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Thomas Robert

@nephrothom.bsky.social

Nephrologist, M.D, Ph.D, Passionate about kidney disease stories, Nephrogenomic, IgA nephropathy, hemodialysis and potassium #NephSky, #MedSky, Marseille

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CKDx is a good start - But can we go further? Presented by Laurent Mesnard Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfaf138

💡 CKDx is a good start — but can we go further?

Réflexion sur les forces et limites de la classification CKDx, et comment pousser plus loin la médecine de précision en néphrologie.

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#Nephrology #Genomics #CKDx #PrecisionMedicine

08.08.2025 19:28 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

A timely and beautifully structured piece! As a nephrologist leading a clinical genomics unit in France, I strongly resonate with your call for a new kind of specialist who can bridge genomic data with kidney medicine.

20.07.2025 07:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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CKDx: a necessary step—but can we go further? Thomas Robert, Mathieu Georget, Yannis Lombardi, Laurent Mesnard; CKDx: a necessary step—but can we go further?, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, , gfa

CKDx: a necessary step—but can we go further? url: academic.oup.com/ndt/article/... @nephroseeker.medsky.social

17.07.2025 18:49 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Effect of haemodialysis on the brain and heart assessed using multiparametric MRI AbstractBackground and Hypothesis. Haemodialysis (HD) patients often develop cognitive impairment, negatively impacting health-related quality of life. We

Very interesting paper ! Effect of haemodialysis on the brain and heart assessed using multiparametric MRI url: academic.oup.com/ndt/article/...

12.07.2025 08:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Before escalating immunosuppression, a repeat biopsy might help clarify the benefit-risk balance. With rising creatinine despite lower proteinuria, it’s key to know if we’re treating activity—or just chronic damage.

03.07.2025 21:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Superior efficacy of empagliflozin and finerenone combination therapy versus monotherapy in patients with CKD and T2DM Nature Reviews Nephrology, Published online: 27 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41581-025-00986-7Superior efficacy of empagliflozin and finerenone combination therapy versus monotherapy in patients with CKD and T2DM
27.06.2025 12:29 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Nephrogenomics, precision medicine and the role of genetic testing in adult kidney disease management Nature Reviews Nephrology, Published online: 16 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41581-025-00970-1This Review examines the use of pangenomic analysis to improve molecular diagnoses in adult nephrology, including available sequencing methods and their applications. The authors also discuss current barriers to translating genetic information into actionable diagnoses, ethical challenges and the key role of multidisciplinary collaboration.
16.06.2025 13:59 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Nephrogenomics, precision medicine and the role of genetic testing in adult kidney disease management - Nature Reviews Nephrology This Review examines the use of pangenomic analysis to improve molecular diagnoses in adult nephrology, including available sequencing methods and their applications. The authors also discuss current ...

🧬 Notre Review sur la néphrogénomique chez l’adulte vient de paraître dans Nature Reviews Nephrology !
➡️ Nous y explorons comment le séquençage reconfigure le diagnostic des néphropathies d’origine indéterminée.
@laurentmesnard
📖 : doi.org/10.1038/s415...

16.06.2025 19:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🥝 Le potassium ne fatigue pas les reins
🚦Mais en cas de maladie rénale, il peut devenir un vrai danger s’il s’accumule.
🟢 Modéré 🟡 À surveiller 🔴 À limiter sévèrement
🍌 🍫 🥝 🍅 🥔… Apprenez à les repérer !
📄 Une fiche claire et pratique.
📥 -->: www.hopital-saint-joseph.fr/image/10579/...

12.06.2025 20:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How hyperkalemia affects the heart: clinical implications Hyperkalemia is a common and potentially life-threatening electrolyte imbalance, especially in patients with chronic kidney disease or in those on medicati

Distinct ECG signatures of hyperkalemia in AKI versus CKD have important clinical implications. Read the full paper here: academic.oup.com/ndt/article/...
#Nephrology #Hyperkalemia #ECG #KidneyDisease

02.06.2025 07:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🔬 Dernière Newsletter Néphrogénomique disponible !
✅ Taux diagnostique trimestriel : 24% 📊
✅ Focus sur les collagénopathies de type IV et l’évolution du concept de syndrome d'Alport 🧬 (COL4A3, COL4A4, COL4A5) #nephrogénomique
www.eurofins-biomnis.com/DOC-Biomnis/...

19.05.2025 09:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oui, l’écart CSP est réel. Mais les catégories INSEE sont assez larges, ne captent pas toute la vulnérabilité sociale. Les données pointent aussi des surmortalités bien plus marquées chez les enfants de familles immigrées ou en grande précarité. Je trouve que c’est complexe que « cadre vs ouvrier ».

17.04.2025 17:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

C’est sûr, si on pouvait régler la mortalité infantile en opposant ouvriers et cadres, ce serait simple. Mais la réalité, c’est qu’on réanime très tôt en France, un choix éthique qui plombe nos stats. Les inégalités touchent surtout les plus précaires, pas juste les catégories de l’INSEE

17.04.2025 13:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 0
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Infant mortality among native-born children of immigrants in France, 2008–17: results from a socio-demographic panel survey AbstractBackground. Within Europe, France stands out as a major country that lacks recent and reliable evidence on how infant mortality levels vary among t

Et un autre sur le point socio économique : academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...

17.04.2025 07:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Depuis 2015, la mortalité infantile en France est supérieure à la moyenne européenne - Insee Focus - 301 En 2021, 2 700 enfants de moins d’un an sont décédés en France, soit 3,7 décès pour 1 000 naissances vivantes. Bien qu’historiquement bas, ce taux ne baisse plus depuis 2005. Il a même légèrement

Un premier element qui peut aider à y voir plus clair : www.insee.fr/fr/statistiq...

17.04.2025 07:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Many adult patients with chronic kidney disease still lack a diagnosis. Nephrogenomics bridges that gap — combining clinical nephrology with genomic sequencing (short & long reads) to identify inherited kidney diseases. Precision medicine starts here. #Nephrogenomics #CKD #Genetics

16.04.2025 21:43 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Prudence avec ces chiffres : la France réanime très activement les grands prématurés, augmentant mécaniquement sa mortalité infantile comparée à d'autres pays européens. La vraie alarme reste les fortes disparités sociales et les populations précaires ou immigrées.

16.04.2025 20:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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ACE Inhibition to Distinguish Low-Renin Hypertension From Primary Aldosteronism | Hypertension BACKGROUND: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is a distinct cause of low-renin hypertension (LRH), characterized by inappropriate aldosterone production. We investigated the distinction between LRH and PA by...

ACE Inhibition to Distinguish Low-Renin Hypertension From Primary Aldosteronism
#nephsky
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

01.04.2025 11:43 — 👍 14    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1
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Challenging the narrative of alport syndrome spectrum: no link with cystic phenotype - PubMed A 14.8% prevalence of MKC was found in our cohort of 257 patients with AS. MKC-AS patients exhibited clinical and histological characteristic akin to nephroangiosclerosis. Our comprehensive analysis, ...

There is contradictory data for collagen —> pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39694697/

26.03.2025 11:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Artesunate Alleviate Kidney Fibrosis by Restoring Klotho Protein and Suppressing Wnt/β-Catenin Signalling Pathway https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.20.644310v1

21.03.2025 02:46 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Having a fabulous Bluesky day in Japan! Trip to Minamata with team #Alport & family @moumitabarua.bsky.social @jeffminerphd.bsky.social @alportuk.bsky.social

20.03.2025 06:03 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Beneficial Effect of Calcium Treatment for Hyperkalemia Is... : Critical Care Medicine P). However, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Our objective was to investigate the mechanisms underlying adverse electrophysiologic effects of hyperkalemia and the therapeutic effec...

Hard to say calcium is ineffective for hyperkalemia with conduction issues when your review focused only on cardiac arrest. This study [Piktel et al., CCM 2024] shows Ca²⁺ improves conduction in severe Hyperkalemia. A must-read! 📄🔗
journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/a...

19.03.2025 15:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Pseudo-hyperkalaemia in ambulatory samples: the never-ending story? Hyperkalaemia is a major electrolyte disturbance, which can be life-threatening [1, 2]. Pseudo-hyperkalaemia has been described since 1955 but remains a fr

In real life, recognizing pseudo-hyperkalemia risk is key! Home sampling, transport delays, and temperature impact results. 🚨 --> academic.oup.com/ndt/article/...

19.03.2025 10:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Our February Nephrogenomic Newsletter is out!
Note: This newsletter is in French – my apologies to our anglophone colleagues.
@laurentmesnard @biomnis @HopitalSaintJoseph
Read the full newsletter here: --> www.eurofins-biomnis.com/DOC-Biomnis/...

28.02.2025 08:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Challenging the narrative of alport syndrome spectrum: no link with cystic phenotype AbstractBackground. Alport Syndromes (AS) are the second leading genetic cause of Kidney Failure (KF). Whether multiple kidney cysts (MKC) phenotype belong

The proof is in the data: academic.oup.com/ndt/advance-...
Cysts are not caused by Alport syndrome, though patients with Alport syndrome can have cysts.

14.01.2025 15:32 — 👍 13    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Somehow missed this excellent VA of the RaDaR study that has changed hearts and minds in IgA Nephropathy, breaking the sound barrier of 1g/day of proteinuria as are standard for high risk of progression

27.02.2025 05:08 — 👍 14    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0
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Challenging the narrative of alport syndrome spectrum: no link with cystic phenotype AbstractBackground. Alport Syndromes (AS) are the second leading genetic cause of Kidney Failure (KF). Whether multiple kidney cysts (MKC) phenotype belong

Collagenopathy is not a so rare disease—it just has a broad and poorly specific phenotype. academic.oup.com/ndt/advance-...

14.02.2025 22:58 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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