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Carmen Avila-Casado
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Latest papers
Depletion of renal cortical collecting duct-secreted PCSK9 in early proteinuria prevents sustained nephrotic syndrome-related hypercholesterolemia.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology · 2026
Postoperative Bilateral Renal Cortical Necrosis Secondary to Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2025
A case-based narrative review of pregnancy-associated atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome/complement-mediated thrombotic microangiopathy
Kidney International · 2024
Latest funding
- $623,192
Adiponectin Signaling Pathways and Kidney Disease Progression
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
21 publications.
Depletion of renal cortical collecting duct-secreted PCSK9 in early proteinuria prevents sustained nephrotic syndrome-related hypercholesterolemia.
Molina-Jijon E, Zavala-Guevara IP, Gambut S, Gomez-Sierra T, Avila-Casado C, Macé C, Clement LC
Postoperative Bilateral Renal Cortical Necrosis Secondary to Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Jdiaa SS, Avila-Casado C, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Jauhal A
A case-based narrative review of pregnancy-associated atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome/complement-mediated thrombotic microangiopathy
Michael Che, Sarah Margaret Moran, Richard J. Smith, Kevin Y. M. Ren, Graeme N. Smith, M. Khaled Shamseddin, Carmen Ávila-Casado, Jocelyn S. Garland
Kidney biopsies among persons living in hotspots of CKDu: a position statement from the International Society of Nephrology’s Consortium of Collaborators on CKDu
Wijewickrama E, Behera S, Garcia P, Avila-Casado C, Caplin B, Paolo VS, Courville K, Friedman D, Madero M, Jha V
Histologic and Clinical Factors Associated with Kidney Outcomes in IgA Vasculitis Nephritis.
Barbour SJ, Coppo R, Er L, Pillebout E, Russo ML, Alpers CE, Fogo AB, Ferrario F, Jennette JC, Roberts ISD, Cook HT, Ding J, Su B, Zhong X, Fervenza FC, Zand L, Peruzzi L, Lucchetti L, Katafuchi R, Shima Y, Yoshikawa N, Ichikawa D, Suzuki Y, Murer L, Wyatt RJ, Park C, Nelson RD, Narus JH, Wenderfer S, Geetha D, Daugas E, Monteiro RC, Nakatani S, Mastrangelo A, Nuutinen M, Koskela M, Weber LT, Hackl A, Pohl M, Pecoraro C, Tsuboi N, Yokoo T, Takafumi I, Fujimoto S, Conti G, Santoro D, Materassi M, Zhang H, Shi S, Liu ZH, Tesar V, Maixnerova D, Avila-Casado C, Bajema I, Barreca A, Becker JU, Comstock JM, Cornea V, Eldin K, Hernandez LH, Hou J, Joh K, Lin M, Messias N, Muda AO, Pagni F, Diomedi-Camassei F, Tokola H, D'Armiento M, Seidl M, Rosenberg A, Sannier A, Soares MF, Wang S, Zeng C, Haas M
Lipoprotein glomerulopathy with membranoproliferative pattern in a patient with cholestatic liver disease-lesson for the clinical nephrologist.
Rao Ullur A, Avila-Casado C, Agrawal V, Kaushal A
Cytokine storm-based mechanisms for extrapulmonary manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Del Nogal Avila M, Das R, Kharlyngdoh J, Molina-Jijon E, Donoro Blazquez H, Gambut S, Crowley M, Crossman DK, Gbadegesin RA, Chugh SS, Chugh SS, Avila-Casado C, Macé C, Clement LC, Chugh SS
IgA Nephropathy: Core Curriculum 2021
Prapa Pattrapornpisut, Carmen Ávila-Casado, Heather N. Reich
Ultrastructural Characterization of Proteinuric Patients Predicts Clinical Outcomes
Virginie Royal, Jarcy Zee, Qian Liu, Carmen Ávila-Casado, Abigail R. Smith, Gang Liu, Laura H. Mariani, Stephen M. Hewitt, Lawrence B. Holzman, Brenda W. Gillespie, Jeffrey B. Hodgin, Laura M. C. Barisoni
Secretion of the epithelial sodium channel chaperone PCSK9 from the cortical collecting duct links sodium retention with hypercholesterolemia in nephrotic syndrome.
Molina-Jijon E, Gambut S, Macé C, Avila-Casado C, Clement LC
Adiponectin Signaling Pathways and Kidney Disease Progression
Principal investigators: Scholey, James W
Keywords: Adiponectin; Ampk; Angiotensin; Camp; Diabetes; Kidney; Nadph Oxidase
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Daniel Cattran and Heather Reich: 80 shared papers
- Joan Wither and Zahi Touma: 69 shared papers
- Michelle Hladunewich and Heather Reich: 65 shared papers
- Michelle Hladunewich and Daniel Cattran: 63 shared papers
- James Scholey and Heather Reich: 44 shared papers
- Michelle Hladunewich and Adeera Levin: 30 shared papers
- Paul Fortin and Joan Wither: 26 shared papers
- Paul Fortin and Zahi Touma: 18 shared papers
- James Scholey and Daniel Cattran: 13 shared papers
- James Scholey and Rohan John: 13 shared papers
- Heather Reich and Paul Fortin: 12 shared papers
- Heather Reich and Adeera Levin: 12 shared papers
- James Scholey and Joan Wither: 11 shared papers
- Daniel Cattran and Adeera Levin: 8 shared papers
- Michelle Hladunewich and Arenn Jauhal: 7 shared papers
- Heather Reich and Rohan John: 7 shared papers
- Heather Reich and Carmen Avila-Casado: 5 shared papers
- Heather Reich and Arenn Jauhal: 5 shared papers
- Heather Reich and Zahi Touma: 4 shared papers
- Zahi Touma and Arenn Jauhal: 4 shared papers
- Suman Behera and Adeera Levin: 3 shared papers
- Rohan John and Abhijat Kitchlu: 3 shared papers
- James Scholey and Carmen Avila-Casado: 2 shared papers
- Paul Fortin and Carmen Avila-Casado: 2 shared papers
- Joan Wither and Carmen Avila-Casado: 2 shared papers
- Suman Behera and Carmen Avila-Casado: 1 shared paper
- Michelle Hladunewich and Graeme Smith: 1 shared paper
- Michelle Hladunewich and Peter Juni: 1 shared paper
- Michelle Hladunewich and Qian Liu: 1 shared paper
- Michelle Hladunewich and Carmen Avila-Casado: 1 shared paper
- Daniel Cattran and Peter Juni: 1 shared paper
- Daniel Cattran and Carmen Avila-Casado: 1 shared paper
- Daniel Cattran and Virginie Royal: 1 shared paper
- Heather Reich and Peter Juni: 1 shared paper
- Heather Reich and Qian Liu: 1 shared paper
- Heather Reich and Michael Crump: 1 shared paper
- Heather Reich and Abhijat Kitchlu: 1 shared paper
- Heather Reich and Virginie Royal: 1 shared paper
- Graeme Smith and Peter Juni: 1 shared paper
- Graeme Smith and Carmen Avila-Casado: 1 shared paper
- Adeera Levin and Carmen Avila-Casado: 1 shared paper
- Peter Juni and Carmen Avila-Casado: 1 shared paper
- Zahi Touma and Carmen Avila-Casado: 1 shared paper
- Qian Liu and Carmen Avila-Casado: 1 shared paper
- Qian Liu and Virginie Royal: 1 shared paper
- Carmen Avila-Casado and Rohan John: 1 shared paper
- Carmen Avila-Casado and Michael Crump: 1 shared paper
- Carmen Avila-Casado and Arenn Jauhal: 1 shared paper
- Carmen Avila-Casado and Amit Kaushal: 1 shared paper
- Carmen Avila-Casado and Abhijat Kitchlu: 1 shared paper
- Carmen Avila-Casado and Virginie Royal: 1 shared paper
- Michael Crump and Abhijat Kitchlu: 1 shared paper
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
- Centre de recherche ARThrite
- Nephrology
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Applied Computer Science
- Département de pathologie et biologie cellulaire
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Heather Reich
Department of Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2021
Joan Wither
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2018
Paul Fortin
Centre de recherche ARThrite
2 shared papers, latest 2018
Paul Boutros
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2018
James Scholey
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2018
Rohan John
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Michael Crump
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Arenn Jauhal
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Amit Kaushal
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Abhijat Kitchlu
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Virginie Royal
Département de pathologie et biologie cellulaire
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Peter Juni
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Zahi Touma
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Suman Behera
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Qian Liu
Applied Computer Science
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Michelle Hladunewich
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Daniel Cattran
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Graeme Smith
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Adeera Levin
Nephrology
1 shared papers, latest 2024
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