Dwomoa Adu

TL;DR: This joint statement from the International Society of Nephrology, European Renal Association and American Society of Nephrology, supported by three other regional nephrology societies, advocates for the inclusion of kidney disease in the current WHO statement on major non-communicable disease drivers of premature mortality.

TL;DR: The working group identified the need to raise awareness of the role of developmental programming in renal disease, and suggests locally adapted preventive strategies that could have long-term benefits on health and heath cost savings worldwide, integrating obstetrical, neonatal and nephrology perspectives.

TL;DR: The need to act early to prevent CKD and other related noncommunicable diseases later in life by reducing low birth weight, small for gestational age, prematurity, and low nephron numbers at birth through coordinated interventions is highlighted.

TL;DR: It is found that TRAP150 co-localizes with splicing factors in nuclear speckles, and is required for pre-mRNA splicing and activates splicing in vivo, and represents a multi-functional protein involved in nuclear mRNA metabolism.