In this podcast JASN EIC, Josie Briggs talks with transplant expert and JASN Associate Editor, Matt Griffin about two studies that examine the immune responses to COVID-19 in transplant patients.

Each issue of JASN contains Highlights, short summaries of a few of the articles in the issue, chosen by the EIC as of special interest to our readers.

Each issue of JASN contains Highlights, short summaries of a few of the articles in the issue, chosen by the EIC as of special interest to our readers.

A conversation with EIC, Josie Briggs and leading nephrology clinical trialist, Vlado Perkovic - on the next generation of clinical trials in nephrology.

A few articles in each issue are chosen by the EIC for their interest. The issue highlights include: laminin-521 –a novel GBM autoantigen, iron biomarkers & mortality in nondialysis kidney disease, & disparities among hemodialysis patients with COVID-19.

Transplant candidates with top 20% Estimated Post-Transplant Survival (EPTS) scores are prioritized to receive optimal deceased-donor kidneys. A study found fewer than half of eligible ESKD patients w/ top 20% EPTS scores were on transplant waiting list.

The extracellular matrix (ECM) biomechanically regulates nephrogenesis, and abnormal ECM is a histologic feature of kidney aging and disease. Two reports in this issue use state-of-the-art methods to characterize the ECM in development, aging and disease.

A discussion between Dr. Magdalene Assimon, one of the JASN editorial fellows and study authors Dr. Pablo Garcia and Dr. Shuchi Anand on their recent JASN paper titled, "SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Acceptability in Patients on Hemodialysis: A Nationwide Survey."

The June issue of JASN features new population level data from CMS on the real burden of the pandemic for dialysis and transplant patients in the US. These grim numbers remind us of the important role nephrologists play in Advance Care Planning.

Two papers published this month in JASN provide new insights into these unsolved questions: Why is the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease so high in kidney patients? Why is the podocyte slit diaphragm so vulnerable to immunological injury?