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
(478 Results)
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Gene Expression Profiling In Kidney Transplants With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated Adverse Events
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are increasingly used to treat various malignancies, but their application in patients with kidney transplants is complicated…
Read on PubMed• September 2021
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Membranous Nephropathy With Extensive Tubular Basement Membrane Deposits Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant: A Report of 5 Cases
Tubular basement membrane (TBM) deposits are very uncommon in non-lupus membranous nephropathy.
Read on PubMed• September 2021
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Nephrology Lagging Behind In Machine Learning Utilization
In this issue ofKidney Medicine, Verma et al highlights the underuse of machine learning as a research tool in the…
Read on National Kidney Foundation• September 2021
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The Clinical Significance Of Receiving A Kidney Allograft From Deceased Donor With Chronic Histologic Changes
In this report, we explored the reasons behind this guarded outcome with a special focus on the role of alloimmunity.
Read on PubMed• September 2021
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Glomerular Disease In Temporal Association To SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination: A Series of 29 Cases
Immune responses to vaccination are a known trigger for a new onset of glomerular disease or disease flare in susceptible…
Read on PubMed• August 2021
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Histological Evaluation Of Vaginal Cavity Remnants Excised During Neourethral Stricture Repair In Transgender Men
Objective:To determine the prevalence of patients who require vaginal cavity remnant excision and obliteration during neourethral stricture repair and to…
Read on PubMedSchardein JN, Li G, Zaccarini DJ, Caza TN, Nikolavsky D •
• August 2021
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A Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study Defines The Spectrum Of Kidney Pathology In Coronavirus 2019 Disease (Covid-19)
Kidney failure is common in patients with Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19), resulting in increased morbidity and mortality.
Read on PubMed• August 2021
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Deep-Learning-Driven Quantification Of Interstitial Fibrosis In Digitized Kidney Biopsies
Interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IFTA) on a renal biopsy are strong indicators of disease chronicity and prognosis.
Read on PubMed• August 2021
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In Vivo Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Detection Of Metabolite Abnormalities In Aged Tat-Transgenic Mouse Brain
Most individuals living with HIV in the USA are over 45 years old and are vulnerable to the combined effects…
Read on PubMed• August 2021
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Transforming Growth Factor Beta Receptor 3 (TGFBR3)–Associated Membranous Nephropathy
Membranous lupus nephritis (MLN) comprises 10%15% of lupus nephritis and increases morbidity and mortality of patients with SLE through complications…
Read on Kidney360• August 2021
