Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Diabetes and Kidney Disease

Diabetes and kidney disease are closely linked, with diabetic kidney disease, or diabetic nephropathy, being a leading cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal failure worldwide. Sustained hyperglycaemia injures the glomerular filtration apparatus and renal vasculature through metabolic and haemodynamic m…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 122× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2374-9431 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Diabetes and kidney disease are closely linked, with diabetic kidney disease, or diabetic nephropathy, being a leading cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal failure worldwide. Sustained hyperglycaemia injures the glomerular filtration apparatus and renal vasculature through metabolic and haemodynamic mechanisms, producing albuminuria and progressive decline in filtration that, untreated, can advance to dialysis or transplantation. Prevention and management centre on glycaemic and blood-pressure control, and research increasingly applies bioinformatic and computational approaches to identify molecular determinants of renal injury. Research relevant to this area examines bioinformatic resources for diabetic nephropathy, computational analysis of disease-associated SNPs and transcription-factor binding sites, and cardiorenal signalling pathways in heart failure that bear on the cardiorenal axis. Allied work addresses adjunctive plant-based therapies in diabetic models, the toxicity of iodinated contrast agents relevant to renal safety, living kidney transplantation and graft function, and stratified mortality analysis in patients with diabetes and comorbidities. These studies integrate nephrology, endocrinology, bioinformatics, and clinical medicine to clarify how diabetes drives renal injury and how it may be detected and managed. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research on diabetic kidney disease, its molecular basis, and the bioinformatics of diabetes-related complications.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2013

Bioinformatic Resources for Diabetic Nephropathy

Jayne McKnight AmyCorresponding author
Nephrology Research, Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University of Belfast
Bioinformatics And Diabetes Cited by 4 doi:10.14302/issn.2374-9431.jbd-13-226
2020

Heart Failure in Family Medicine

Franjić SinišaCorresponding author
International Journal of Global Health Cited by 3 doi:10.14302/issn.2693-1176.ijgh-20-3411

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 122 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Bioinformatics And Diabetes (ISSN 2374-9431).

Journal editorial board
Wei Wang · United States Chol Hee Jung · Australia Emile Chimusa · United Kingdom

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