describe the first American patient with a congenital muscle dystrophy characterized by the presence in muscle of gigantic mitochondria…
Read on PubMed• May 2012
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Correlation Of Alzheimer Disease Neuropathologic Changes With Cognitive Status: A Review Of The Literature
Clinicopathologic correlation studies are critically important for the field of Alzheimer disease (AD) research. Studies on human subjects with autopsy…
Read on PubMed• May 2012
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HIV-Associated Nephropathy Patients With And Without Apolipoprotein L1 Gene Variants Have Similar Clinical And Pathological Characteristics
Recently, an association was found between nondiabetic kidney disease in African Americans and two independent sequence variants in the APOL1…
Read on PubMed• April 2012
