Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN)

This episode of ASN Kidney Translation Podcast, we review 2 late-breaking clinical trials: empagliflozin in ADPKD and upacicalcet for secondary hyperparathyroidism in hemodialysis. The authors discuss efficacy, safety, and implications for kidney practice

ASN Kidney Translation Podcast highlights the 2026 Trainees of the Year: Kidney360 on MRI-based kidney stress testing, CJASN on intratubular cast composition using spatial protein imaging, and JASN on Tenascin C–mediated kidney regeneration in axolotls.

Drs. Ian McCoy and Chi-yuan Hsu discuss their study, "Dialysis Discontinuation Rates at Low Levels of Kidney Function in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury on Intermittent Hemodialysis," with JASN Deputy Editor Manjula Kurella Tamura.

Drs. Chitalia, Almiron, and Sethuraman discuss their study, "Indoxyl Sulfate Promotes Uremic Arterial and Venous Thrombosis by Stabilizing IDO1 via the E3 Ligase SHFM3," with JASN Deputy Editor Alan S.L. Yu and Junior Associate Editor Kyle Jansson.

Drs. Conor Donnelly, Michal A. Mankowski, and Allan B. Massie discuss the findings of their study, "Evaluating Barriers to Kidney Transplantation in the United States," with JASN Deputy Editor David H. Ellison and Junior Associate Editor Nathan H. Raines.

This episode of ASN Kidney Translation Podcast explores the ASN Kidney Health Guidance on the Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome, discussing key recommendations, risk assessment, and strategies to improve kidney, heart, and metabolic outcomes.

Dr. Oyindamola Christiana Adebayo discusses the results of her study, "Expression of Apolipoprotein L1 Risk Variants at the Plasma Membrane and Haplotype-Dependent Cytotoxicity," on behalf of her coauthors, with JASN Deputy Editor David H. Ellison.

ASN Kidney Translation explores advances in Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic syndrome, including building a cardio-nephrology service (Kidney360), cardiorenal benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors & GLP-1 receptor agonists (JASN), & PREVENT risk prediction (CJASN).

Dr. Fan-Chi Chang discusses findings from her study, "Cell-Specific Roles of Angiopoietin-2 in CKD," with JASN Deputy Editor Alan S.L. Yu.

Drs. Benjamin Catanese and Daniel Edmonston discuss their study, "Cardiovascular Outcomes among New Users of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Compared with DPP-4 Inhibitors and Sulfonylureas in Kidney Failure," with JASN Deputy Editor Manjula Kurella Tamura.

This ASN Kidney Translation Podcast episode covers advances in artificial intelligence: ASN Workgroup on AI (JASN), AI in nephrology education (CJASN), and ethical issues in AI (K360).

Drs. Gregory Hundemer and Rémi Goupil discuss the results of their study, "Subclinical Primary Aldosteronism and eGFR Decline Over Time," with JASN Deputy Editor David H. Ellison.

ASN Kidney Translation Podcast episode covers advances in peritoneal dialysis: genetic determinants of ultrafiltration (JASN), fungus-derived ergothioneine depletion in PD (K360), and a survey of PD use in the Veterans Health Administration (CJASN).

Dr. Christopher Knapp discusses the findings of his study, "Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation Patterns by Health Service Area during an Era of Expansion," with JASN Deputy Editor Manjula Kurella Tamura.

The authors of the ASN Kidney Health Guidance on Conservative Management in People with Kidney Failure discuss optimal approaches to addressing and providing a care path for patients who choose not to pursue dialysis to support personalized patient care.

Drs. Morgan Gallazzini and Eloïse Marques discuss the results of their study, "Clustered Mitochondrial Homolog Inhibition by Lipocalin-2 Orchestrates Mitochondrial Disruption and Contributes to Kidney Disease," with JASN Deputy Editor Alan S.L. Yu.

ASN Kidney Translation Podcast episode covers advances in kidney transplantation: an SGLT2i trial in kidney transplant recipients (CJASN), delivery outcomes after kidney transplantation (JASN), and strategies and policies for living donation (Kidney360).

Dr. Martin R. Prince discusses the findings of his study, "Automatically Measuring Kidney, Liver, and Cyst Volumes in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease," with JASN Deputy Editor David H. Ellison.

Dr. Avantika Israni discusses the results of her study, "Class 1 Indications for Coronary Revascularization Identified in Prekidney Transplant Screening" with JASN Deputy Editor Manjula Kurella Tamura and Junior Associate Editor Benjamin Lazarus.

This episode of the ASN Kidney Translation Podcast, hosted by Dr. Matthew Sparks, covers CT-based body composition and GFR estimates in cancer (CJASN), transdermal GFR measurement (JASN), and novel hemodynamic markers in acute heart failure (K360).