Carmine Zoccali

One estimated glomerular filtration rate, many diseases: What remains beyond filtration‐based classification of chronic kidney disease?

Abstract Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is indispensable for detecting, staging, prognosticating, and managing chronic kidney disease (CKD), but it measures filtration rather than defining the underlying disease. A reduced eGFR can reflect many different processes, i...

Microbiome Science at the Kidney–Vascular Interface: Why Translation to Diagnostics and Therapies Still Lags Behind

Abstract The microbiome is a recognized modifier of immunity, metabolism, and vascular and neurological biology, with licensed therapeutics for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection and promising applications in oncology and metabolic disease. By contrast, translation of m...