Podometrics in Japanese Living Donor Kidneys: Associations with Nephron Number, Age, and Hypertension.
Kotaro HaruharaTakaya SasakiNatasha de ZoysaYusuke OkabayashiGo KanzakiIzumi YamamotoIan S HarperVictor G PuellesAkira ShimizuLuise A Cullen-McEwenNobuo TsuboiTakashi YokooJohn F BertramPublished in: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN (2021)
Estimation of the number of nephrons, podocytes, and other podometric parameters in individual kidneys provides new insights into the relationships between these parameters, age, and hypertension in the kidney. This approach might be of considerable value in evaluating the kidney in health and disease.