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Kshama Mehta

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Mehta K, Hussein W, Leuther K, Fegler A, Schiller B, Bennett P
J Ren Care . 2024 May; 50(4):365-375. PMID: 38734873
Background And Objective: Starting dialysis is a life-changing transition for people living with kidney disease. People feel overwhelmed with diet changes, medications and surgical interventions, and often experience high levels...
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Tao J, Mariani L, Eddy S, Maecker H, Kambham N, Mehta K, et al.
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol . 2020 May; 15(7):973-982. PMID: 32354727
Background And Objectives: IgA nephropathy is the most common primary glomerular disease in the world. Marked by mesangial inflammation and proliferation, it generally leads to progressive kidney fibrosis. As the...
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Tao J, Mariani L, Eddy S, Maecker H, Kambham N, Mehta K, et al.
Kidney Int . 2018 Aug; 94(4):795-808. PMID: 30093081
Focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (FSGS) is a devastating disease with limited treatment options and poor prognosis. Activated JAK-STAT signaling has been implicated in other kidney diseases. Since new technologies allow...
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Lafayette R, Canetta P, Rovin B, Appel G, Novak J, Nath K, et al.
J Am Soc Nephrol . 2016 Nov; 28(4):1306-1313. PMID: 27821627
IgA nephropathy frequently leads to progressive CKD. Although interest surrounds use of immunosuppressive agents added to standard therapy, several recent studies have questioned efficacy of these agents. Depleting antibody-producing B...
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Nargund P, Kambham N, Mehta K, Lafayette R
Clin Nephrol . 2015 Oct; 84(6):323-30. PMID: 26445002
Background: A recent classification of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) utilizes the presence of immunoglobulin and complements to simplify diagnosis and point towards disease etiology. Here, we evaluate a historic cohort of...
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Hogan J, Bomback A, Mehta K, Canetta P, Rao M, Appel G, et al.
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol . 2013 Sep; 8(12):2072-81. PMID: 24009220
Background And Objectives: Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) has shown efficacy as primary and secondary therapy for nephrotic syndrome due to membranous nephropathy. The data on using ACTH to treat idiopathic FSGS...
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Zhu Y, Colak T, Shenoy M, Liu L, Mehta K, Pai R, et al.
Mol Pain . 2012 Sep; 8:65. PMID: 22963239
Background: Transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) is upregulated in chronic inflammation, where it plays a key role in wound healing and promoting fibrosis. However, little is known about the peripheral...
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Zhu Y, Mehta K, Li C, Xu G, Liu L, Colak T, et al.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol . 2011 Nov; 302(1):G176-81. PMID: 22038828
We have previously shown that pancreatic sensory neurons in rats with chronic pancreatitis (CP) display increased excitability associated with a decrease in transient inactivating potassium currents (I(A)), thus accounting in...
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Guo J, Pasricha N, Shenoy M, Liu L, Mehta K, Pasricha P
Surg Endosc . 2011 Oct; 26(3):747-53. PMID: 22002201
Background: Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) and laparoendoscopic single-port surgery (LESS) are emerging approaches to abdominal surgery that have been advocated as potentially causing fewer physiologic derangements and less...
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Liu L, Li Q, Sapolsky R, Liao M, Mehta K, Bhargava A, et al.
PLoS One . 2011 May; 6(5):e19498. PMID: 21589865
Aims: A disturbance of the brain-gut axis is a prominent feature in functional bowel disorders (such as irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia) and psychological abnormalities are often implicated in...