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@elonmusk I think you mean GLP-1 receptor agonists, not GLP inhibitors.

Nothing would do more to improve the health, lifespan and quality of life for Americans than making GLP inhibitors super low cost to the public. Nothing else is even close.

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@JohnBrealey Any helpful immunofluorescence data? Do they stain for fibrinogen or show any immunoglobulin staining to support paraprotein?

#renalpath 70F w high globulin count + severe AKI, Renal Bx. #electronmicroscopy shows abundant cylindrical structures in tubular casts. By EM, it looks like cryofibrinogen. A glom is unremarkable. My understanding is cryofibrinogen is typically found in glom loops. Any thoughts?

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@JohnBrealey They look like uric acid crystals to me.

Can anyone identify these crystals? 80M, native kidney bx for investigation of paraprotein. Patient has had a gout flare. I suspect the material is uric acid but would like confirmation. I think the material has been intraluminal and now surrounded by injured epithelial cells.

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An important new study is out. Baseline findings from the NIH's longitudinal, intramural Long COVID study — perhaps the most detailed, controlled, comprehensive investigation of multiple health metrics in this setting thus far conducted — were just published in @AnnalsIM A🧵 1/

Digital spatial profiling of #collapsing_glomerulopathy doi.org/10.1016/j.kint… @kelsmith_path @podocytes

Happy to announce the first digital spatial profiling (DSP) study of collapsing glomerulopathy performed on clinical human kidney biopsies published online in @Kidney_Int! Another great collaboration with @kelsmith_path: kidney-international.org/article/S0085-… (1/10)

Lost another patient today because we don't have enough staff to do dialysis in Seattle hospitals. As doctors we're asked to "prioritize" daily i.e. guess who might live without treatment. Simple solution: pay nursing staff a living wage and get rid of for profit healthcare.

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@JZRenalPath I would be suspicious for DHA, too. How far out is patient from transplant?

Bx for DGF status post LRRT for presumed diabetic nephropathy. Crystalline nephropathy with brown polarizable crystals. I'm suspicious for 2,8-dihydroxyadeninuria (DHA). Also could be funny oxalate. thoughts? #renalpath #nephropath

@JeanHouMD Did you stain for DNAJB9 to exclude Congo red positive fibrillary glomerulonephritis?

Lemons to lemonade: 67 yo M w/ HTN and 1.7 g protein. Secondary FSGS, next case? NOPE. Rare gloms for LM; huh, silver negative stuff in mesangium? NO gloms for IF, cut deeper, found ONE. IgG-kappa. Congo red positive. ONE sclerosed glom for EM, used it. Amyloid, the biopsy ninja.

@michi_shinohara I am so sorry, Michi. My thoughts are with you and your family.