Kidney Biopsy Findings in Patients with COVID-19

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Authors

Satoru Kudose · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Ibrahim Batal · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Dominick Santoriello · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Katherine Xu · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Jonathan Barasch · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Yonatan Peleg · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Pietro A. Canetta

Abstract

Patients with COVID-19 develop a wide spectrum of glomerular and tubular diseases. Our findings provide evidence against direct viral infection of the kidneys as the major pathomechanism for COVID-19-related kidney injury and implicate cytokine-mediated effects and heightened adaptive immune responses.

Topics & Keywords

Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 1959-1968

DOI: 10.1681/asn.2020060802

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