Societal Impact
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Grant Awarded for Innovative Urine Test to Detect Early-Stage Kidney Damage
Pioneering Study by Prof. dr. Ewout Hoorn Aims to Revolutionize Kidney Health Monitoring and Early Intervention with Novel Urine Test Technology.
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Information evening for patients with PKD
In October 2022, we held our bi-annual information evening session to inform patients with PKD about their disease, the latest advances and our current studies to ameliorate disease progression
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Dietary potassium intake linked with blood potassium concentration in patients with CKD
Among patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, increasing dietary potassium consumption to recommended levels can increase blood potassium concentration on a short-term basis, according to results of our study.
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Chloride may attenuate the renoprotective effects of potassium in patients with CKD
Our multi-center randomized clinical trial on the renoprotective effects of potassium supplementation in patients with CKD indicates that chloride-induced acidosis may attenuate the renoprotective effects of potassium.
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Explaining salt
Documentary about the benefits and harms of salt
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Explaining water
Documentary about the benefits and harms of water
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Salt taste determines salt intake: lessons for kidney patients
Our PhD students Laura van Vuuren & Wesley Visser share information about salt intake and salt taste for nieren.nl - a rich source of information for kidney patients.
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Tackling COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy: local market
Members from our laboratory have joined forces with GPs and medical specialists to inform visitors of the local market about the importance of COVID-19 vaccination.
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Vascular stiffness in PKD may be treatable at early stages of disease
Vascular stiffness occurs at an exceptionally young age in patients with polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and may lead to early-onset hypertension. Salt may be the key trigger. Our lab is investigating the effects of salt and the treatment of vascular stiffness in PKD.
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Ageing in kidney transplant recipients
Preventing ageing in transplant recipients - ongoing research efforts by our group.
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Untangling the mechanisms behind salt-sensitivity in patients with CKD
Patients with CKD are prone to salt-sensitive hypertension. Our lab is currently untangling the mechanisms behind it and is exploring novel treatment options for these patients.
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The deleterious effects of salt: overactivation of salt transporters
Kidney transplant recipients use immunosuppressive drugs that can cause hypertension through overactivation of salt transporters. Our lab investigated the mechanism behind this and tested a targeted treatment option for these patients.
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Explaining our uEV line of research
Explaining our urinary extracellular vesicles research line in kidney and hypertension. Linked to our review paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26717312/