Official Journal of the International Society of Nephrology

Kidney International (KI) is the official journal of the International Society of Nephrology. Under the editorial leadership of Dr. Pierre Ronco (Paris, France), KI is one of the most cited journals in nephrology and widely regarded as the world's premier journal on the development and consequences of kidney disease.

KI offers features with premier benefits for both readers and authors. Here you will find some of the most highly cited original articles in nephrology, sharply focused reviews, latest imaging techniques, controversial discussions and much more.

KI is devoted to kidney research. It aims to inform the researcher, the clinical investigator, and the practicing nephrologist on all aspects of kidney research. These include:
The latest clinical studies on emerging developments in nephrology
The highest level of original research studies in clinical and basic kidney research
Landmark Communications publish concise but complete reports that present high-quality findings of exceptional interest, novelty, transformative value, and broad significance
Nephrology Digest comments on and puts into perspective several areas of new developments in basic and clinical research in nephrology at large, as reported in the recent literature and at scientific meetings
Research Letters report results of studies similar to original investigations that may involve pilot studies, or research focused on a few critical findings
Editorials that highlight important issues in international nephrology
Nephrology sans Frontieres are occasional short articles that discuss matters of local interest to nephrologists around the world, but which we feel need to be known by nephrologists world-wide
In-depth reviews about major issues in kidney research
Controversies on hot topics or debated issues written by two opposing authorities with a summary by the editors
Nephrology Images which are presentations of interesting images in kidney pathology, radiology chosen for their illustrative nature or simply for their esthetic qualities
Policy Forum that features issues of importance to the international renal community including the politics of funding, of organ transplantation, of adequacy of dialysis, of world-wide affordability of end stage patient care and many other topical issues
Journal Club are synopses that bring you the latest research highlights from across a wide spectrum of journals in fields relevant to renal research


Your subscription to Kidney International also includes the companion journal, Kidney International Supplements.

Review
Original Article
Brief Report
Clinical Trials

Editor
Pierre Ronco, MD, PhD
Paris, France Clinical Investigation
Deputy Editor
Brad Rovin, MD
Columbus, Ohio, United States Translational Nephrology
Past Editors
Qais Al-Awqati
New York, New York, United States
Thomas Andreoli
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Saulo Klahr
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Roscoe R. Robinson
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Detlef Schlöndorff
New York, New York, United States
Associate Editors
P. Toby Coates
Adelaide, Australia Transplant and Immunology
Olivier Devuyst
Zurich, Switzerland Physiology, Genetics, Kidney Cancer
Tilman B. Drueke
Paris, France CKD, Hypertension, Nephrolithiasis
Jürgen Floege
Aachen, Germany Glomerulonephritis, CKD-MBD
Agnes B. Fogo, MD
Nashville, Tennessee, United States Clinical and Experimental Renal Pathology
T. Alp Ikizler, MD
Nashville, Tennessee, United States Dialysis, Acute Kidney Injury, Nutrition, Metabolism
Masaomi Nangaku
Bunkyo-Ku, Japan Clinical and Experimental CKD and Diabetic Kidney Disease
Jai Radhakrishnan, MD
New York, New York, United States Editor KIR, Clinical Studies, Images in Nephrology, Make Your Diagnosis
Germaine Wong
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Life Course Epidemiology, Health Economics and Onconephrology
Nephrology Digest Editor
Christina Wyatt
New York, New York, United States
Statisticians
Vic Hasselblad
Jacksonville, Florida
Zhezhen Jin
New York, New York, United States
Joseph Kim
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Yi-Ju Li
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Dorothea Nitsch
London, United Kingdom
Rajasekhar Ramakrishnan
New York, New York, United States
Editorial Office Staff
Patricia Morrissey
Executive Managing Editor, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Susan Small
Managing Editor, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Christine Burgos Clavel
Assistant Managing Editor, Paris, France
Editorial Board
Anupam Agarwal
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Hans Anders
München, Germany
Jonathan Barratt
Leicester, United Kingdom
David Basile
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Ian H. de Boer
Seattle, Washington, United States
Emmanuel A. Burdmann
São Paulo, Brazil
Daniel Cattran
Toronto, Canada
Christos Chatziantoniou
Paris, France
Yi-pu Chen
Beijing, China
Erik Christensen
Aarhus, Denmark
Steven Coca
New York, New York, United States
Terence Cook
London, United Kingdom
Vivette D'Agati
New York, New York, United States
Farhad Danesh
Chicago, Illinois, United States
John Daugirdas
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Andrew Davenport
London, United Kingdom
Marc De Broe
Antwerpen, Belgium
Vikas Dharnidharka
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Kent Doi
Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Zheng Dong
Augusta, Georgia, United States
Adriana Dusso
Oviedo, Spain
Kai-Uwe Eckardt
Berlin, Germany
Somchai Eiam-ong
Bangkok, Thailand
Michael Emmett
Dallas, Texas, United States
Zoltan Endre
Randwick, Australia
Andrew Evan
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Pieter Evenepoel
Leuven, Belgium
Sarah Faubel
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Christian Faul
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Fernando Fervenza
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Steven Fishbane
Mineola, New York, United States
Danilo Fliser
Homburg, Germany
Alessia Fornoni
Miami, Florida, United States
Barry Freedman
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Masafumi Fukagawa
Kanagawa, Japan
Amit X. Garg
London, Ontario, Canada
Vesna D. Garovic
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Richard Glassock
Los Angeles, California, United States
Glenda Gobe
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Goldfarb
New York, New York, United States
Matthew Griffin
Galway, Ireland
Mark Haas
Los Angeles, California, United States
Volker Haase
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
John C. He
New York, New York, United States
Michelle Hladunewich
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Thomas Hostetter
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Chi-yuan Hsu
San Francisco, California, United States
Tobias B. Huber
Freiburg, Germany
Benjamin Humphreys
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Reiko Inagi
Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Jula K. Inrig
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Kirsten Johansen
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Orange, California, United States
Roberto Kalil
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Yashpal S. Kanwar
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Frederick J. Kaskel
Bronx, New York, United States
Krzysztof Kiryluk
New York, New York, United States
A. Richard Kitching
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Jeffrey Kopp
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Matthias Kretzler
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Christian Kurts
Bonn, Germany
Christophe Legendre
Paris, France
Kevin Lemley
Los Angeles, California, United States
Adeera Levin
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Philip K.T. Li
New Territories, Hong Kong
Christoph Licht
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
John Lieske
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Melissa Little
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Jiannong Liu
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Kathleen Liu
San Francisco, California, United States
Youhua Liu
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Zhi-hong Liu
Nanjing, China
Christopher Y. Lu
Dallas, Texas, United States
Friedrich Luft
Berlin, Germany
Matthias Mack
Regensburg, Germany
Johannes Mann
Munchen, Bavaria, Germany
Peter Margetts
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Glen Markowitz
New York, New York, United States
Ziad Massy
Boulogne Billancourt, France
Kunihiro Matsushita
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Rajnish Mehrotra
Seattle, Washington, United States
Timothy Meyer
Stanford, California, United States
Jeffrey Miner
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
William E. Mitch
Houston, Texas, United States
Marcus Moeller
Aachen, Germany
Jeremiah Morrissey
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Rosa Moysés
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Rama Natarajan
Duarte, California, United States
Peter Nelson
Seattle, Washington, United States
David J. Nikolic-Paterson
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
W. Charles O'Neill
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Mark Okusa
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Klaus Olgaard
København, Denmark
Juan Oliver
New York, New York, United States
Ulf Panzer
Hamburg, Germany
Mark Perazella
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Janos Peti-Peterdi
Los Angeles, California, United States
Laura Plantinga
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Martin R. Pollak
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Didier Portilla
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Ambra Pozzi
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Susan Quaggin
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Maria Rastaldi
Milano, Italy
William B. Reeves
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Heather Reich
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jochen Reiser
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Giuseppe Remuzzi
Bergamo, Italy
Sharon Ricardo
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Mariano Rodriguez
Cordoba, Spain
Mitchell H. Rosner
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Michael J. Ross
Bronx, New York, United States
Robert Safirstein
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Frank van der Sande
Maastricht, Netherlands
Simone Sanna-Cherchi
New York, New York, United States
Antonio Santoro
Bologna, Italy
Kai Schmidt-Ott
New York, New York, USA
Stephan Segerer
Aarau, Switzerland
Kumar Sharma
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Katalin Susztak
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Tetsuhiro Tanaka
Bunkyo-Ku, Japan
Sydney C. W. Tang
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Ravi Thadhani
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Joshua Thurman
Denver, Colorado, United States
Jens Titze
Singapore, Singapore
Marcello Tonelli
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Manjeri Venkatachalam
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Carsten Wagner
Zürich, Switzerland
Joel Weinberg
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Matthew R. Weir
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Donald E. Wesson
Dallas, Texas, United States
Christof Westenfelder
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Jack Wetzels
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Adam T. Whaley-Connell
Columbia, Missouri, United States
Myles Wolf
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Keng-Thye Woo
Singapore
Kwan-Dun Wu
Taipei, Taiwan
Suzuki Yusuke
Bunkyo-Ku, Japan
Michael Zeisberg
Gottingen, Germany