Reposted by Moumita BaruaMichelle Rheault, MD @rheaultm.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Lots of great ideas at the Alport Syndrome Research Regulatory workshop held two weeks ago. Looking forward to seeing what we can achieve next. alportsyndrome.org/wp-content/u... 1132
Moumita Barua @moumitabarua.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Our review on podocytes in health and glomerular disease: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....frontiersin.orgFrontiers | Podocytes in health and glomerular disease 010
Moumita Barua @moumitabarua.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Are you a PhD or MD PhD in medical science or related discipline? If you are interested in a postdoctoral research fellowship, there is a great opportunity @uhntoronto.bsky.social. And contact me if interested in studying kidney disease: www.uhn.ca/corporate/Ab...uhn.ca UHN Canada Leads 100 Challenge Join the Canada Leads 100 Challenge at UHN! Support the recruitment of leading early career scientists and help shape the future of medical research in Canada. 001
Moumita Barua @moumitabarua.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Congratulations to Professor Kai at #KumamotoUniversity for bringing together the #AlportSyndrome community in Japan to advance efforts in awareness, early diagnosis and therapeutic development. I was honoured to be a small part of it. 121
Reposted by Moumita BaruaRachel Lennon @rachellennon.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Having a fabulous Bluesky day in Japan! Trip to Minamata with team #Alport & family @moumitabarua.bsky.social @jeffminerphd.bsky.social @alportuk.bsky.social 0164
Moumita Barua @moumitabarua.bsky.social · 09/02/2025How does gene variant influence mechanism in Alport syndrome? We became interested in learning about this in trying to understand how to approach precision based therapeutics. Read our review by Bilge Çaparali, MD and Vanessa De Gregorio, MSc journals.lww.com/jasn/abstrac... 030
Moumita Barua @moumitabarua.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Human genetic studies have highlighted type IV collagen as critical for kidney filtration function--I am looking forward to learning from and participating in this workshop on Alport syndrome. 010
Moumita Barua @moumitabarua.bsky.social · 02/12/2024A fruitful collaboration utilizing data in UK Biobank to NEPTUNE and more--highlights a genetically predicted exon skipping event in collagen IV as a contributor to glomerular hematuria. journals.lww.com/jasn/fulltex...journals.lww.comAssociation of Genetically Predicted Skipping of COL4A4... : Journal of the American Society of Nephrologyout affects collagen IV trimer assembly and secretion. Background Hematuria is an established sign of glomerular disease and can be associated with kidney failure, but there has been limited scient... 052
Reposted by Moumita BaruaRachel Lennon @rachellennon.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Our spotlight on collagen- formation, function & role in kidney disease is out now! A wonderful collaboration with Moumita Barua & Vanessa De Gregorio #ECMatrix #Nephro Cell-Matrix Centre @fbmh-uom.bsky.social @uoft.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comCollagen formation, function and role in kidney disease - Nature Reviews NephrologyCollagens are ubiquitously expressed and have been linked to a broad spectrum of disorders. Here, the authors discuss collagen subtypes and provide a summary of collagen disorders, fibrotic process an... 14518
